2011 Superleague Formula season
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The 2011 Superleague Formula season was the fourth Superleague Formula
Superleague Formula
Superleague Formula is an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It goes by the saying 'The Beautiful Race: Football at 300 km/h'. By 2011 the link with...

 championship. The series reverted to being known simply as "Superleague Formula", with 2009's two-year sponsorship deal with Sonangol also having expired. The first race of the season was held on 5 June at Assen
TT Circuit Assen
The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and located in Assen, Netherlands. Host of the Dutch TT race, it is considered "The Cathedral" of motorcycling by the fans...

 and was due to finish at a venue in New Zealand after 8 race weekends.

After three seasons in which the cars were run in club team colours, the 2011 season saw drivers competing in the colours of their nation, with countries adorning team names as had been set out by Team China
Team China (Superleague Formula team)
Team China Superleague Formula team is a national racing team from China, similar to the A1 Team China which competed in A1 Grand Prix between 2005 and 2009. The car will compete in Superleague Formula for the two Chinese races in October of the 2010 season...

 in 2010
2010 Superleague Formula season
The 2010 Superleague Formula season was the third Superleague Formula championship. The series was rebranded "Superleague Formula by Sonangol", due to a two-year deal that began in the previous season...

, thus beginning a severing of the strong links the series had attempted to make by linking each team entry with a football club. As many as eight of the announced fourteen entries no longer had links with football teams.

The season ended after just two of the scheduled rounds after a number of complications, which saw tracks not being ready in time for the series, and disagreements with race organisers.

Teams and drivers

  • All teams are again competing on Michelin
    Michelin
    Michelin is a tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France. It is one of the two largest tyre manufacturers in the world along with Bridgestone. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal tyre brands...

     tyres for the fourth season in a row.
    Entrant Race team Race driver(s) Rounds
      Belgium – R.S.C. Anderlecht
    R.S.C. Anderlecht (Superleague Formula team)
    R.S.C. Anderlecht Superleague Formula team is the racing team of R.S.C. Anderlecht, a football team that competes in Belgium in the Belgian First Division. The R.S.C. Anderlecht racing team competes in the Superleague Formula...

      Azerti Motorsport
    Azerti Motorsport
    Azerti Motorsport is a Belgian motorsport team founded by former racer Wim Coekelbergs.-History:Racing for Belgium started racing in Belgian Clio Cup in 2003, but graduated to the Eurocup Mégane Trophy in 2005, taking the driver and teams titles with Jan Heylen...

    1   Neel Jani
    Neel Jani
    Neel Jani is a Swiss race car driver of Indian origin. He has achieved his greatest success driving for A1 Team Switzerland in A1 Grand Prix, helping them win the 2007-2008 title and finishing runner-up in 2005-06 and 2008-09. He has been also a GP2 Series race-winner and Formula One tester...

    All
      Netherlands – PSV Eindhoven
    PSV Eindhoven (Superleague Formula team)
    PSV Eindhoven Superleague Formula team is the racing team of PSV Eindhoven, a football team that competes in the Netherlands in the Eredivisie. The PSV Eindhoven racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It has been operated by Azerti Motorsport for all seasons.-2008 season:In the 2008...

    2   Yelmer Buurman
    Yelmer Buurman
    Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman is a Dutch racing driver.-Formula König:Buurman drove in the German-based Formula König championship in 2002, finishing twentieth in the season standings.-Formula Renault:...

    All
      France – Girondins de Bordeaux
    Girondins de Bordeaux (Superleague Formula team)
    Girondins de Bordeaux Superleague Formula team is the racing team of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a football team that competes in France in Ligue 1. The Girondins de Bordeaux racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It will be operated by Barazi-Epsilon for their debut season in 2010. The...

    3   Tristan Gommendy
    Tristan Gommendy
    Tristan Gommendy is a race car driver. He won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 2002. In 2006 Gommendy drove briefly in the GP2 Series for the iSport International team....

    All
      Czech Republic – AC Sparta Prague   Atech
    Atech Grand Prix
    Atech Grand Prix is a British motor racing team.It was formed in 2007 as Hitech Junior Team by David Hayle, who had sold his successful British Formula Three team Hitech Racing to Austrian businessman Walter Grubmuller, Sr....

     Reid Grand Prix
    Reid Motorsport
    Reid Motorsport is a British racing team operated by Anthony Reid, the former team truckie of Ultimate Motorsport. The team was founded in 2009 and it only ever competed in the now defunct Superleague Formula race series. It was created when Ultimate left the Superleague Formula series, with Reid...

    4   Filip Salaquarda
    Filip Salaquarda
    Filip Salaquarda is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.-Early career:After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competing in the Ford Puma Cup where he finished in third place...

    All
      Luxembourg 5   Frédéric Vervisch
    Frédéric Vervisch
    Frédéric Vervisch is a Belgian racing driver who currently races for Luxembourg in the Superleague Formula.-Early career:...

    All
      New Zealand 6   Earl Bamber
    Earl Bamber
    Earl Anderson Bamber is a motor racing driver and commentator from New Zealand.-Career:Bamber is a young rookie driver with a reputation for suffering from bouts of red mist but has demonstrated race driving talent when progressing through karts and minor single seater series, and in 2008 was...

    1
      Chris van der Drift
    Chris van der Drift
    Christopher Jason van der Drift is a New Zealand racecar driver of Dutch descent.-Career:Chris started karting at the age of 7 and in 1994 he raced his first year in cadets...

    2
      Japan 7   Duncan Tappy
    Duncan Tappy
    Duncan Tappy is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.-Career:Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series....

    1
      Robert Doornbos
    Robert Doornbos
    Robert Michael Doornbos is a Dutch racing driver. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in 2005 and 2006. Doornbos then drove for Minardi Team USA in the 2007 and final season of the Champ Car...

    2
      Netherlands 8 1
      Russia 17   Mikhail Aleshin
    Mikhail Aleshin
    -Career:Aleshin competed in karting from 1996 to 2000. Since 2001 he has taken part in various international open wheel series. On April 14, 2007 he became the first Russian driver to win a major international single-seater race when he won the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season...

    2
      Spain – Atlético de Madrid   EmiliodeVillota Motorsport
    Emilio de Villota
    Emilio de Villota Ruíz is a former racing driver from Spain, born in Madrid. He participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 May 1976...

    9   María de Villota
    María de Villota
    María de Villota Comba is a Spanish race car driver. She is the daughter of former Formula One driver Emilio de Villota, and sister of Emilio de Villota, Jr., who like his sister competed in Formula Palmer Audi.-Career:...

    1
      Andy Soucek
    Andy Soucek
    Andy Christian Soucek, aka Souček is a professional racecar driver.-Career:Soucek's father is Austrian, and he has Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent his life there. He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish"...

    2
      Turkey – Galatasaray S.K.
    Galatasaray S.K. (Superleague Formula team)
    Galatasaray S.K. Superleague Formula team is the Superleague Formula racing team of Galatasaray SK, a multisports club, famous for its football section that competes in Turkey in the Süper Lig. The team competes in the Superleague Formula...

    10 1
      Duncan Tappy
    Duncan Tappy
    Duncan Tappy is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.-Career:Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series....

    2
      China
    Team China (Superleague Formula team)
    Team China Superleague Formula team is a national racing team from China, similar to the A1 Team China which competed in A1 Grand Prix between 2005 and 2009. The car will compete in Superleague Formula for the two Chinese races in October of the 2010 season...

    11   Ho-Pin Tung
    Ho-Pin Tung
    Ho-Pin Tung is a Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver who races with a Chinese license.-Career:Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 before graduating to single-seaters. He won the 2003 Formula BMW Asia series and was rewarded with a test drive with the Williams F1 team.In 2004 he joined...

    1
      South Korea 19   Max Wissel 2
      Brazil   Alan Docking Racing
    Alan Docking Racing
    Alan Docking Racing is motor racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The team was formed in 1975 by Australian Alan Docking....

    14   Antônio Pizzonia
    Antônio Pizzonia
    Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior is a Brazilian racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series.He is nicknamed "Jungle Boy", a reference to his native Amazonas...

    All
      Australia 24   John Martin
    John Martin (racing driver)
    John Martin is an Australian championship winning open-wheel motor racing driver. Martin has been racing in European based open-wheel series since 2006. In that time Martin has had a wide experience of open-wheel racing having driven in various national and international series driving Formula...

    All
      England 31   Craig Dolby
    Craig Dolby
    Craig Dolby is an English racing driver. He has raced in Formula Renault series around the world for most of his career, winning the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium championship in 2006....

    All

Driver changes

Entering/Re-Entering Superleague Formula
  • After racing the 2010 season
    2010 Stock Car Brasil season
    The 2010 Copa Caixa Stock Car season was the 32nd Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 28 at Interlagos and ended on December 5 at Curitiba after twelve rounds.For this season, Chevrolet Vectra and Peugeot 306 are still in the category...

     in Stock Car Brasil
    Stock Car Brasil
    Stock Car Brasil is a Touring car auto racing series held in Brazil, its first season was in 1979, it's considered the major Brazilian motorsports series...

    , Antônio Pizzonia
    Antônio Pizzonia
    Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior is a Brazilian racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series.He is nicknamed "Jungle Boy", a reference to his native Amazonas...

     returns to Superleague Formula with the Brazil entrant.
  • Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Filip Salaquarda
    Filip Salaquarda
    Filip Salaquarda is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.-Early career:After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competing in the Ford Puma Cup where he finished in third place...

     will join new Superleague Formula club, AC Sparta Prague, supported by Atech
    Atech Grand Prix
    Atech Grand Prix is a British motor racing team.It was formed in 2007 as Hitech Junior Team by David Hayle, who had sold his successful British Formula Three team Hitech Racing to Austrian businessman Walter Grubmuller, Sr....

     Reid Grand Prix
    Reid Motorsport
    Reid Motorsport is a British racing team operated by Anthony Reid, the former team truckie of Ultimate Motorsport. The team was founded in 2009 and it only ever competed in the now defunct Superleague Formula race series. It was created when Ultimate left the Superleague Formula series, with Reid...

    .


Leaving Superleague Formula
  • Adderly Fong
    Adderly Fong
    Adderly Fong Chun-Yu, , born March 2, 1990, is a Hong Kong Chinese racing driver. His career started in 2004.He is currently competing in the British Formula Three Championship with Sino Vision Racing....

     and Hywel Lloyd
    Hywel Lloyd
    Hywel Lloyd is a racing driver, currently driving in the British Formula Three Championship for his family-run CF Racing team. Lloyd won the 2007 BARC Formula Renault Championship, before moving to the main championship....

     will both move back to British Formula Three in 2011
    2011 British Formula Three season
    The 2011 Cooper Tires British Formula Three International Series is the 61st British Formula Three Championship season. The season began on 16 April at Monza in Italy and will end on 9 October at Silverstone after 30 races to be held at ten meetings...

     with Sino Vision Racing, as will Bruno Méndez
    Bruno Méndez
    Bruno Méndez López is a Spanish racing driver.-Master Junior Formula:After a short karting career, Méndez begun his single–seater career in the Master Junior Formula in 2006, winning six races to finish as series runner–up behind fellow Spaniard Daniel Campos-Hull.-Formula Three:In 2007, Méndez...

    , racing for Hitech Racing
    Hitech Racing
    Hitech Racing is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula Three Championship in 2003.-Formula Three:...

    .
  • Having contested the final race of the 2010 season
    2010 Superleague Formula season
    The 2010 Superleague Formula season was the third Superleague Formula championship. The series was rebranded "Superleague Formula by Sonangol", due to a two-year deal that began in the previous season...

     with PSV Eindhoven
    PSV Eindhoven (Superleague Formula team)
    PSV Eindhoven Superleague Formula team is the racing team of PSV Eindhoven, a football team that competes in the Netherlands in the Eredivisie. The PSV Eindhoven racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It has been operated by Azerti Motorsport for all seasons.-2008 season:In the 2008...

    , Esteban Guerrieri
    Esteban Guerrieri
    Esteban Guerrieri is an Argentine racing driver.-Career:After graduating from karts, Guerrieri competed in various Formula Renault 2000 championships from 2001 to 2003...

     will move into Firestone Indy Lights with Sam Schmidt Motorsports
    Sam Schmidt Motorsports
    Sam Schmidt Motorsports is an auto racing team in the IndyCar IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights Series owned by quadriplegic former driver Sam Schmidt....

    .
  • Máximo Cortés
    Máximo Cortés
    Máximo Cortés is a Spanish racing driver who competes in single seater formulae.-Formula Three:After a first successful season in the Master Junior Formula, finishing the season as runner-up, Cortés graduated to Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2006 with Spanish team Escuderia TEC-Auto...

    , Julien Jousse
    Julien Jousse
    Julien Jousse is a professional racing driver from France.-Formula Ford:After spending time in karting between 1997 and 2001, Jousse began has circuit racing career in 2002 in the Formula Ford Kent series. In the three races he contested he took three podium finishes, including one race win...

     and James Walker
    James Walker (racing driver)
    James Walker is a professional racing driver driver from Great Britain.-Formula Ford:James began his single seater racing career in 2002 in the UK Formula Ford championship, finishing the year in 17th place...

     will race in the Le Mans Series
    Le Mans Series
    The Le Mans Series is a European sports car racing endurance series based around the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . The series was originally named the Le Mans Endurance Series, but changed its name prior to the 2006 season...

     in 2011
    2011 Le Mans Series season
    The 2011 Le Mans Series season was the eighth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Le Mans Series. The series began on 3 April with the 6 Hours of Castellet and ended after five rounds on 25 September. It is a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes...

    , having raced in Superleague Formula on different occasions in 2010.
  • Narain Karthikeyan
    Narain Karthikeyan
    Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan , is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India. He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in with the Jordan team, and was a WilliamsF1 test driver in and...

    , who raced for PSV Eindhoven
    PSV Eindhoven (Superleague Formula team)
    PSV Eindhoven Superleague Formula team is the racing team of PSV Eindhoven, a football team that competes in the Netherlands in the Eredivisie. The PSV Eindhoven racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It has been operated by Azerti Motorsport for all seasons.-2008 season:In the 2008...

     during much of 2010, will return to Formula One
    Formula One
    Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

     with Hispania Racing following a five-year absence from the series.
  • Celso Míguez
    Celso Míguez
    Celso Míguez Pereira is a Spanish racing driver. He has competed in such series as Formula Renault 3.5 Series, World Series Lights and Euroseries 3000. He was runner-up to Bruno Méndez in the 2009 European F3 Open season and collected five wins over the course of the races.-External links:* *...

     will race in the Spanish GT Championship
    Spanish GT Championship
    The Spanish GT Championship is a Spanish auto racing series founded in 1999 and organised by the GT Sport Organización. The series runs multiple classes of grand tourer cars in events around Spain and Portugal...

     in 2011 with Aurora Racing Team having competed in Superleague Formula at two events during 2010.
  • Last year's Superleague Formula champion Davide Rigon
    Davide Rigon
    Davide Rigon is an Italian racing driver.-Career:Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003, he progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three...

     will make the step up to the GP2 Series
    GP2 Series
    The GP2 Series, GP2 for short, is a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder series, Formula 3000. The format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, while Ecclestone also has the rights to the name GP1...

     in 2011
    2011 GP2 Series season
    The 2011 GP2 Series season was the seventh season of the pan-European motor racing series for single specification open wheel GP2 cars. Thirteen teams competed over a nine event series that run from May 7 at Istanbul Park in Turkey to September 11 at Monza in Italy...

     with team Scuderia Coloni.

Mid-season changes

  • Chris van der Drift
    Chris van der Drift
    Christopher Jason van der Drift is a New Zealand racecar driver of Dutch descent.-Career:Chris started karting at the age of 7 and in 1994 he raced his first year in cadets...

     switched to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series
    World Series by Renault
    The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, is a motor racing series. The series consists of the flagship Formula Renault 3.5 Series , the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Eurocup Mégane Trophy...

     for the start of 2011
    2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
    The 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season will be the seventh season of the Renault–supported single–seater category. It is due to be the final season for the current Dallara chassis with Renault Sport Technologies having confirmed a new car for the 2012 season.After featuring 12 teams during the...

     but returned to Superleague Formula for round two in Zolder. Max Wissel rejoined the series with new entrant South Korea, and Mikhail Aleshin
    Mikhail Aleshin
    -Career:Aleshin competed in karting from 1996 to 2000. Since 2001 he has taken part in various international open wheel series. On April 14, 2007 he became the first Russian driver to win a major international single-seater race when he won the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season...

     joined the other new entrant, Russia, racing in Superleague Formula for the first time. Robert Doornbos
    Robert Doornbos
    Robert Michael Doornbos is a Dutch racing driver. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in 2005 and 2006. Doornbos then drove for Minardi Team USA in the 2007 and final season of the Champ Car...

     took over from Duncan Tappy
    Duncan Tappy
    Duncan Tappy is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.-Career:Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series....

     in the championship-leading Japan car, with Tappy moving to the Galatasaray car to replace Andy Soucek
    Andy Soucek
    Andy Christian Soucek, aka Souček is a professional racecar driver.-Career:Soucek's father is Austrian, and he has Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent his life there. He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish"...

    , who in turn replaces María de Villota
    María de Villota
    María de Villota Comba is a Spanish race car driver. She is the daughter of former Formula One driver Emilio de Villota, and sister of Emilio de Villota, Jr., who like his sister competed in Formula Palmer Audi.-Career:...

     at Atlético de Madrid.

2011 Schedule

  • Superleague Formula announced its full 2011 calendar on May 2, which saw the championship embark on a "Nations Cup", with races on four different continents this season in 8 rounds. For the first time, races were scheduled to be held in Russia, Brazil (two races), the Middle East and New Zealand. The Russian round, due to be held at the newly-built Smolensk Ring
    Smolensk Ring
    The Smolensk Ring is a circuit in western Russia near the city of Safonovo, Smolensk Oblast in the settlement of Verkhnedneprovskiy. It's located 90 km east of its namesake city of Smolensk and about 250 km west of Moscow....

    , was later cancelled. The Middle East round was later replaced by a round in South Korea and a second round in China was added to replace the Russian round. The two rounds in Brazil were cancelled after apparent issues with the track in Goiânia. The series finale in New Zealand was later cancelled. The "Nations Cup" branding also had to be abandoned due to issues with naming rights which the series was still looking to resolve.
  • With the announcement of the calendar, it was confirmed that each round was known as a 'Grand Prix'.
  • The SF World Feed commentators at Zolder were Andrew Coley and Earl Bamber
    Earl Bamber
    Earl Anderson Bamber is a motor racing driver and commentator from New Zealand.-Career:Bamber is a young rookie driver with a reputation for suffering from bouts of red mist but has demonstrated race driving talent when progressing through karts and minor single seater series, and in 2008 was...

    .

Race calendar and results

Round Grand Prix Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Club Winning Team Weekend Winner Report
1 R1   GP Assen – Holland
TT Circuit Assen
The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and located in Assen, Netherlands. Host of the Dutch TT race, it is considered "The Cathedral" of motorcycling by the fans...

4–5 June   France – GDB
Girondins de Bordeaux (Superleague Formula team)
Girondins de Bordeaux Superleague Formula team is the racing team of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a football team that competes in France in Ligue 1. The Girondins de Bordeaux racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It will be operated by Barazi-Epsilon for their debut season in 2010. The...

  France – GDB
Girondins de Bordeaux (Superleague Formula team)
Girondins de Bordeaux Superleague Formula team is the racing team of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a football team that competes in France in Ligue 1. The Girondins de Bordeaux racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It will be operated by Barazi-Epsilon for their debut season in 2010. The...

  Netherlands – PSV
PSV Eindhoven (Superleague Formula team)
PSV Eindhoven Superleague Formula team is the racing team of PSV Eindhoven, a football team that competes in the Netherlands in the Eredivisie. The PSV Eindhoven racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It has been operated by Azerti Motorsport for all seasons.-2008 season:In the 2008...

  Azerti Motorsport
Azerti Motorsport
Azerti Motorsport is a Belgian motorsport team founded by former racer Wim Coekelbergs.-History:Racing for Belgium started racing in Belgian Clio Cup in 2003, but graduated to the Eurocup Mégane Trophy in 2005, taking the driver and teams titles with Jan Heylen...

  England Report
2011 Assen Superleague Formula round
The 2011 Assen Superleague Formula round, also referred to as the 2011 Superleague Formula GP Holland, was a Superleague Formula round held on June 5, 2011, at the TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands. It was the second ever round at the Assen circuit, following a round in 2010...

R2   Czech Republic – SPR   Japan   Atech
Atech Grand Prix
Atech Grand Prix is a British motor racing team.It was formed in 2007 as Hitech Junior Team by David Hayle, who had sold his successful British Formula Three team Hitech Racing to Austrian businessman Walter Grubmuller, Sr....

 Reid Grand Prix
Reid Motorsport
Reid Motorsport is a British racing team operated by Anthony Reid, the former team truckie of Ultimate Motorsport. The team was founded in 2009 and it only ever competed in the now defunct Superleague Formula race series. It was created when Ultimate left the Superleague Formula series, with Reid...

2 R1   GP Zolder – Belgium 16–17 July   England   New Zealand   England   Alan Docking Racing
Alan Docking Racing
Alan Docking Racing is motor racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The team was formed in 1975 by Australian Alan Docking....

  Luxembourg Report
2011 Zolder Superleague Formula round
The 2011 Zolder Superleague Formula round, also referred to as the 2011 Superleague Formula GP Belgium will be a Superleague Formula round held on July 17, 2011, at Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. It will be the fourth year in a row that Superleague Formula visits the Zolder circuit,...

R2   Australia   Australia   Alan Docking Racing
Alan Docking Racing
Alan Docking Racing is motor racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The team was formed in 1975 by Australian Alan Docking....


Cancelled races

Grand Prix Date
  GP Russia
Smolensk Ring
The Smolensk Ring is a circuit in western Russia near the city of Safonovo, Smolensk Oblast in the settlement of Verkhnedneprovskiy. It's located 90 km east of its namesake city of Smolensk and about 250 km west of Moscow....

3–4 September
  GP Goiânia – Brazil
Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia)
Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna is a motorsports circuit located in Goiânia, Brazil. From 1987 to 1989, it hosted the Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix in MotoGP.-External links:*...

8–9 October
  TBC 15–16 October
  GP Beijing – China
Beijing International Street Circuit
The Beijing International Street Circuit is a street circuit located at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, Beijing, China.-History:To keep the success of Olympic Games, the Shunyu district decided to invest 300 million yuan to build facilities for motorsport.The circuit is to be opened in October...

29–30 October
  GP Shanghai – China 5–6 November
  GP Seoul – South Korea 12–13 November
  TBC 10–11 December

Test calendar and results

  • There was a two-day pre-season test session at Spain's Circuito Monteblanco
    Circuito Monteblanco
    Circuito Monteblanco, built in 2005/06 is located in the municipality of La Palma del Condado , a town in the province of Huelva , South of Spain, at the foot of the Autopista del Quinto Centenario . It is easily accessed via the network of road links with nearby major cities such as Seville or...

     on 9–10 December, 2010.
  • The Circuito de Navarra
    Circuito de Navarra
    Circuito de Navarra is a motorsport race track that opened in June 2010 near Los Arcos in the Navarre region of Northern Spain. It is a permanent road course that hosts the Superleague Formula series and the FIA GT1 World Championship....

     in Spain was due to host a two-day test on 30–31 August, 2011. However, the scheduled event got cancelled, without an explanatory announcement.

Championship standings

EWLINE
Pos Entrant Drivers ASS
2011 Assen Superleague Formula round
The 2011 Assen Superleague Formula round, also referred to as the 2011 Superleague Formula GP Holland, was a Superleague Formula round held on June 5, 2011, at the TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands. It was the second ever round at the Assen circuit, following a round in 2010...


 
ZOL
2011 Zolder Superleague Formula round
The 2011 Zolder Superleague Formula round, also referred to as the 2011 Superleague Formula GP Belgium will be a Superleague Formula round held on July 17, 2011, at Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. It will be the fourth year in a row that Superleague Formula visits the Zolder circuit,...


 
Pts
R1 R2 S R1 R2 S
1   Australia John Martin
John Martin (racing driver)
John Martin is an Australian championship winning open-wheel motor racing driver. Martin has been racing in European based open-wheel series since 2006. In that time Martin has had a wide experience of open-wheel racing having driven in various national and international series driving Formula...

6 2 4 7 1 2 158
2   Japan Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.-Career:Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series....

7 1 6 136
Robert Doornbos
Robert Doornbos
Robert Michael Doornbos is a Dutch racing driver. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in 2005 and 2006. Doornbos then drove for Minardi Team USA in the 2007 and final season of the Champ Car...

5 7 6
3   Luxembourg Frédéric Vervisch
Frédéric Vervisch
Frédéric Vervisch is a Belgian racing driver who currently races for Luxembourg in the Superleague Formula.-Early career:...

3 13 DN 3 4 1 134
4   Netherlands – PSV Eindhoven
PSV Eindhoven (Superleague Formula team)
PSV Eindhoven Superleague Formula team is the racing team of PSV Eindhoven, a football team that competes in the Netherlands in the Eredivisie. The PSV Eindhoven racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It has been operated by Azerti Motorsport for all seasons.-2008 season:In the 2008...

Yelmer Buurman
Yelmer Buurman
Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman is a Dutch racing driver.-Formula König:Buurman drove in the German-based Formula König championship in 2002, finishing twentieth in the season standings.-Formula Renault:...

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5   Belgium – RSC Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht (Superleague Formula team)
R.S.C. Anderlecht Superleague Formula team is the racing team of R.S.C. Anderlecht, a football team that competes in Belgium in the Belgian First Division. The R.S.C. Anderlecht racing team competes in the Superleague Formula...

Neel Jani
Neel Jani
Neel Jani is a Swiss race car driver of Indian origin. He has achieved his greatest success driving for A1 Team Switzerland in A1 Grand Prix, helping them win the 2007-2008 title and finishing runner-up in 2005-06 and 2008-09. He has been also a GP2 Series race-winner and Formula One tester...

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6   England Craig Dolby
Craig Dolby
Craig Dolby is an English racing driver. He has raced in Formula Renault series around the world for most of his career, winning the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium championship in 2006....

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7   New Zealand Earl Bamber
Earl Bamber
Earl Anderson Bamber is a motor racing driver and commentator from New Zealand.-Career:Bamber is a young rookie driver with a reputation for suffering from bouts of red mist but has demonstrated race driving talent when progressing through karts and minor single seater series, and in 2008 was...

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Chris van der Drift
Chris van der Drift
Christopher Jason van der Drift is a New Zealand racecar driver of Dutch descent.-Career:Chris started karting at the age of 7 and in 1994 he raced his first year in cadets...

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8   Brazil Antônio Pizzonia
Antônio Pizzonia
Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior is a Brazilian racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series.He is nicknamed "Jungle Boy", a reference to his native Amazonas...

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9   Czech Republic – AC Sparta Praha Filip Salaquarda
Filip Salaquarda
Filip Salaquarda is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.-Early career:After an early career in karting, Salaquarda began his racing career in 2000 in his native Czech Republic, competing in the Ford Puma Cup where he finished in third place...

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10   Turkey – Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray S.K. (Superleague Formula team)
Galatasaray S.K. Superleague Formula team is the Superleague Formula racing team of Galatasaray SK, a multisports club, famous for its football section that competes in Turkey in the Süper Lig. The team competes in the Superleague Formula...

Andy Soucek
Andy Soucek
Andy Christian Soucek, aka Souček is a professional racecar driver.-Career:Soucek's father is Austrian, and he has Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent his life there. He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish"...

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Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.-Career:Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series....

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11   South Korea Max Wissel 8 2 4 71
12   Russia Mikhail Aleshin
Mikhail Aleshin
-Career:Aleshin competed in karting from 1996 to 2000. Since 2001 he has taken part in various international open wheel series. On April 14, 2007 he became the first Russian driver to win a major international single-seater race when he won the opening round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season...

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13   France – Girondins de Bordeaux
Girondins de Bordeaux (Superleague Formula team)
Girondins de Bordeaux Superleague Formula team is the racing team of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a football team that competes in France in Ligue 1. The Girondins de Bordeaux racing team competes in the Superleague Formula. It will be operated by Barazi-Epsilon for their debut season in 2010. The...

Tristan Gommendy
Tristan Gommendy
Tristan Gommendy is a race car driver. He won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 2002. In 2006 Gommendy drove briefly in the GP2 Series for the iSport International team....

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14   China Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung is a Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver who races with a Chinese license.-Career:Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 before graduating to single-seaters. He won the 2003 Formula BMW Asia series and was rewarded with a test drive with the Williams F1 team.In 2004 he joined...

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15   Spain – Atlético de Madrid María de Villota
María de Villota
María de Villota Comba is a Spanish race car driver. She is the daughter of former Formula One driver Emilio de Villota, and sister of Emilio de Villota, Jr., who like his sister competed in Formula Palmer Audi.-Career:...

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Andy Soucek
Andy Soucek
Andy Christian Soucek, aka Souček is a professional racecar driver.-Career:Soucek's father is Austrian, and he has Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent his life there. He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish"...

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16   Netherlands Robert Doornbos
Robert Doornbos
Robert Michael Doornbos is a Dutch racing driver. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in 2005 and 2006. Doornbos then drove for Minardi Team USA in the 2007 and final season of the Champ Car...

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ASS
2011 Assen Superleague Formula round
The 2011 Assen Superleague Formula round, also referred to as the 2011 Superleague Formula GP Holland, was a Superleague Formula round held on June 5, 2011, at the TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands. It was the second ever round at the Assen circuit, following a round in 2010...


 
ZOL
2011 Zolder Superleague Formula round
The 2011 Zolder Superleague Formula round, also referred to as the 2011 Superleague Formula GP Belgium will be a Superleague Formula round held on July 17, 2011, at Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. It will be the fourth year in a row that Superleague Formula visits the Zolder circuit,...


 



NOTE – R2 starts

with reverse grid

S = Super Final


Race 1 and 2 points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd DNF DNS
Points 50 45 40 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0


Super Final points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th DNQ DNS
Points 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0

  • New for 2011 was the alteration that the top 8 points-scorers from the weekend would compete in the Super Final, in contrast to 2010 where only the top 6 would qualify.

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