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

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Team No. 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

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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
1 R1 Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano   Italy 17 April   Patric Niederhauser   Patric Niederhauser   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
R2   Patric Niederhauser   Michael Heche   BVM
2 R1 Valencia Circuit   Spain 7 May   Michael Heche   Patric Niederhauser   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
R2 8 May   Sergey Sirotkin   Sergey Sirotkin   Jenzer Motorsport
3 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano   Italy 22 May   Patric Niederhauser   Patric Niederhauser   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
R2   Patric Niederhauser   Lorenzo Camplese   BVM
4 R1 Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico   Italy 4 June   Gerrard Barrabeig   Michael Heche   Gerrard Barrabeig   BVM
R2 5 June   Roman de Beer   Robert Visoiu   Jenzer Motorsport
5 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola   Italy 16 July   Luca Ghiotto   Gerrard Barrabeig   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
R2 17 July   Luca Ghiotto   Michael Heche   BVM
6 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps   Belgium 6 August   Michael Heche   Lorenzo Camplese   Sergey Sirotkin   Euronova Racing by Fortec
R2 7 August   Patric Niederhauser   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
7 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg   Austria 27 August   Patric Niederhauser   Sergey Sirotkin   Sergey Sirotkin   Euronova Racing by Fortec
R2 28 August   Patric Niederhauser   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
8 R1 Mugello Circuit   Italy 2 October   Sergey Sirotkin   Sergey Sirotkin   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
R2   Mario Marasca1   Mario Marasca   BVM
  Lorenzo Camplese   EuroInternational
9 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza   Italy 16 October   Michael Heche   Luca Ghiotto   Sergey Sirotkin   Euronova Racing by Fortec
R2   Patric Niederhauser1   Patric Niederhauser   Jenzer Motorsport
10 R1 Circuit de Catalunya   Spain 30 October   Michael Heche   Patric Niederhauser   Sergey Sirotkin   Euronova Racing by Fortec
R2   Patric Niederhauser   Robert Visoiu   Jenzer Motorsport
  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

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  • 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

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Drivers' standings

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Pos Driver VAL
 
VAR
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
Pts
1   Patric Niederhauser 1 4 1 2 DSQ 8 1 Ret Ret 1 1 16 3 1 149
2   Sergey Sirotkin 14 3 3 3 2 5 3 Ret 1 8 3 3 1 Ret 136
3   Michael Heche 3 1 9 7 3 10 2 1 2 10 4 9 2 5 131
4   Gerrard Barrabeig 9 Ret 2 4 1 Ret 4 2 3 5 11 5 10 Ret 101
5   Nicolas Costa 6 2 4 6 Ret 6 6 5 7 4 Ret 21 5 4 84
6   Robert Visoiu 8 8 16 5 4 1 Ret 3 8 17 7 Ret 19 2 69
7   Riccardo Agostini 4 9 8 13 10 12 5 6 5 7 8 15 4 Ret 66
8   Mario Marasca 10 10 11 10 9 11 7 7 6 6 6 2 DNS 15 57
9   Luca Ghiotto 7 7 Ret 15 7 3 Ret 12 9 15 10 14 7 Ret 42
10   Lorenzo Camplese 21 Ret 6 1 6 20 15 3 5 1 11 DNS 40
11   Roman de Beer 5 5 5 14 Ret 2 36
12   Emanuele Zonzini 13 12 12 8 8 9 8 4 10 12 17 8 15 6 34
13   Antonio Spavone 12 14 10 9 Ret 19 12 8 11 11 15 12 22 9 12
14   Bruno Bonifacio 14 6 9 Ret 10
15   Vicky Piria 11 11 14 Ret 14 15 Ret 10 16 13 12 18 8 Ret 9
16   Samin Gómez 13 16 Ret 10 12 7 8
17   Nick Cassidy 16 7 6
18   Santiago Urrutia 13 8 4
19   Giorgio Roda 18 Ret 13 16 12 14 9 9 13 Ret Ret 13 14 Ret 4
20   Dario Orsini 15 Ret 17 12 11 13 10 11 12 14 19 11 18 Ret 4
21   Victor Franzoni DSQ 9 3
22   Kevin Jörg 21 10 2
23   Paolo Bonetti 16 11 1
24   Dmitry Suranovich 13 17 23 Ret 1
25   Lorenzo Foglia 19 Ret 18 Ret 16 18 11 Ret 14 16 18 22 17 13 0
26   Alessandra Brena 16 15 15 11 15 17 Ret DNS 0
27   Jimmy Antunes Ret 20 Ret 12 0
28   Andrea Barbirato 20 16 13 Ret 0
29   Luca Defendi 17 13 0
30   Valeria Carballo 20 14 0
  Gregor Ramsay Ret DNS 0
Ineligible drivers
  Dustin Sofyan 17 7 4 Ret 9 4 Ret DNS 0
National Trophy
1   Yoshitaka Kuroda 2 6 7 Ret 5 4 Ret 13 Ret 2 2 19 6 3 192
Pos Driver VAL
 
VAR
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
Pts
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

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Pos Team VAL
 
VAR
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
Pts
1   Jenzer Motorsport 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 8 1 1 10 3 1 182
2   BVM 3 1 2 1 1 10 2 1 2 5 4 2 2 5 176
3   Cram Competition 6 2 4 6 12 6 6 5 7 4 Ret 13 5 4 85
4   Euronova Racing by Fortec 16 15 15 11 15 17 Ret DNS 1 8 3 3 1 Ret 70
5   JD Motorsport 12 14 10 9 11 13 5 6 5 7 8 12 4 9 54
6   Prema Powerteam 7 7 14 15 7 3 Ret 10 9 13 10 6 7 Ret 47
7   Composit Motorsport 13 12 12 8 8 9 8 4 10 12 16 7 15 6 35
8   Villorba Corse 4 9 8 13 10 12 22
9   Victoria World 5 14 Ret 2 19
10   EuroInternational 13 7 4 3 5 1 11 DNS 12
11   Diegi Motorsport
  Island Motorsport
19 Ret 18 Ret 16 18 11 Ret 14 16 18 22 13 8 4
12   Emmebi Motorsport 15 Ret 17 12 18 Ret 0
13   TomCat Racing 20 16 0
14   Uboldi Corse 17 13 0
15   Team Costarica 20 14 0
Pos Team VAL
 
VAR
 
MIS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
Pts
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

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Drivers' standings

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Pos Driver VRT
 
MIS
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   Sergey Sirotkin 2 1 2 5 1 8 1 2 3 3 1 Ret 1 4 175
2   Patric Niederhauser 1 2 DSQ 8 Ret 1 2 1 1 16 3 1 Ret 2 138
3   Michael Heche 13 4 3 10 2 10 4 4 4 9 2 5 Ret 8 98
4   Robert Visoiu 6 6 4 1 8 17 Ret 5 7 Ret 19 2 5 1 81
5   Gerrard Barrabeig 5 5 1 Ret 3 5 8 Ret 11 5 10 Ret 6 10 72
6   Luca Ghiotto 12 Ret 7 3 9 15 3 6 10 14 7 Ret 2 3 65
7   Lorenzo Camplese 3 7 6 20 15 3 7 14 5 1 11 DNS 59
8   Riccardo Agostini 7 9 10 12 5 7 5 3 8 15 4 Ret Ret 7 54
9   Nicolas Costa 4 10 Ret 6 7 4 6 9 Ret 21 5 4 52
10   Mario Marasca 8 8 9 11 6 6 10 11 6 2 DNS 15 Ret 5 46
11   Dustin Sofyan Ret 3 17 7 4 Ret 12 15 9 4 Ret DNS 33
12   Yoshitaka Kuroda 5 4 Ret 2 2 19 6 3 26
13   Emanuele Zonzini 8 9 10 12 17 8 15 6 3 6 23
14   Antonio Spavone Ret 19 11 11 11 8 15 12 22 9 4 11 18
15   Bruno Bonifacio Ret 7 14 6 9 Ret Ret 9 14
16   Roman de Beer Ret 2 12
17   Samin Gómez 10 12 13 16 13 10 Ret 10 12 7 11 14 11
18   Vicky Piria 9 11 14 15 16 13 15 12 12 18 8 Ret 9 15 8
19   Kevin Jörg 21 10 7 13 7
20   Jimmy Antunes 9 16 Ret 20 Ret 12 8 12 6
21   Santiago Urrutia 13 8 13 17 5
22   Nick Cassidy 14 7 4
23   Victor Franzoni DSQ 9 2
24   Paolo Bonetti 16 11 14 16 2
25   Dmitry Suranovich 16 13 13 17 23 Ret 10 18 1
26   Dario Orsini 11 13 12 14 19 11 18 Ret 0
27   Giorgio Roda 11 Ret 12 14 13 Ret 14 17 Ret 13 14 Ret 0
28   Gregor Ramsay Ret DNS 12 Ret 0
29   Lorenzo Foglia 16 18 14 16 18 22 17 13 0
30   Valeria Carballo 20 14 15 Ret 0
31   Alessandra Brena 15 17 0
Pos Driver VRT
 
MIS
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
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

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Pos Team VRT
 
MIS
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   Jenzer Motorsport 1 1 2 1 8 1 2 1 1 10 3 1 5 1 173
2   Euronova Racing by Fortec 5 4 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 Ret 1 4 148
3   BVM 3 4 1 11 2 5 4 4 4 2 2 5 6 5 134
4   Prema Powerteam 9 11 7 3 9 13 3 6 10 6 7 Ret 2 3 71
5   JD Motorsport 11 13 5 7 5 3 8 12 4 9 4 7 62
6   EuroInternational 10 3 13 7 4 3 7 14 5 1 11 DNS 60
7   Cram Competition 4 10 12 6 7 4 6 9 Ret 13 5 4 52
8   Composit Motorsport 8 9 10 12 16 7 15 11 14 16 12
9   Scuderia Victoria World Ret 2 11
10   Villorba Corse 7 9 10 12 7
11   Diegi Motorsport
  Island Motorsport
16 18 14 16 18 22 13 8 13 17 5
12   Team Costarica 20 14 15 Ret 0
Pos Team VRT
 
MIS
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts

Rookies' standings

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Pos Driver VRT
 
MIS
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
1   Gerrard Barrabeig 5 5 1 Ret 3 5 8 Ret 11 5 10 Ret 6 10 158
2   Luca Ghiotto 12 Ret 7 3 9 15 3 6 10 14 7 Ret 2 3 157
3   Robert Visoiu 6 6 4 1 8 17 Ret 5 7 Ret 19 2 5 1 148
4   Giorgio Roda 11 Ret 12 14 13 Ret 14 17 Ret 13 14 Ret 70
5   Emanuele Zonzini 8 9 10 12 17 8 15 6 3 6 62
6   Dmitry Suranovich 16 13 13 17 23 Ret 10 18 48
7   Santiago Urrutia 13 8 13 17 31
8   Dario Orsini 11 13 12 14 19 11 18 Ret 30
9   Kevin Jörg 21 10 7 13 27
10   Paolo Bonetti 16 11 14 16 23
11   Lorenzo Foglia 16 18 14 16 18 22 17 13 16
12   Victor Franzoni DSQ 9 11
13   Alessandra Brena 15 17 9
Pos Driver VRT
 
MIS
 
SPA
 
RBR
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts

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