Exim Bank Team China
In 2011 and 2012, Exim Bank Team China named two different motorsport teams in the FIA GT1 World Championship that competed under the same name with the sponsorship of the Chinese China Exim Bank .
history
2011
The FIA GT1 World Championship expanded to China in its second year : a race weekend was held on both the Ordos International Circuit and the Goldenport Circuit in Beijing . In the 2011 season , the Belgian Selleslagh Racing Team initially fielded a Corvette C6.R in 2011 with the Chinese naming Exim Bank Team China . For the two events in China and the final in Argentina, the Corvette from DKR Engineering was officially integrated into the team, but was still looked after by the Luxembourg team. Both teams competed together in 2010 as Mad-Croc_Racing in the FIA GT1 World Championship.
The Dutch duo Mike Hezemans and Nicky Catsburg began the season that was later marked by many driver changes. The most successful driver pairings were Mike Hezemans and Andreas Zuber , who finished third in both races at Silverstone , as well as Yelmer Buurman and Francesco Pastorelli, who won both races on the final weekend as newcomers.
2012
In 2012 was Mühlner Motorsport for the use of two Porsche 997 GT3 R in the FIA GT1 World Championship responsible. The series promoter SRO initiated this commitment in order to increase the number of vehicles for the championship to the necessary minimum. After the fifth race of the season, Mühlner Motorsport no longer took part in the FIA GT1 World Championship because the China Exim Bank had withdrawn financially after the race in China was canceled.
Benjamin Lariche competed at Mühlner Motorsport with three different partners: Ren Wei , Dino Lunardi and Andreas Zuber . However, none of these pairings was able to achieve points - also because the vehicle could not start in four races due to technical problems. Frenchman Mike Parisy and New Zealander Matt Halliday shared a vehicle for four race weekends and together achieved third place in the qualifying race and a victory in the main race in Zolder . Parisy drove his last race at Mühlner Motorsport together with Andreas Zuber at the event in Portugal .
Results
FIA GT1 World Championship
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| Legend | ||
|---|---|---|
| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
|
| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
- ↑ The Corvette from DKR Engineering with the start number 12 was only used on the last three race weekends with the name of Exim Bank Team China.
- ↑ The Exim Bank Team China team was excluded from the team classification because it only took part in the FIA GT1 World Championship with one vehicle at the beginning of the season.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralf Kieven: Ordos: Full house in China . In: sportscar-info.de , sportscar-info.de, 2011. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ “Entry of three new teams secures future of FIA GT1 World Championship” (autosport.com on September 3, 2012)
- ↑ "GT World Championship: Mühlner because of sponsor withdrawal before World Championship exit?" ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (sportscar-info.de on September 5, 2012)
