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 ] Team Driver Rounds Prema Powerteam [1] 2 Bruno Bonifacio [2] 7–10 3 Luca Ghiotto [3] All 11 Vicky Piria [1] All Uboldi Corse[4] 5 Luca Defendi[4] 1 BVM[5] 7 Gerrard Barrabeig[5] All 8 Lorenzo Camplese[5] 1–4 9 Mario Marasca[5] All 10 Michael Heche[5] All 16 Gregor Ramsay [6] 9–10 Euronova Racing by Fortec [7] 12 Sergey Sirotkin [8] 6–10 13 Dmitry Suranovich [2] 7–10 15 Emanuele Zonzini [9] 10 35 Alessandra Brena[7] 1, 3–5 51 Yoshitaka Kuroda [10] 1, 3–6, 8–9 Composit Motorsport[11] 14 Paolo Bonetti[6] 9–10 15 Emanuele Zonzini [11] 1, 3–6, 8–9 48 Nick Cassidy [12] 8 Jenzer Motorsport [13] 18 Patric Niederhauser [13] All 19 Robert Visoiu [13] All 20 Sergey Sirotkin [13] 1–5 Samin Gómez [2] 7–10 22 Kevin Jörg [6] 9–10 Cram Competition [14] 21 Giorgio Roda[14] 1–9 23 Victor Franzoni [8] 6 39 Nicolas Costa [11] 1–9 JD Motorsport [11] 24 Antonio Spavone [11] 1, 3–10 25 Riccardo Agostini [15] 5–10 26 Jimmy Antunes[2] 7–10 41 Dario Orsini[16] 4–6, 8 EuroInternational [17] 29 Dustin Sofyan [17] 2, 4, 6–9 30 Samin Gómez [18] 2, 4 Lorenzo Camplese[8] 6–9 Diegi Motorsport[19] 31 Lorenzo Foglia[19] 1, 3–4 Island Motorsport[15] 5–6, 9 45 Andrea Barbirato[15] 5 46 Santiago Urrutia [20] 9–10 Villorba Corse[21] 33 Riccardo Agostini [22] 1–4 Victoria World[11] 37 Roman de Beer [11] 1, 3–4 Team Costarica[6] 38 Valeria Carballo[6] 9–10 Emmebi Motorsport [23] 41 Dario Orsini[23] 1, 3, 9 TomCat Racing[24] 45 Andrea Barbirato[24] 1
Class European/Italian Championship National Trophy
Race calendar and results [ edit ] On 19 November 2010, the calendar for both series was presented in a press conference held in Varano .[25]
European championship
Italian championship
Both championships
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 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 [ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Teams' standings [ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
European Championship [ edit ] Drivers' standings [ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Teams' standings [ edit ] Rookies' standings [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]