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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 Michaël Hêche, 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. Hêche also took third place for the European Championship at 98 points.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
ITA Prema Powerteam	2	BRA Bruno Bonifacio	7–10
3	ITA Luca Ghiotto	All
11	ITA Vicky Piria	All
ITA Uboldi Corse	5	ITA Luca Defendi	1
ITA BVM	7	ESP Gerard Barrabeig	All
8	ITA Lorenzo Camplese	1–4
9	ITA Mario Marasca	All
10	CHE Michaël Hêche	All
16	ITA Gregor Ramsay	9–10
ITA Euronova Racing by Fortec	12	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	6–10
13	RUS Dmitry Suranovich	7–10
15	SMR Emanuele Zonzini	10
35	ITA Alessandra Brena	1, 3–5
51	JPN Yoshitaka Kuroda	1, 3–6, 8–9
ITA Composit Motorsport	14	ITA Paolo Bonetti	9–10
15	SMR Emanuele Zonzini	1, 3–6, 8–9
48	NZL Nick Cassidy	8
CHE Jenzer Motorsport	18	CHE Patric Niederhauser	All
19	ROU Robert Visoiu	All
20	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	1–5
VEN Samin Gómez	7–10
22	CHE Kevin Jörg	9–10
ITA Cram Competition	21	ITA Giorgio Roda	1–9
23	BRA Victor Franzoni	6
39	BRA Nicolas Costa	1–9
ITA JD Motorsport	24	ITA Antonio Spavone	1, 3–10
25	ITA Riccardo Agostini	5–10
26	CHE Jimmy Antunes	7–10
41	ITA Dario Orsini	4–6, 8
USA EuroInternational	29	IDN Dustin Sofyan	2, 4, 6–9
30	VEN Samin Gómez	2, 4
ITA Lorenzo Camplese	6–9
ITA Diegi Motorsport	31	ITA Lorenzo Foglia	1, 3–4
ITA Island Motorsport	5–6, 9
45	ITA Andrea Barbirato	5
46	URY Santiago Urrutia	9–10
ITA Villorba Corse	33	ITA Riccardo Agostini	1–4
ITA Victoria World	37	ZAF Roman de Beer	1, 3–4
CRI Team Costarica	38	VEN Valeria Carballo	9–10
ITA Emmebi Motorsport	41	ITA Dario Orsini	1, 3, 9
ITA TomCat Racing	45	ITA Andrea Barbirato	1

Class
European/Italian Championship
National Trophy

Race calendar and results

On 19 November 2010, the calendar for both series was presented in a press conference held in Varano.

Round	Circuit	Country	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	1	R1	R2
Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano		17 April	nowrap	CHE Patric Niederhauser	nowrap	CHE Patric Niederhauser	nowrap	CHE Patric Niederhauser	nowrap	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Michaël Hêche	ITA BVM
Valencia Circuit		7 May	CHE Michaël Hêche	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
8 May		RUS Sergey Sirotkin	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano		22 May	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
	CHE Patric Niederhauser	ITA Lorenzo Camplese	ITA BVM
Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico		4 June	ESP Gerard Barrabeig	CHE Michaël Hêche	ESP Gerard Barrabeig	ITA BVM
5 June		ZAF Roman de Beer	ROU Robert Visoiu	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola		16 July	ITA Luca Ghiotto	ESP Gerard Barrabeig	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
17 July		ITA Luca Ghiotto	CHE Michaël Hêche	ITA BVM
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		6 August	CHE Michaël Hêche	ITA Lorenzo Camplese	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	nowrap	ITA Euronova Racing by Fortec
7 August		CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg		27 August	CHE Patric Niederhauser	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	ITA Euronova Racing by Fortec
28 August		CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
Mugello Circuit		2 October	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
	ITA Mario Marasca1	ITA Mario Marasca	ITA BVM
ITA Lorenzo Camplese	USA EuroInternational
Autodromo Nazionale Monza		16 October	CHE Michaël Hêche	ITA Luca Ghiotto	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	ITA Euronova Racing by Fortec
	nowrap	CHE Patric Niederhauser1	CHE Patric Niederhauser	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
Circuit de Catalunya		30 October	CHE Michaël Hêche	CHE Patric Niederhauser	RUS Sergey Sirotkin	ITA Euronova Racing by Fortec
	CHE Patric Niederhauser	ROU Robert Visoiu	CHE Jenzer Motorsport

1 Fastest lap recorded by Yoshitaka Kuroda, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL	Race 1	Race 2
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1
13	11	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

Italian Championship

Drivers' standings

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

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

Teams' standings

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

European Championship

Drivers' standings

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

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

Teams' standings

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

Rookies' standings

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

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