2011 FIA GT1 Beijing round

The 2011 FIA GT1 Beijing round was an auto racing event held at the Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China on 8–10 September, and was the ninth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's second race held in China, a week after the Ordos round as well as at the 3.30 km (2.05 mi) Goldenport Park. This was a stand-alone event with no support races.

Background

Success Ballast[1]
Entry Ballast
No. 41 Marc VDS Racing Team 40 kg (88 lb)
No. 22 JR Motorsports 25 kg (55 lb)
No. 8 Young Driver AMR 20 kg (44 lb)
No. 3 Hexis AMR 10 kg (22 lb)

Ordos Championship Race winner Frédéric Makowiecki was at the 6 Hours of Silverstone and was replaced by Bertrand Baguette who had previously raced for Marc VDS in 2011 at the Navarra round. Jonathan Hirschi replaced Vanina Ickx in the No. 9 Belgian Racing Ford GT alongside regular Christoffer Nygaard. Nico Verdonck returns to Exim Bank Team China replacing Sérgio Jimenez in the No. 12 car. Like Baguette, he had previously raced for the Chinese team at Navarra behind the wheel of the No. 11 car.

Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr went into this weekend as championship leaders in the Drivers Championship, twelve points ahead of All-Inkl drivers Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock. In the Teams Championship, JR Motorsport] remained on top with a five-point lead over second place Hexis AMR and All-Inkl.com another three points behind Hexis.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

For qualifying, Driver 1 participates in the first and third sessions while Driver 2 participates in only the second session. The fastest lap for each session is indicated with bold.

Pos No. Driver 1 Team Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Grid
Driver 2
1 41 Belgium Maxime Martin Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:00.992 1:00.947 1:00.344 1
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
2 8 United Kingdom Darren Turner Germany Young Driver AMR 1:00.818 1:00.778 1:00.441 2
Germany Stefan Mücke
3 7 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Germany Young Driver AMR 1:01.370 1:00.800 1:00.465 3
Germany Alex Müller
4 38 Germany Marc Basseng Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:00.999 1:00.853 1:00.588 4
Germany Markus Winkelhock
5 12 France Michaël Rossi China Exim Bank Team China 1:01.413 1:00.873 1:00.741 5
Belgium Nico Verdonck
6 40 Belgium Bas Leinders Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:01.396 1:00.602 1:00.943 6
Germany Marc Hennerici
7 9 Denmark Christoffer Nygaard Belgium Belgian Racing 1:01.304 1:01.044 1:01.253 7
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
8 21 Australia David Brabham United Kingdom Sumo Power GT 1:01.512 1:00.847 1:01.390 8
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
9 22 United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck United Kingdom JR Motorsports 1:01.267 1:01.074 9
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
10 37 Germany Dominik Schwager Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:01.263 1:01.118 10
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
11 11 China Ho-Pin Tung China Exim Bank Team China 1:01.472 1:01.173 10
Netherlands Jeroen den Boer
12 4 Italy Andrea Piccini France Hexis AMR 1:01.349 1:01.285 12
Germany Christian Hohenadel
13 48 United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard Luxembourg DKR www-discount.de 1:01.160 1:01.335 13
Germany Christopher Brück
14 10 France Yann Clairay Belgium Belgian Racing 1:01.621 1:01.453 14
France Antoine Leclerc
15 47 Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger Luxembourg DKR www-discount.de 1:01.713 15
Germany Manuel Lauck
16 23 Germany Michael Krumm United Kingdom JR Motorsports 1:02.054 16
Germany Lucas Luhr
17 3 Monaco Clivio Piccione France Hexis AMR 9:08.775 17
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
18 20 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi United Kingdom Sumo Power GT No Time 18
Netherlands Nick Catsburg

Races

Race result

Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Alex Müller
Aston Martin 46
2 8 Germany Young Driver AMR United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin 46 −1.089
3 4 France Hexis AMR Italy Andrea Piccini
Germany Christian Hohenadel
Aston Martin 46 −1.673
4 23 United Kingdom JR Motorsports Germany Michael Krumm
Germany Lucas Luhr
Nissan 46 −2.177
5 3 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
Aston Martin 46 −2.859
6 9 Belgium Belgian Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Ford 46 −3.166
7 22 United Kingdom JR Motorsports United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Nissan 46 −4.455
8 12 China Exim Bank Team China France Michaël Rossi
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Corvette 46 −4.974
9 37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Dominik Schwager
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Lamborghini 46 −5.931
10 20 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Nissan 46 −6.401
11 21 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 46 −7.188
12 38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Lamborghini 46 −7.531
13 47 Luxembourg DKR www-discount.de Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger
Germany Manuel Lauck
Lamborghini 46 −8.833
14
DNF
11 China Exim Bank Team China China Ho-Pin Tung
Netherlands Jeroen den Boer
Corvette 39 Accident
15
DNF
40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Germany Marc Hennerici
Ford 15 Retired
16
DNF
41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Maxime Martin
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Ford 3 Accident
17
DNF
10 Belgium Belgian Racing France Yann Clairay
France Antoine Leclerc
Ford 1 Transmission
DNS 48 Luxembourg DKR www-discount.de United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard
Germany Christopher Brück
Lamborghini Engine

Race result

Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 8 Germany Young Driver AMR United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin 42
2 7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Alex Müller
Aston Martin 42 −0.972
3 23 United Kingdom JR Motorsports Germany Michael Krumm
Germany Lucas Luhr
Nissan 42 −1.593
4 41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Maxime Martin
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Ford 42 −2.726
5 12 China Exim Bank Team China France Michaël Rossi
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Corvette 42 −2.955
6 20 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Nissan 42 −3.387
7 22 United Kingdom JR Motorsports United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Nissan 42 −3.723
8 21 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 42 −4.838
9 47 Luxembourg DKR www-discount.de Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger
Germany Manuel Lauck
Lamborghini 42 −6.160
10
DNF
4 France Hexis AMR Italy Andrea Piccini
Germany Christian Hohenadel
Aston Martin 37 Accident
11
DNF
11 China Exim Bank Team China China Ho-Pin Tung
Netherlands Jeroen den Boer
Corvette 37 Accident
12
DNF
40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Germany Marc Hennerici
Ford 25 Retired
13
DNF
10 Belgium Belgian Racing France Yann Clairay
France Antoine Leclerc
Ford 21 Retired
14
DNF
48 Luxembourg DKR www-disount.de United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard
Germany Christopher Brück
Lamborghini 18 Spun
15
DNF
37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Dominik Schwager
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Lamborghini 7 Retired
16
DNF
9 Belgium Belgian Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Ford 4 Damage
17
DNF
3 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
Aston Martin 3 Collision
18
DNF
38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Lamborghini 3 Collision

References

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