2011 Monaco GP2 Series round

2011 Monaco GP2 round
Round details
	Round 3 of 9 rounds in the ; 2011 GP2 Series
	; Circuit de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco; Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street course ; 3.340 km (2.080 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	27 May 2011
Laps	41
Pole position
Driver	Sam Bird
Time	1:21.876
Podium
First	Davide Valsecchi
Second	Álvaro Parente
Third	Luca Filippi
Fastest lap
Driver	Davide Valsecchi
Time	1:23.011 (on lap 40)
Sprint race
Date	28 May 2011
Laps	30
Podium
First	Charles Pic
Second	Josef Král
Third	Romain Grosjean
Fastest lap
Driver	Sam Bird
Time	1:22.713 (on lap 24)

The 2011 Monaco GP2 Round was the third round of the 2011 GP2 Series season. It was held on May 26–28, 2011 at Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco, supporting the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. GP2's feeder formula GP3 did not appear at this event.

Classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:21.781	6¹
2	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	1:21.876	1
3	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	1:21.991	8²
4	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	1:22.198	2
5	8	Álvaro Parente	Racing Engineering	1:22.371	3
6	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	1:22.449	4
7	14	Josef Král	Arden International	1:22.585	5
8	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:22.664	7
9	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	1:22.834	9
10	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	1:22.909	10
11	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:22.929	11
12	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	1:23.077	12
13	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	1:23.114	13
14	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	1:23.217	14
15	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:23.315	20³
16	25	Oliver Turvey	Carlin	1:23.373	15
17	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	1:23.377	16
18	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:23.470	17
19	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	1:23.496	18
20	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	1:23.752	19
21	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	1:23.913	21
22	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:24.103	22
23	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	1:24.235	23
24	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	1:24.466	24
25	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	1:25.077	25
26	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	1:32.079	26⁴

Notes

^ – Giedo van der Garde was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision in the session with Oliver Turvey.^[1]
^ – Jules Bianchi was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with van der Garde in Barcelona Sprint Race.^[2]
^ – Marcus Ericsson was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Sam Bird during the qualifying session.^[1]
^ – Romain Grosjean was handed a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Pål Varhaug during the qualifying session. Although he did not set a laptime inside the 107%, Grosjean has been allowed to race as he set a suitable time during the practice session.^[1]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	41	1:00:23.957	2	10+1
2	8	Álvaro Parente	Racing Engineering	41	+1.471	3	8
3	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	41	+2.199	11	6
4	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	41	+4.219	26	5
5	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	41	+14.023	4	4
6	14	Josef Král	Arden International	41	+14.467	5	3
7	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	41	+16.071	7	2
8	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	41	+19.524	12	1
9	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	41	+19.934	14
10	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	41	+26.692	23
11	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	41	+27.315	21
12	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	41	+33.427	9
13	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	41	+44.243	24
14	25	Oliver Turvey	Carlin	41	+45.057⁵	15
15	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	40	Retired	22
Ret	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	35	Retired	19
Ret	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	33	Retired	18
Ret	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	30	Retired	1	2
Ret	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	30	Retired	20
Ret	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	22	Retired	6
Ret	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	21	Retired	17
Ret	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	19	Retired	13
Ret	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	19	Retired	16
Ret	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	17	Retired	10
Ret	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	11	Retired	8
Ret	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	10	Retired	25
Fastest lap: Davide Valsecchi (Team AirAsia) 1:23.011 (lap 40)

Notes

^ – Oliver Turvey was handed a 30-second time penalty for failing to take a drive through penalty awarded for a jump start.^[3]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Charles Pic	Barwa Addax Team	30	45:50.498	1	6
2	14	Josef Král	Arden International	30	+3.332	3	5
3	11	Romain Grosjean	DAMS	30	+3.885	5	4+1
4	17	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	30	+14.587	6	3
5	27	Davide Valsecchi	Team AirAsia	30	+27.072	8	2
6	24	Max Chilton	Carlin	30	+29.626	2	1
7	1	Fabio Leimer	Rapax	30	+29.846	9
8	25	Oliver Turvey	Carlin	30	+30.372	14
9	4	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	30	+30.859	19
10	16	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	30	+31.585	15
11	15	Jolyon Palmer	Arden International	30	+32.317	17
12	19	Kevin Ceccon	Scuderia Coloni	30	+32.790	11
13	9	Sam Bird	iSport International	30	+33.147	23⁶
14	20	Rodolfo González	Trident Racing	30	+38.695	21
15	18	Michael Herck	Scuderia Coloni	30	+40.518	13
16	8	Álvaro Parente	Racing Engineering	30	+40.687	7
17	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Ocean Racing Technology	30	+41.131	24
18	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	30	+42.611	20
19	5	Jules Bianchi	Lotus ART	30	+51.544	25
20	26	Luiz Razia	Team AirAsia	29	+1 lap	22
21	12	Pål Varhaug	DAMS	29	+1 lap	26
Ret	21	Stefano Coletti	Trident Racing	20	Retired	4
Ret	10	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	8	Retired	18
Ret	2	Julián Leal	Rapax	3	Retired	16
Ret	22	Kevin Mirocha	Ocean Racing Technology	2	Retired	10
DNS	6	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus ART	0	Did not start	12
Fastest lap: Sam Bird (iSport International) 1:22.713 (lap 24)

Notes

^ – Sam Bird was handed a five place grid penalty for causing a collision with Marcus Ericsson during Feature Race.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Monaco Post Qualifying penalties". GP2 Series. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ "Jules Bianchi penalised". GP2 Series. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ "Turvey penalised after Feature Race". GP2 Series. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ "Bird handed grid penalty". GP2 Series. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

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