# Dallara GP2/11

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/dallara-gp2-11/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: Dallara
- Discipline: formula
- Series: f2
- Era: 2010s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- For sale on RCN: https://racingcarnetwork.com/for-sale/dallara-gp2-11/ (0 live listings right now)

The GP2/11 served the longest front-line life of any modern feeder chassis: seven seasons from 2011 through F2's first year (2017), crowning champions from Grosjean's comeback to Gasly, Vandoorne and Leclerc.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 4.0 L Mecachrome V8 |
| Power | ~612 hp @ 10,000 rpm |
| Weight | ~688 kg with driver |
| Gearbox | 6-speed sequential, paddle shift |
| Chassis | Dallara carbon monocoque |
| Aero | High-downforce spec package (2011 gen) |
| Years | 2011–2017 |
| Class | GP2 Series / FIA F2 (2017) |

## History

Dallara's third GP2 generation refined the formula rather than reinventing it: the proven Mecachrome 4.0 V8 continued at 612 hp, aero followed contemporary F1 cues (higher nose, cleaner sidepods), and the chassis was engineered for a planned three-season cycle that economics stretched to seven — GP2's 2011–2016 seasons plus the rebranded FIA Formula 2's transitional 2017.

Its champions' roll is the modern grid's spine: Romain Grosjean's 2011 redemption title, Davide Valsecchi, Fabio Leimer, Jolyon Palmer, Stoffel Vandoorne's record-breaking 2015, Pierre Gasly's 2016 crown and Charles Leclerc's 2017 rookie masterpiece in the car's farewell season — with race-winners including Nasr, Lynn, Sirotkin and the mid-2010s F1 intake almost entire.

The fleet's afterlife is the ex-feeder market's mainstream: BOSS GP's OPEN class runs GP2/11s at the front, hillclimb and demonstration programmes absorbed dozens, and the type today offers the newest V8-era feeder experience available privately — Leclerc-generation machinery with the same Mecachrome support ecosystem as its /05 and /08 forebears.

## Palmarès

GP2 Series champions 2011–2016 (Grosjean, Valsecchi, Leimer, Palmer, Vandoorne, Gasly) and FIA F2 champion 2017 (Leclerc); Vandoorne's 2015 season set the category's points and wins records; Monaco and Spa feeder-race classics throughout — the longest championship service of any GP2/F2 design.

## What to check before you buy

Seven seasons of fleet life mean provenance spans champions' tubs to well-worn privateer chassis — Dallara records and team histories sort them, with Leclerc/Vandoorne/Gasly-season cars carrying real collector premiums that entry lists must document. Mecachrome V8 rebuild status anchors cost; check gearbox generation (updates across the run), tub crash history, and 2017-season halo-free spec confirmation (the GP2/11 never carried one — its F2 successor did). BOSS GP-active cars with current systems and spares command deserved premiums over long-stored examples.

## Did you know

- Leclerc won the 2017 title with a fractured relationship to gravity — pole-and-win weekends in a seven-year-old design against fresher machinery arguments.
- Vandoorne's 2015 campaign (7 wins, 16 podiums from 21) remains the category's statistical high-water mark — set in the /11's fifth season.
- The chassis served so long that some tubs raced under three series names — GP2, GP2 Asia-adjacent events and FIA F2 — without leaving front-line duty.

## Related entries

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