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 Michael Heche, 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. Heche also took third place for the European Championship at 98 points.
Team
Driver
Rounds
Prema Powerteam [ 1]
2
Bruno Bonifacio [ 2]
7–10
3
Luca Ghiotto [ 3]
All
11
Vicky Piria [ 1]
All
Uboldi Corse[ 4]
5
Luca Defendi[ 4]
1
BVM[ 5]
7
Gerrard Barrabeig[ 5]
All
8
Lorenzo Camplese[ 5]
1–4
9
Mario Marasca[ 5]
All
10
Michael Heche[ 5]
All
16
Gregor Ramsay [ 6]
9–10
Euronova Racing by Fortec [ 7]
12
Sergey Sirotkin [ 8]
6–10
13
Dmitry Suranovich [ 2]
7–10
15
Emanuele Zonzini [ 9]
10
35
Alessandra Brena[ 7]
1, 3–5
51
Yoshitaka Kuroda [ 10]
1, 3–6, 8–9
Composit Motorsport[ 11]
14
Paolo Bonetti[ 6]
9–10
15
Emanuele Zonzini [ 11]
1, 3–6, 8–9
48
Nick Cassidy [ 12]
8
Jenzer Motorsport [ 13]
18
Patric Niederhauser [ 13]
All
19
Robert Visoiu [ 13]
All
20
Sergey Sirotkin [ 13]
1–5
Samin Gómez [ 2]
7–10
22
Kevin Jörg [ 6]
9–10
Cram Competition [ 14]
21
Giorgio Roda [ 14]
1–9
23
Victor Franzoni [ 8]
6
39
Nicolas Costa [ 11]
1–9
JD Motorsport [ 11]
24
Antonio Spavone [ 11]
1, 3–10
25
Riccardo Agostini [ 15]
5–10
26
Jimmy Antunes[ 2]
7–10
41
Dario Orsini[ 16]
4–6, 8
EuroInternational [ 17]
29
Dustin Sofyan [ 17]
2, 4, 6–9
30
Samin Gómez [ 18]
2, 4
Lorenzo Camplese[ 8]
6–9
Diegi Motorsport[ 19]
31
Lorenzo Foglia[ 19]
1, 3–4
Island Motorsport[ 15]
5–6, 9
45
Andrea Barbirato[ 15]
5
46
Santiago Urrutia [ 20]
9–10
Villorba Corse[ 21]
33
Riccardo Agostini [ 22]
1–4
Victoria World[ 11]
37
Roman de Beer [ 11]
1, 3–4
Team Costarica[ 6]
38
Valeria Carballo[ 6]
9–10
Emmebi Motorsport [ 23]
41
Dario Orsini[ 23]
1, 3, 9
TomCat Racing[ 24]
45
Andrea Barbirato[ 24]
1
Class
European/Italian Championship
National Trophy
Race calendar and results
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On 19 November 2010, the calendar for both series was presented in a press conference held in Varano .[ 25]
European championship
Italian championship
Both championships
1 Fastest lap recorded by Yoshitaka Kuroda, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
Championship standings
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Points were awarded as follows:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
PP
FL
Race 1
20
15
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1
1
1
Race 2
13
11
9
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
Italian Championship
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Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
European Championship
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Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap