2011 Formula Abarth season
The 2011 Formula Abarth season was the seventh season of the former Formula Azzurra, and the second under its guise of "Formula Abarth". It was the first split in European and Italian series.
The Italian Championship began on 17 April in Vallelunga, while European Championship on 8 May in Valencia. They finished together on 16 October in Monza.
In the Italian championship, Patric Niederhauser won the series racing for Jenzer Motorsport with five wins and eight podiums at 149 points, thirteen ahead of runner-up and future Formula One driver Sergey Sirotkin who drove for Euronova Racing by Fortec. Third place was taken by Michael Heche, driving for BVM, a further five points behind Sirotkin.
The European championship saw Sirotkin win the series with five wins and 10 podiums at a points tally of 175, with Niederhauser 37 points behind. Heche also took third place for the European Championship at 98 points.
Teams and drivers
[edit ]Race calendar and results
[edit ]On 19 November 2010, the calendar for both series was presented in a press conference held in Varano.[25]
Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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1 | R1 | Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano | Italy | 17 April | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Michael Heche | Italy BVM | |||||
2 | R1 | Valencia Circuit | Spain | 7 May | Switzerland Michael Heche | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | 8 May | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport | ||||
3 | R1 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano | Italy | 22 May | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Italy Lorenzo Camplese | Italy BVM | |||||
4 | R1 | Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico | Italy | 4 June | Spain Gerrard Barrabeig | Switzerland Michael Heche | Spain Gerrard Barrabeig | Italy BVM |
R2 | 5 June | South Africa Roman de Beer | Romania Robert Visoiu | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport | ||||
5 | R1 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | Italy | 16 July | Italy Luca Ghiotto | Spain Gerrard Barrabeig | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | 17 July | Italy Luca Ghiotto | Switzerland Michael Heche | Italy BVM | ||||
6 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | 6 August | Switzerland Michael Heche | Italy Lorenzo Camplese | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Italy Euronova Racing by Fortec |
R2 | 7 August | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport | ||||
7 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | Austria | 27 August | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Italy Euronova Racing by Fortec |
R2 | 28 August | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport | ||||
8 | R1 | Mugello Circuit | Italy | 2 October | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | Italy Mario Marasca1 | Italy Mario Marasca | Italy BVM | |||||
Italy Lorenzo Camplese | United States EuroInternational | |||||||
9 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Italy | 16 October | Switzerland Michael Heche | Italy Luca Ghiotto | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Italy Euronova Racing by Fortec |
R2 | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser 1 | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport | |||||
10 | R1 | Circuit de Catalunya | Spain | 30 October | Switzerland Michael Heche | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Russia Sergey Sirotkin | Italy Euronova Racing by Fortec |
R2 | Switzerland Patric Niederhauser | Romania Robert Visoiu | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport |
- 1 Fastest lap recorded by Yoshitaka Kuroda, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
Championship standings
[edit ]- Points were awarded as follows:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL | |
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Race 1 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Race 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Italian Championship
[edit ]Drivers' standings
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Teams' standings
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European Championship
[edit ]Drivers' standings
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Teams' standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | VRT Spain |
MIS Italy |
SPA Belgium |
RBR Austria |
MUG Italy |
MNZ Italy |
CAT Spain |
Pts | |||||||
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1 | Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 173 |
2 | Italy Euronova Racing by Fortec | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 148 | ||
3 | Italy BVM | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 134 |
4 | Italy Prema Powerteam | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 71 |
5 | Italy JD Motorsport | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 62 | ||
6 | United States EuroInternational | 10 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 11 | DNS | 60 | ||
7 | Italy Cram Competition | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 5 | 4 | 52 | ||
8 | Italy Composit Motorsport | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 12 | ||||
9 | Italy Scuderia Victoria World | Ret | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
10 | Italy Villorba Corse | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||
11 | Italy Diegi Motorsport Italy Island Motorsport |
16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 5 | ||||
12 | Costa Rica Team Costarica | 20 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
Pos | Team | VRT Spain |
MIS Italy |
SPA Belgium |
RBR Austria |
MUG Italy |
MNZ Italy |
CAT Spain |
Pts |
Rookies' standings
[edit ]Pos | Driver | VRT Spain |
MIS Italy |
SPA Belgium |
RBR Austria |
MUG Italy |
MNZ Italy |
CAT Spain |
Pts | |||||||
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1 | Spain Gerrard Barrabeig | 5 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 158 |
2 | Italy Luca Ghiotto | 12 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 157 |
3 | Romania Robert Visoiu | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 148 |
4 | Italy Giorgio Roda | 11 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 14 | Ret | 70 | ||
5 | San Marino Emanuele Zonzini | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 62 | ||||
6 | Russia Dmitry Suranovich | 16 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 23 | Ret | 10 | 18 | 48 | ||||||
7 | Uruguay Santiago Urrutia | 13 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 31 | ||||||||||
8 | Italy Dario Orsini | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 18 | Ret | 30 | ||||||
9 | Switzerland Kevin Jörg | 21 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | ||||||||||
10 | Italy Paolo Bonetti | 16 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 23 | ||||||||||
11 | Italy Lorenzo Foglia | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 16 | ||||||
12 | Brazil Victor Franzoni | DSQ | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||
13 | Italy Alessandra Brena | 15 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | VRT Spain |
MIS Italy |
SPA Belgium |
RBR Austria |
MUG Italy |
MNZ Italy |
CAT Spain |
Pts |
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