2011 F1RWRS Dutch Grand Prix

The 2011 F1RWRS Dutch Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2011 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season. It was held at the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands. The race was won by Gary Cameron driving for Team Calinetic.

Race Report

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying was a hotly contested affair as Mori, Ashley Watkinson, the two ArrowTech drivers, Shizuka, Luca Pacchiarini and Douglas Mann all failed to qualify. In qualifying, Nathanael Spencer took pole by a tenth of a second over upstart Phoenix McAllister. Championship leader Daniel Melrose could only manage ninth after a slow qualifying lap.

Race

The start saw Gary Cameron blast into the lead after starting third but Spencer retook first by the end of the lap. Cameron would retake the spot on Lap 2 and Spencer would fall back after getting sideways on Lap 3. Meanwhile, McAllister fell to eighth place by the end of Lap 3, wasting his excellent qualifying performance. David Koczo then took the lead on Lap 5 with Cameron, Sammy Jones, Spencer and John Zimmer all following.

Melrose began taking the fight to the top five, passing Dagnall, Spencer, Zimmer and Jones. Other than that, the race appeared to settle down between Laps 6-10. John Zimmer became the first driver to stop on Lap 7. In between Laps 7-11, Melrose, Kay Lon and Cameron also pitted. By Lap 15, the field had bunched up into an enormous pack with David Koczo leading followed by Spencer in second. Spencer took the lead on Lap 16 after Koczo made a big mistake which dropped him to sixth. The Prospecs and RubberTex-Joneses held positions 1-4, respectively but Spencer would lose the lead after nearly binning it on Lap 18 and Sammy Jones suffered a botched pit stop which dropped him down the order.

Chris Dagnall stole the lead from Koczo after Lap 19 but Melrose began to catch the aged Scunthorpe star. Melrose made the move on Lap 20 but then reported a large vibration coming from his front suspension. Melrose was forced to pit to repair his car on Lap 25, letting through an ecstatic Gary Cameron. Cameron would hold the lead and win the race with Kay Lon second and T. Hemo Goblin third. It was Gary Cameron's first F1RWRS win (despite the fact that he had won the championship in 2010) and Kay Lon's first podium. Melrose reemerged in fourth place after his late stop with Darren Older Jr. and Sammy Jones behind him. Melrose increased his lead over Spencer to twelve points.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Pre-Q	Time	Gap
1	3	Nathanael Spencer	Prospec	--	1:02.82	--
2	7	Phoenix McAllister	Phoenix-Porsche	--	1:02.94	+0.12
3	1	Gary Cameron	Calinetic-Ford	--	1:03.04	+0.22
4	4	David Koczo	Prospec	--	1:03.14	+0.32
5	17	Sammy Jones	Jones-Renault	1:02.80	1:03.27	+0.45
6	18	Chris Dagnall	Jones-Renault	--	1:03.37	+0.55
7	16	Dave Simpson	Minardi-Cosworth	--	1:03.58	+0.76
8	23	John Zimmer	Holden	1:02.80	1:03.70	+0.88
9	5	Daniel Melrose	JLD-BMW	--	1:03.72	+0.90
10	5	James Davies	Bangelia-Alfa Romeo	--	1:03.81	+0.99
11	6	Frank Zimmer	Holden	--	1:04.00	+1.18
12	13	Simon Redman	Kahama-Ford	--	1:04.06	+1.24
13	15	T. Hemo Goblin	Hemogoblin-Ford	--	1:04.18	+1.36
14	11	Darren Older Jr	CR-Ford	1:02.82	1:04.27	+1.45
15	19	Giovanni Roda	Trueba-Judd	--	1:04.38	+1.56
16	14	Kay Lon	Kahama-Ford	1:02.81*	1:04.55	+1.73
17	21	Pippa Mann	AMR-Peel-DMC	--	1:04.61	+1.79
18	8	Thomas De Bock	Calinetic-Ford	--	1:04.75	+1.93
19	22	Aurelien Moll	ECB-Gillet	--	1:04.95	+2.13
DNPQ	27	Barii Mori	Phoenix-Porsche	1:02.81*
DNPQ	9	Ashley Watkinson	Hemogoblin-Ford	1:02.80*
DNPQ	24	Jari Kekkonen	ArrowTech-Cosworth	1:02.82*
DNPQ	28	Dougal Kerr	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo	1:02.80*
DNPQ	12	Hagane Shizuka	MAN	1:02.83*
DNPQ	25	Nicolas Steele	ArrowTech-Cosworth	1:02.82*
DNPQ	8	Luca Pacchiarini	Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo	1:02.85*
DNPQ	26	Jeroen Krautmeir	JLD-BMW	1:02.84*
DNPQ	20	Douglas Mann	AMR-Peel-DMC	1:02.84*

• In a strange decision, pre-qualifying was ordered based on average lap time with fastest overall lap as a tiebreaker.

Standings After the Race

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

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Daniel Melrose	54
2	Nathanael Spencer	42
3	Gary Cameron	40
4	David Koczo	31
5	Pippa Mann	27

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Prospec	71
2	Calinetic-Ford	59
3	JLD-BMW	54
4	AMR-DeLorean/Peel	37
5	Minardi-Cosworth	25

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