2011 Assen Superleague Formula round

2011 Assen Superleague Formula round Superleague Formula round Netherlands
Date	June 5, 2011
Location	TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.830 mi / 4.555 km
Laps	26 & 26
Pole position
Team	France – GDB	Tristan Gommendy
Time	1:26.313
Podium (1st race)
First	Netherlands – PSV	Yelmer Buurman
Second	England	Craig Dolby
Third	Luxembourg	Frédéric Vervisch
Fastest lap (1st race)
Team	France – GDB	Tristan Gommendy
Time	1:26.192 (on lap 13)
Podium (2nd race)
First	Japan	Duncan Tappy
Second	Australia	John Martin
Third	Brazil	Antônio Pizzonia
Fastest lap (2nd race)
Team	Czech Republic – SPR	Filip Salaquarda
Time	1:26.481 (on lap 14)

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. It was the first round, or 'Grand Prix', of the 2011 Superleague Formula season.^[1]

Fourteen cars took part, however only six sported the liveries of football clubs as per Superleague Formula tradition. The rest were branded with the colours of particular nations. Two cars from the Netherlands took part: PSV Eindhoven and Team Netherlands.^[2]

Support races included the Dutch Supercar Challenge, Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, the German Formula Three Championship and Superkart racing.^[3]

Results

Qualifying

• In each group, the top four qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A Pos. Team Driver Time 1 Belgium – AND Neel Jani 1:26.261 2 Luxembourg Frédéric Vervisch 1:26.367 3 Turkey – GAL Andy Soucek 1:26.825 4 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia 1:27.178 5 Australia John Martin 1:27.315 6 Czech Republic – SPR Filip Salaquarda 1:27.463 7 Japan Duncan Tappy 1:27.743

Group B Pos. Team Driver Time 1 Netherlands – PSV Yelmer Buurman 1:26.176 2 New Zealand Earl Bamber 1:26.387 3 France – GDB Tristan Gommendy 1:26.490 4 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 1:26.703 5 England Craig Dolby 1:26.709 6 China Ho-Pin Tung 1:29.162 7 Spain – ATM María de Villota no time set

Knockout stages

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Pole Shoot Out

A4

Brazil

1:27.939

B1

Netherlands – PSV

1:29.359

Brazil

1:27.616

A2

Luxembourg

1:28.097

France – GDB

1:26.481

B3

France – GDB

1:26.851

France – GDB

1:26.313

A3

Turkey – GAL

1:27.285

New Zealand

1:26.745

B2

New Zealand

1:26.799

New Zealand

1:26.708

A1

Belgium – AND

1:26.934

Netherlands

1:26.831

B4

Netherlands

1:26.690

Standings after the round

Pos	Team	Points
1	Japan	77
2	Australia	77
3	England	74
4	Netherlands – PSV	72
5	Brazil	68

References

1. "Superleague Formula announces Nations Cup 2011". superleagueformula.com. Superleague Formula. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
2. "Superleague Formula Nations Cup announces full line-up". superleagueformula.com. Superleague Formula. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
3. http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?nav=Artikel&nid=33226

External links

• Official results from the Superleague Formula website