Valencia - Race results (2)

Esteban Gutierrez took the lead from pole sitter Josef Kral at the restart after an early safety car, and proceeded to romp away to an emphatic sprint race win in Valencia.

Andrew Lewin_1

26 Jun 2011

Lotus ART's Esteban Gutierrez came of age at Valencia with a dominating display on the streets of Valencia for the Sunday sprint race.

Gutierrez took the lead at the restart after an early safety car, after pressuring polesitter Kral into running too deep. Luiz Razia followed him through and gave chase, but Gutierrez pace was simply too strong and seemed to only improve as the race went on, finally winning by a margin of 12.9s at the end of the 23 laps.

The feature race winner Romain Grosjean exited the race early, his spin at turn 5 collecting Rodolofo Gonzalez and Charles Pic and bringing out the sole safety car of the morning.

Race results

1. #6 Esteban Guti?rrez Lotus ART 43:34.905s (23 laps)
2. #26 Luiz Razia Caterham Team AirAsia 43:47.900s + 12.995s
3. #4 Giedo Van Der Garde Barwa Addax 43:48.747s + 13.842s
4. #27 Davide Valsecchi Caterham Team AirAsia 44:01.538s + 26.633s
5. #7 Dani Clos Racing Engineering 44:05.035s + 30.130s
6. #18 Michael Herck Scuderia Coloni 44:05.279s + 30.374s
7. #5 Jules Bianchi Lotus ART 44:09.556s + 34.651s
8. #22 Kevin Mirocha Ocean Racing Technology 44:09.582s + 34.677s
9. #2 Julian Leal Rapax 44:11.633s + 36.728s
10. #12 Pal Varhaug Dams 44:12.520s + 37.615s
11. #10 Marcus Ericsson iSport International 44:15.837s + 40.932s
12. #9 Sam Bird iSport International 44:17.504s + 42.599s
13. #8 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 44:19.745s + 44.840s
14. #1 Fabio Leimer Rapax 44:20.919s + 46.014s
15. #17 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 44:21.682s + 46.777s
16. #16 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 44:32.338s + 57.433s
17. #23 Johnny Cecotto Ocean Racing Technology 44:43.214s + 68.309s
18. #25 Alvaro Parente Carlin 44:46.841s + 71.936s
19. #21 Stefano Coletti Trident Racing + 2 laps
20. #19 Kevin Ceccon Scuderia Coloni + 2 laps

Retirements

#14 Josef Kral Arden International Lap 8#15 Jolyon Palmer Arden International Lap 7#24 Max Chilton Carlin Lap 4#11 Romain Grosjean Dams Lap 1#20 Rodolfo Gonz?lez Trident Racing Lap 1#3 Charles Pic Barwa Addax Team Lap 1