2011 F1RWRS English Grand Prix

The 2011 F1RWRS English Grand Prix was race seven of fifteen in the 2011 F1RWRS season. It was held at Snetterton, Great Britain, and was won by Daniel Melrose.

Race Report

Pre-Race

Dougal Kerr, a 34 year-old white van champion, entered in F1RWRS for his first race with a spare car donated to him by Pacchia. He did not qualify for the race. Japanese driver Barii Mori also joined in the series after being picked up by Team Phoenix.

Qualifying

In pre-qualifying, Nathanael Spencer and Ashley Watkinson got the same time to top the timesheets. In the DNQ spots, Hagane Shizuka, Sammy Jones, Douglas Mann and John Zimmer were among the non-qualifiers. In qualifying proper, Watkinson had the edge, taking pole over David Koczo. Spencer was sixth while Frank Zimmer was third.

Race

At the start, Watkinson led the first lap while the backmarkers shuffled around. On Lap 2, Koczo made a mistake and fell back a few positions. A lap later, Watkinson had an off and Frank Zimmer took the lead. The top three positions shuffled around a bit, with Koczo taking second but losing it two laps later. On Lap 8, the order was Zimmer, Watkinson, Koczo, Simpson and De Bock followed by Spencer and the remainder of the field. A flurry of stops also took place between laps 8-15 with Daniel Melrose, James Davies, Gary Cameron, Pippa Mann and Koczo all pitting. Koczo pitted from fourth, but he was leapfrogged by Cameron after a brilliant stop by the Calinetic pitcrew.

Zimmer and Watkinson continued to battle for the lead while Spencer lost third to Simon Redman after an off. Redman then passed Watkinson but lost the spot a lap later. Dave Simpson then took the lead from Frank Zimmer on Lap 16, just after the halfway point of the race. Giovanni Roda was also up there, battling with the ArrowTech of Nicolas Steele for a podium spot. Simpson and Zimmer broke away from the field, battling furiously all the way. Meanwhile, most of the drivers in contention (barring Redman, who was in sixth) had made their stops by Lap 20.

A poor picture of Simpson and Hemo Goblin's collision.

After a few laps of intense racing, Daniel Melrose pushed into the lead on Lap 20 but he was tailed by Cameron, who took second from Simpson's gripless Minardi. Unfortunately, before Simpson could pit, he collided with Zimmer, ending both their races and collecting a so far anonymous T. Hemo Goblin. Melrose managed to cruise in for the win with Cameron and Koczo behind him. Pippa Mann put in a stellar effort to take fourth followed by James Davies and Barii Mori who was the first driver to pit. Melrose's early stop basically assured him of victory as Simpson and Zimmer stayed out far too long on worn tyres. Melrose's victory vaulted him into the lead of the Drivers' Championship by nine points over Nathanael Spencer.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Pre-Q	Time	Gap
1	9	Ashley Watkinson	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo	0:40.69	0:40.71	--
2	4	David Koczo	Prospec	0:41.12	0:40.76	+0.05
3	6	Frank Zimmer	Holden	0:40.86	0:40.85	+0.14
4	5	Daniel Melrose	JLD-BMW	0:41.49	0:40.95	+0.24
5	16	Dave Simpson	Minardi-Cosworth	0:41.28	0:41.01	+0.30
6	3	Nathanael Spencer	Prospec	0:40.69	0:41.06	+0.35
7	1	Gary Cameron	Calinetic-Ford	0:40.77	0:41.18	+0.47
8	15	T. Hemo Goblin	Hemogoblin-Ford	0:41.06	0:41.21	+0.50
9	21	Pippa Mann	AMR-Peel-DMC	0:40.97	0:41.37	+0.66
10	13	Simon Redman	Kahama-Ford	0:41.17	0:41.44	+0.73
11	8	Thomas De Bock	Calinetic-Ford	0:40.84	0:41.54	+0.83
12	5	James Davies	Bangelia-Alfa Romeo	0:41.22	0:41.55	+0.84
13	26	Jeroen Krautmeir	JLD-BMW	0:41.48	0:41.61	+0.90
14	19	Giovanni Roda	Trueba-Judd	0:41.53	0:41.70	+0.99
15	8	Luca Pacchiarini	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo	0:41.19	0:41.77	+1.06
16	18	Chris Dagnall	Jones-Renault	0:40.92	0:41.81	+1.10
17	24	Jari Kekkonen	ArrowTech-Cosworth	0:41.00	0:41.97	+1.26
18	25	Nicolas Steele	ArrowTech-Cosworth	0:41.51	0:41.98	+1.27
19	27	Barii Mori	Phoenix-Porsche	0:41.33	0:41.99	+1.28
DNPQ	12	Hagane Shizuka	MAN	0:41.56
DNPQ	17	Sammy Jones	Jones-Renault	0:41.70
DNPQ	7	Phoenix McAllister	Phoenix-Porsche	0:41.70
DNPQ	11	Darren Older Jr	CR-Ford	0:41.76
DNPQ	14	Kay Lon	Kahama-Ford	0:41.85
DNPQ	28	Dougal Kerr	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo	0:41.85
DNPQ	22	Aurelien Moll	ECB-Gillet	0:41.85
DNPQ	23	John Zimmer	Holden	0:41.98
DNPQ	20	Douglas Mann	AMR-Peel-DMC	0:42.02

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Daniel Melrose	JLD-BMW	30	23:54.44	4	15
2	1	Gary Cameron	Calinetic-Ford	29	+1.10	7	10
3	4	David Koczo	Prospec	30	+5.33	2	8
4	21	Pippa Mann	AMR-Peel-DMC	30	+25.21	9	6
5	5	James Davies	Bangelia-Alfa Romeo	30	+27.73	12	4
6	27	Barii Mori	Phoenix-Porsche	30	+28.93	19	3
7	3	Nathanael Spencer	Prospec	30	+33.11	6	2
8	18	Chris Dagnall	Jones-Renault	30	+38.16	16	1
9	9	Ashley Watkinson	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo	30	+38.93	1	2
10	2	Thomas De Bock	Calinetic-Ford	30	+40.67	11
11	19	Giovanni Roda	Trueba-Judd	30	+45.52	14
12	26	Jeroen Krautmeir	JLD-BMW	30	+47.02	13
13	25	Nicolas Steele	ArrowTech-Cosworth	30	+54.14	18
14	24	Jari Kekkonen	ArrowTech-Cosworth	29	+1 lap	17
15	13	Simon Redman	Kahama-Ford	29	+1 lap	10
16	8	Luca Pacchiarini	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo	27	+3 laps	15
DNF	16	Dave Simpson	Minardi-Cosworth	22	collision	5
DNF	6	Frank Zimmer	Holden	22	collision	3
DNF	15	T. Hemo Goblin	Hemogoblin-Ford	22	collision	8
DNPQ	12	Hagane Shizuka	MAN
DNPQ	17	Sammy Jones	Jones-Renault
DNPQ	7	Phoenix McAllister	Phoenix-Porsche
DNPQ	11	Darren Older Jr	CR-Ford
DNPQ	14	Kay Lon	Kahama-Ford
DNPQ	28	Dougal Kerr	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo
DNPQ	22	Aurelien Moll	ECB-Gillet
DNPQ	23	John Zimmer	Holden
DNPQ	20	Douglas Mann	AMR-Peel-DMC

• Pole Position: Ashley Watkinson: 0:40.71
• Fastest Lap: Ashley Watkinson: 0:40.74

Note: For the 2011 and 2012 seasons, one point was awarded to the driver with pole position and the driver with the fastest lap.

Standings After the Race

• Bold text indicates who still has a mathematical chance of becoming champion.

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Daniel Melrose	49
2	Nathanael Spencer	40
3	David Koczo	28
4	Dave Simpson	25
=5	Gary Cameron	24
=5	Pippa Mann	24

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Prospec	66
2	JLD-BMW	49
3	Calinetic-Ford	42
4	AMR-DeLorean/Peel	34
5	Minardi-Cosworth	25

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