2011 Silverstone GP2 Series round


The 2011 British GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2011 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fifth round of the 2011 GP2 Season and the fourth round of the 2011 GP3 Season. The race supported the 2011 British Grand Prix.

Classification

GP2

Qualifying

Notes
  1. – Grosjean was given a ten grid position penalty after Valencia Sprint Race for causing a collision.
  2. – Mirocha did not take part in the qualifying session and did not continue the race weekend due to a pre-existing shoulder injury.

    Feature Race

Notes
  1. – Palmer was given a 30 seconds time penalty, having forced Gutiérrez off the track.

    Sprint Race

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Romain Grosjean47
2 Giedo van der Garde38
3 Sam Bird32
4 Davide Valsecchi30
5 Charles Pic24

;Teams' Championship standings
PosTeamPoints
1 Barwa Addax Team62
2 iSport International49
3 DAMS47
4 Caterham Team AirAsia41
5 Racing Engineering40

Race 1

Notes
  1. – Ten grid position penalty for Laine ; the same penalty to Haryanto, Melker and Hylkema.
  2. – Most drivers elected to start the warm-up lap with slicks. Due to increasing rain, several drivers pitted for wet-weather tyres from the warm-up lap.
  3. – Stöckinger was given a 30 seconds time penalty after the race for ignoring yellow flags.
  4. – Zimin was excluded from the race results because of forcing Laine off the track; Zimin was also suspended from Race 2.

    Race 2

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Alexander Sims29
2 Mitch Evans26
3 Nigel Melker22
4 James Calado21
5 Andrea Caldarelli20

;Teams' Championship standings
PosTeamPoints
1 MW Arden45
2 Status Grand Prix36
3 RSC Mücke Motorsport33
4 Tech 1 Racing33
5 Lotus ART33