# 2011 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas

2011 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the seventh edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) with Lucas di Grassi as the defending champion. Races scheduled for 3–4 December at Arena Sapiens Park in Florianópolis-SC. The event was won by Jaime Alguersuari after he came 2nd in Race 1 and won Race 2.

## Participants

| Country | No | Drivers | 2011 series |
| Belgium | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Formula One |
| Brazil | 0 | Cacá Bueno | Stock Car Brasil/Trofeo Linea Brasil |
| Brazil | 1 | Christian Fittipaldi | Trofeo Linea Brasil |
| Brazil | 3 | Antônio Pizzonia | Superleague Formula |
| Brazil | 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
| Brazil | 9 | Lucas di Grassi | Pirelli Formula One Testing |
| Brazil | 10 | Ricardo Zonta | Stock Car Brasil |
| Brazil | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Formula One |
| Brazil | 14 | Luciano Burti | Stock Car Brasil |
| Brazil | 16 | Enrique Bernoldi | FIA GT1 World Championship |
| Brazil | 18 | Allam Khodair | Stock Car Brasil/Trofeo Linea Brasil/GT Brasil |
| Brazil | 19 | Felipe Massa | Formula One |
| Brazil | 21 | Leonardo Nienkotter | Trofeo Linea Brasil |
| Brazil | 25 | Tuka Rocha | Stock Car Brasil |
| Brazil | 27 | Vítor Meira | Indycar Series |
| Brazil | 33 | Bia Figueiredo | Indycar Series |
| Brazil | 34 | Hélio Castroneves | Indycar Series |
| Brazil | 65 | Max Wilson | Stock Car Brasil |
| Brazil | 74 | Popó Bueno | Stock Car Brasil/Trofeo Linea Brasil |
| Brazil | 77 | Tony Kanaan | Indycar Series |
| Brazil | 80 | Marcos Gomes | Stock Car Brasil/Trofeo Linea Brasil |
| Brazil | 90 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Whelen All-American Series |
| Brazil | 99 | Xandinho Negrão | Stock Car Brasil/GT Brasil |
| Germany | 7 | Adrian Sutil | Formula One |
| France | 5 | Jules Bianchi | GP2 Series/GP2 Asia Series |
| Italy | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Formula One |
| Italy | 45 | Gianni Morbidelli | Superstars Series |
| Spain | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Formula One |
| Venezuela | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Formula One |

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Country | Driver | Time |
| Top Qualifying |||||
| 1 | 23 | Italy | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 55.498 |
| 2 | 5 | France | Jules Bianchi | 55.779 |
| 3 | 8 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 55.845 |
| 4 | 19 | Brazil | Felipe Massa | 56.017 |
| 5 | 17 | Spain | Jaime Alguersuari | 56.041 |
| 6 | 3 | Brazil | Antônio Pizzonia | 56.089 |
| 7 | 10 | Brazil | Ricardo Zonta | 56.206 |
| 8 | 90 | Brazil | Pietro Fittipaldi | 56.310 |
| 9 | 18 | Brazil | Allam Khodair | 56.372 |
| 10 | 21 | Brazil | Leonardo Nienkotter | 56.399 |
| Top Qualifying cutoff |||||
| 11 | 12 | Venezuela | Pastor Maldonado | 55:745 |
| 12 | 65 | Brazil | Max Wilson | 55:790 |
| 13 | 64 | Belgium | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 55:810 |
| 14 | 9 | Brazil | Lucas di Grassi | 55:843 |
| 15 | 0 | Brazil | Cacá Bueno | 55:872 |
| 16 | 14 | Brazil | Luciano Burti | 55:886 |
| 17 | 33 | Brazil | Bia Figueiredo | 55:889 |
| 18 | 16 | Brazil | Enrique Bernoldi | 55:893 |
| 19 | 1 | Brazil | Christian Fittipaldi | 55:906 |
| 20 | 80 | Brazil | Marcos Gomes | 55:912 |
| 21 | 34 | Brazil | Hélio Castroneves | 55:915 |
| 22 | 27 | Brazil | Vítor Meira | 55:930 |
| 23 | 77 | Brazil | Tony Kanaan | 55:957 |
| 24 | 11 | Brazil | Rubens Barrichello | 55:958 |
| 25 | 7 | Germany | Adrian Sutil | 55:999 |
| 26 | 99 | Brazil | Xandinho Negrão | 56:100 |
| 27 | 74 | Brazil | Popó Bueno | 56:427 |
| 28 | 25 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | 56:511 |
| 29 | 45 | Italy | Gianni Morbidelli | 56:669 |
| Pole Position wins 2 points |||||

### Race 1

| Pos | No | Country | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | France | Jules Bianchi | 25 | 26:17.395 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 17 | Spain | Jaime Alguersuari | 25 | +7.487 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Brazil | Felipe Massa | 25 | +7.538 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 25 | +20.280 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Brazil | Antônio Pizzonia | 25 | +21.062 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Brazil | Rubens Barrichello | 25 | +22.529 | 24 | 10 |
| 7 | 64 | Belgium | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 25 | +25.620 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Brazil | Lucas di Grassi | 25 | +29.376 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Brazil | Allam Khodair | 25 | +29.788 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Brazil | Luciano Burti | 25 | +35.827 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Italy | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 25 | +38.301 | 1 | 5+2 |
| 12 | 10 | Brazil | Ricardo Zonta | 25 | +38.406 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 | Brazil | Tony Kanaan | 25 | +38.982 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 0 | Brazil | Cacá Bueno | 25 | +39.209 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 99 | Brazil | Xandinho Negrão | 25 | +39.292 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Brazil | Vítor Meira | 25 | +40.254 | 22 | |
| 17 | 33 | Brazil | Bia Figueiredo | 25 | +40.308 | 17 | |
| 18 | 7 | Germany | Adrian Sutil | 25 | +42.598 | 25 | |
| 19 | 21 | Brazil | Leonardo Nienkotter | 25 | +43.513 | 10 | |
| 20 | 34 | Brazil | Hélio Castroneves | 25 | +43.584 | 21 | |
| 21 | 16 | Brazil | Enrique Bernoldi | 25 | +47.417 | 18 | |
| 22 | 65 | Brazil | Max Wilson | 25 | +47.730 | 12 | |
| 23 | 12 | Venezuela | Pastor Maldonado | 23 | +2 laps | 11 | |
| 24 | 1 | Brazil | Christian Fittipaldi | 22 | +3 laps | 19 | |
| 25 | 90 | Brazil | Pietro Fittipaldi | 22 | +3 laps | 8 | |
| 26 | 25 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | 20 | +5 laps | 28 | |
| Ret | 74 | Brazil | Popó Bueno | 9 | Retired | 27 | |
| Ret | 80 | Brazil | Marcos Gomes | 3 | Retired | 20 | |
| DSQ | 45 | Italy | Gianni Morbidelli | 33 | Disqualified | 29 | |
| Fastest lap: Allam Khodair, 59:914 ||||||||

### Race 2

| Pos | No | Country | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 17 | Spain | Jaime Alguersuari | 33 | 31:30:458 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Brazil | Lucas di Grassi | 33 | +5.211 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Brazil | Rubens Barrichello | 33 | +5.353 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Brazil | Felipe Massa | 33 | +5.946 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 64 | Belgium | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 33 | +6.515 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Brazil | Antônio Pizzonia | 33 | +6.997 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Brazil | Ricardo Zonta | 33 | +11.371 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Brazil | Luciano Burti | 33 | +14.500 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 80 | Brazil | Marcos Gomes | 33 | +14.791 | 28 | 7 |
| 10 | 34 | Brazil | Hélio Castroneves | 33 | +18.226 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Italy | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 33 | +18.720 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 0 | Brazil | Cacá Bueno | 33 | +31.409 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 | 16 | Brazil | Enrique Bernoldi | 33 | +31.641 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 45 | Italy | Gianni Morbidelli | 33 | +39.020 | 29 | 2 |
| 15 | 90 | Brazil | Pietro Fittipaldi | 33 | +46.142 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | Brazil | Allam Khodair | 29 | +4 laps | 9 | |
| Ret | 74 | Brazil | Popó Bueno | 22 | Retired | 27 | |
| Ret | 65 | Brazil | Max Wilson | 20 | Retired | 22 | |
| Ret | 7 | Germany | Adrian Sutil | 19 | Retired | 18 | |
| Ret | 77 | Brazil | Tony Kanaan | 17 | Retired | 13 | |
| Ret | 1 | Brazil | Christian Fittipaldi | 12 | Retired | 24 | |
| Ret | 25 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | 9 | Retired | 26 | |
| Ret | 99 | Brazil | Xandinho Negrão | 2 | Retired | 15 | |
| Ret | 12 | Venezuela | Pastor Maldonado | 0 | Retired | 23 | |
| DSQ | 5 | France | Jules Bianchi | 33 | Disqualified | 8 | |
| DSQ | 8 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 33 | Disqualified | 5 | |
| DSQ | 27 | Brazil | Vítor Meira | 33 | Disqualified | 16 | |
| DSQ | 21 | Brazil | Leonardo Nienkotter | 33 | Disqualified | 19 | |
| DSQ | 33 | Brazil | Bia Figueiredo | 33 | Disqualified | 17 | |
| Fastest lap: Jaime Alguersuari, 55:786 ||||||||

### Final Classification

| Pos | No | Country | Driver | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total |
| 1 | 17 | Spain | Jaime Alguersuari | 20 | 25 | 45 |
| 2 | 19 | Brazil | Felipe Massa | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | 9 | Brazil | Lucas di Grassi | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | 11 | Brazil | Rubens Barrichello | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| 5 | 5 | France | Jules Bianchi | 25 | | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | Brazil | Antônio Pizzonia | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 64 | Belgium | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 8 | 14 | Brazil | Luciano Burti | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 8 | Brazil | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 13 | | 13 |
| 10 | 10 | Brazil | Ricardo Zonta | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 11 | 23 | Italy | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 18 | Brazil | Allam Khodair | 7 | | 7 |
| 13 | 80 | Brazil | Marcos Gomes | | 7 | 7 |
| 14 | 0 | Brazil | Cacá Bueno | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 34 | Brazil | Hélio Castroneves | | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | 77 | Brazil | Tony Kanaan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | 16 | Brazil | Enrique Bernoldi | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 45 | Italy | Gianni Morbidelli | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | 99 | Brazil | Xandinho Negrão | 1 | | 1 |
| 20 | 90 | Brazil | Pietro Fittipaldi | | 1 | 1 |
| | 27 | Brazil | Vítor Meira | | | |
| | 33 | Brazil | Bia Figueiredo | | | |
| | 7 | Germany | Adrian Sutil | | | |
| | 21 | Brazil | Leonardo Nienkotter | | | |
| | 65 | Brazil | Max Wilson | | | |
| | 11 | Venezuela | Pastor Maldonado | | | |
| | 1 | Brazil | Christian Fittipaldi | | | |
| | 25 | Brazil | Tuka Rocha | | | |
| | 74 | Brazil | Popó Bueno | | | |
| Result of race 1 is the tiebreaker |||||||