FIA GT1 World Championship 2011

Two Aston Martin DBR9s in front of a Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SV at the Sachsenring

The 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship was the second season of the FIA GT1 World Championship . The season started on March 26, 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and the season finale on November 6 in San Luis .

A total of 20 races were driven on ten race weekends in the United Arab Emirates , Belgium , Portugal , Germany, Great Britain , Spain , France , the People's Republic of China and Argentina .

With Aston Martin , Chevrolet , Ford , Lamborghini and Nissan , five vehicle manufacturers competed this season.

Overall winners were Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr in the Nissan GT-R GT1 with 137 points.

history

Regulations

In the 2011 season, the regulations changed on some points. The scoring of the qualification run was adjusted so that instead of the first three drivers, the first six drivers received points according to the 8-6-4-3-2-1 scheme. The distribution of points in the championship run, however, remained unchanged.

Because of the team criticism from the previous season, the SRO allowed six sets of tires per vehicle in the new season instead of the previous four sets of tires. This change made it possible for the teams to do more training runs.

Venues

In the first version of the official racing calendar on December 10, 2010, nine events were planned. Of the racetracks from the first GT1 World Championship , Abu Dhabi , Silverstone , Le Castellet , Portimão , Los Arcos and San Luis remained on the racing calendar. Instead of Spa-Francorchamps , Brno and São Paulo , the routes Zolder , Ordos and Beijing were added. Shortly before the start of the season, the Sachsenring was added to the racing calendar as the tenth venue instead of the Nürburgring .

Two runs were held per race weekend, with the first race serving as the qualification run for the championship classification run, which was the second race. All races stretched over a duration of one hour.

Manufacturer

Because of the four vehicles and two teams per manufacturer prescribed in the regulations, only five manufacturers competed in the world championship instead of the original six brands from the previous season.

Both Nissan and Ford could only be kept in the series because one team agreed to use four vehicles under two different team names. Likewise, Chevrolet was only able to continue participating in the racing series shortly before the entry deadline with two teams that only fielded one vehicle at the season opener.

Maserati , whose racing car won the GT1 World Championship in 2010, was no longer represented because the Triple H Team Hegersport withdrew from the racing series and no other team joined the Vitaphone Racing team. Ultimately, Vitaphone Racing waived the entry for the 2011 season.

Teams

After the 2010 season, the teams Phoenix Racing , Triple H Team Hegersport, Matech Competition and Reiter Engineering withdrew from the GT1 World Championship.

The resulting from the cooperation between last year Selleslagh Racing Team and DKR Engineering is incurred Team Mad-Croc Racing was dissolved and the two teams were separated in 2011 with the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R on. The French team Selleslagh Racing had taken the name of a Chinese bank and started as Exim Bank Team China .

The two teams Hexis AMR and Young Driver AMR started unchanged for Aston Martin. All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport started the season again with the Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SV while the Swiss Racing Team switched from Nissan to Lamborghini.

For Nissan, the Sumo Power GT team started again and in order to meet the regulations, it entered the championship with a second team under the name JR Motorsports .

At Ford, too, both teams came from the same company. The Marc VDS Racing Team had Belgian Racing set to get back in the 2011 season with the Ford GT1 participate.

driver

Only one of the driver duos from last season stayed together. Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli continued to compete for the All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport team.

The other teams were reassembled. Within the Young Driver AMR team, Tomáš Enge and Darren Turner were separated after their successful 2010 season. Turner was now in a car with Stefan Mücke . Enge drove together with Alex Müller , who last worked for Triple H Team Hegersport the previous season.

In team Sumo Power got Michael Krumm with Lucas Luhr a new partner. His driver colleague from last year, Peter Dumbreck , now formed a British duo with Richard Westbrook , who was still racing for Matech Competition in 2010.

Peter Kox went from Reiter Engineering to the Swiss Racing Team and Mike Hezemans switched from Phoenix Racing to Exim Bank Team China with his Corvette.

Ricardo Zonta and Enrique Bernoldi , who started for the Reiter Engineering team and the Vitaphone Racing Team last year, formed a new driver pair at Sumo Power GT in 2011. Marc Hennerici left Phoenix Racing and Frédéric Makowiecki moved from Hexis AMR to the Marc VDS Racing Team.

Many new pilots entered the championship. Stef Dusseldorp and Christian Hohenadel , among others, joined the Hexis AMR team. The Belgian Racing team recruited Vanina Ickx and Antoine Leclerc as new drivers. Markus Winkelhock joined Münnich Motorsport and drove together with Marc Basseng . David Brabham came to Sumo Power GT and started with his team colleague Jamie Campbell-Walter .

Starting field

The following drivers and teams started the season:

No.	driver	team	Vehicle (engine)	tires	Race weekend
3	Clivio Piccione	Hexis AMR	Aston Martin DBR9 (Aston Martin 6.0L V12)	M.	all
	Stef Dusseldorp				all
4th	Christian Hohenadel				all
	Andrea Piccini				all
5	Karl Wendlinger	Swiss Racing Team	Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SV (Lamborghini 6.5 l V12)	M.	1-4
	Peter Kox				1-4
6th	Max Nilsson				1-4
	Jiří Janák				1-4
7th	Tomáš Enge	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin DBR9 (Aston Martin 6.0L V12)	M.	all
	Alex Müller				all
8th	Stefan Mücke				all
	Darren Turner				all
9	Antoine Leclerc	Belgian Racing	Ford GT1 (Ford Cammer 5.3 l V8)	M.	1
	Fabien Giroix				1
	Vanina Ickx				2-7
	Mathias Beche				2
	Christopher Nygaard				3-10
	Jonathan Hirschi				8-10
10	Martin Matzke				1-3
	Miloš Pavlović				1-2
	Antoine Leclerc				3-10
	Yann Clairay				4, 6-9
	Markus Palttala				5, 10
11	Mike Hezemans	Exim Bank Team China	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (Corvette LS7.R 7.0 l V8)	M.	1-7
	Nick Catsburg				1-4
	Andreas Zuber				5, 7
	Nico Verdonck				6th
	Ho-Pin Tung				8, 9
	Jeroen den Boer				8, 9
	Yelmer Buurman				10
	Francesco Pastorelli				10
12	Michaël Rossi				8-10
	Sérgio Jimenez				8th
	Nico Verdonck				9, 10
20th	Enrique Bernoldi	Sumo Power GT	Nissan GT-R GT1 (Nissan VK56DE 5.6 l V8)	M.	all
	Ricardo Zonta				1-3
	Warren Hughes				4, 5
	Nick Catsburg				6-10
21st	David Brabham				all
	Jamie Campbell-Walter				all
22nd	Peter Dumbreck	JR Motorsports	Nissan GT-R GT1 (Nissan VK56DE 5.6 l V8)	M.	all
	Richard Westbrook				all
23	Michael Krumm				all
	Lucas Luhr				all
37	Dominik Schwager	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SV (Lamborghini 6.5 l V12)	M.	all
	Nicky Pastorelli				all
38	Marc Basseng				all
	Markus Winkelhock				all
40	Bas Leinders	Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1 (Ford Cammer 5.3 l V8)	M.	all
	Marc Hennerici				1-9
	Ricardo Risatti				10
41	Maxime Martin				all
	Frédéric Makowiecki				1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
	Yann Clairay				3, 10
	Bertrand baguette				6, 9
47	Michaël Rossi	DKR Engineering DKR www-discount.de	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (Corvette LS7.R 7.0 l V8)	M.	1-3, 5-7
	Jaime Camara				1, 2
	Matteo Bobbi				3
	Dimitri Enjalbert				5-7
	Benjamin Leuenberger		Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SV (Lamborghini 6.5 l V12)		8, 9
	Manuel Lauck				8-10
	Christopher Haase				10
48	Jonathan Kennard				8-10
	Christopher Brück				8-10

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	winner	Second	Third
1	Q. run	Yas Marina Circuit	26th of March	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook	Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm
	W. run				Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp	Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock
2	Q. run	Circuit Zolder	10th of April	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Nick Catsburg Mike Hezemans	Alex Müller Tomáš Enge
	W. run				Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel	Alex Müller Tomáš Enge
3	Q. run	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	8th of May	Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck	Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck	Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Jamie Campbell-Walter David Brabham
	W. run				Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Jamie Campbell-Walter David Brabham
4th	Q. run	Sachsenring	May 15	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner
	W. run				Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner
5	Q. run	Silverstone Circuit	June 5th	Mike Hezemans Andreas Zuber	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Mike Hezemans Andreas Zuber
	W. run				Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Mike Hezemans Andreas Zuber
6th	Q. run	Circuito de Navarra	3rd of July	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Maxime Martin Bertrand baguette
	W. run				Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Jamie Campbell-Walter David Brabham
7th	Q. run	Circuit Paul Ricard	17th July	Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook	Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner
	W. run				Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller
8th	Q. run	Ordos International Circuit	September 4th	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck	Jamie Campbell-Walter David Brabham
	W. run				Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck	Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp
9	Q. run	Goldenport Circuit	September 11	Maxime Martin Bertrand baguette	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel
	W. run				Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm
10	Q. run	Potrero de los Funes Circuit	November 6th	Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Francesco Pastorelli Yelmer Buurman	Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli
	W. run				Francesco Pastorelli Yelmer Buurman	Manuel Lauck Christopher Haase	Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp

Championship results

Point system

The first six positions in the qualifying run and the first ten positions in the championship run were awarded points. To be classified, 75% of the race distance had to be completed. Drivers had to drive the vehicle for at least 25 minutes to be eligible for the race.

Point system
run	space
	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
Qualification run	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
Championship run	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

space	driver	ABU		ZOL		ALG		SAC		SIL		NAV		PRI		ORD		AT		SAN		Points
1	Michael Krumm	3	14th	7th	9	2	1	11	9	2	1	9	6th	1	1	11	9	4th	3	2	DNF	137
1	Lucas Luhr	3	14th	7th	9	2	1	11	9	2	1	9	6th	1	1	11	9	4th	3	2	DNF	137
2	Stefan Mücke	DNF	5	DNF	7th	4th	2	3	3	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	3	2	7th	5	2	1	DNS	DNS	120
2	Darren Turner	DNF	5	DNF	7th	4th	2	3	3	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	3	2	7th	5	2	1	DNS	DNS	120
3	Christian Hohenadel	9	4th	10	2	11	8th	5	1	10	DNF	5	5	6th	5	8th	4th	3	10	14th	5	111
3	Andrea Piccini	9	4th	10	2	11	8th	5	1	10	DNF	5	5	6th	5	8th	4th	3	10	14th	5	111
4th	Tomáš Enge	DNF	6th	3	3	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	1	2	DNF	13	2	3	16	14th	1	2	5	10	103
4th	Alex Müller	DNF	6th	3	3	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	1	2	DNF	13	2	3	16	14th	1	2	5	10	103
5	Marc Basseng	6th	3	1	1	7th	6th	9	DNF	DNF	5	1	2	7th	8th	DSQ	8th	12	DNF	6th	DNF	102
5	Markus Winkelhock	6th	3	1	1	7th	6th	9	DNF	DNF	5	1	2	7th	8th	DSQ	8th	12	DNF	6th	DNF	102
6th	Maxime Martin	1	8th	5	8th	6th	DNF	1	DNF	NC	DNF	3	4th	5	6th	1	1	DNF	4th	15th	11	98
7th	Clivio Piccione	5	1	6th	6th	13	DNF	2	11	5	4th	10	8th	DNF	11	4th	3	5	DNF	8th	3	95
7th	Stef Dusseldorp	5	1	6th	6th	13	DNF	2	11	5	4th	10	8th	DNF	11	4th	3	5	DNF	8th	3	95
8th	Dominik Schwager	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	5	4th	7th	2	6th	10	2	1	DNF	9	6th	6th	9	DNF	3	DNF	80
8th	Nicky Pastorelli	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	5	4th	7th	2	6th	10	2	1	DNF	9	6th	6th	9	DNF	3	DNF	80
9	Peter Dumbreck	2	2	DNF	DNF	1	12	6th	7th	DNF	DNF	7th	9	4th	DNF	2	2	7th	7th	NC	8th	78
9	Richard Westbrook	2	2	DNF	DNF	1	12	6th	7th	DNF	DNF	7th	9	4th	DNF	2	2	7th	7th	NC	8th	78
10	David Brabham	8th	9	11	DNF	3	3	8th	5	DNF	DNF	4th	3	9	4th	3	7th	11	8th	7th	DNF	75
10	Jamie Campbell-Walter	8th	9	11	DNF	3	3	8th	5	DNF	DNF	4th	3	9	4th	3	7th	11	8th	7th	DNF	75
11	Frédéric Makowiecki	1	8th	5	8th			1	DNF	NC	DNF			5	6th	1	1					69
12	Enrique Bernoldi	4th	DNF	12	DNF	8th	7th	4th	4th	4th	7th	DNF	12	10	7th	5	DNF	10	6th	4th	4th	64
13	Nick Catsburg	7th	10	2	5	9	9	DNF	6th			DNF	12	10	7th	5	DNF	10	6th	4th	4th	58
14th	Mike Hezemans	7th	10	2	5	9	9	DNF	6th	3	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF							46
15th	Yelmer Buurman																			1	1	33
15th	Francesco Pastorelli																			1	1	33
16	Karl Wendlinger	10	7th	4th	4th	10	5	12	DNF													31
16	Peter Kox	10	7th	4th	4th	10	5	12	DNF													31
17th	Bertrand baguette											3	4th					DNF	4th			28
18th	Warren Hughes							4th	4th	4th	7th											24
19th	Manuel Lauck															12	15th	13	9	9	2	20th
20th	Andreas Zuber									3	3			DNF	DNF							19th
21st	Christopher Haase																			9	2	18th
21st	Bas Leinders	11	DNS	DNF	10	DNF	10	DNF	8th	11	6th	12	10	DNF	12	10	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	18th
22nd	Michaël Rossi	DNF	13	9	DNF	15th	DNF			9	DNF	8th	7th	8th	10	15th	16	8th	5	11	DNF	17th
23	Marc Hennerici	11	DNS	DNF	10	DNF	10	DNF	8th	11	6th	12	10	DNF	12	10	10	DNF	DNF			16
24	Antoine Leclerc	14th	DNF			16	DNF	13	10	8th	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	11	DNF	DNF	10	6th	13
25th	Markus Palttala									8th	8th									10	6th	12
26th	Nico Verdonck											DNF	DNF					8th	5	11	DNF	10
27	Ricardo Zonta	4th	DNF	12	DNF	8th	7th															9
27	Christoffer Nygaard					14th	11	DNF	DNF	7th	9	11	11	DNF	13	9	DNF	6th	DNF	12	7th	9
28	Jonathan Hirschi															9	DNF	6th	DNF	12	7th	7th
28	Dimitri Enjalbert									9	DNF	8th	7th	8th	10							7th
29	Yann Clairay					6th	DNF	13	10			DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	11	DNF	DNF	15th	11	2
29	Vanina Ickx			DNF	DNF	14th	11	DNF	DNF	7th	9	11	11	DNF	13							2
29	Benjamin Leuenberger															12	15th	13	9			2
29	Ricardo Risatti																			DNF	9	2
30th	Max Nilsson	13	DNF	8th	DNS	12	DNF	DNF	DNF													0
30th	Jiří Janák	13	DNF	8th	DNS	12	DNF	DNF	DNF													0
30th	Jaime Camara	DNF	13	9	DNF																	0
30th	Martin Matzke	12	12	DNF	11	16	DNF															0
30th	Miloš Pavlović	12	12	DNF	11																	0
30th	Ho-Pin Tung															DNF	12	14th	11			0
30th	Jeroen den Boer															DNF	12	14th	11			0
30th	Jonathan Kennard															14th	13	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	0
30th	Christopher Brück															14th	13	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	0
30th	Fabien Giroix	14th	DNF																			0
30th	Sérgio Jimenez															15th	16					0
30th	Matteo Bobbi					15th	DNF															0
30th	Mathias Beche			DNF	DNF																	0
space	driver	ABU		ZOL		ALG		SAC		SIL		NAV		PRI		ORD		AT		SAN		Points

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

Team evaluation

space	team	ABU		ZOL		ALG		SAC		SIL		NAV		PRI		ORD		AT		SAN		Points
1	Young Driver AMR	0	18th	4th	21st	3	18th	4th	15th	8th	18th	1	0	10	33	0	10	14th	43	2	1	223
2	JR Motorsports	10	18th	0	2	14th	25th	1	8th	6th	25th	0	10	11	25th	6th	20th	3	21st	6th	4th	215
3	Hexis AMR	2	37	1	26th	0	4th	8th	25th	2	12	2	14th	1	10	3	27	6th	1	0	25th	206
4th	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	1	15th	8th	25th	2	20th	0	18th	1	11	14th	43	0	6th	1	12	0	0	5	0	182
5	Sumo Power GT	3	2	0	0	4th	21st	3	22nd	3	6th	3	15th	0	18th	6th	6th	0	12	3	12	139
6th	Marc VDS Racing Team	8th	4th	2	5	1	1	8th	4th	0	8th	4th	13	2	8th	8th	26th	0	12	0	2	116
7th	Swiss Racing Team	0	6th	3	12	0	10	0	0													31
8th	Belgian Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6th	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14th	22nd

Web links

Commons : FIA GT1 World Championship 2011  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Motorsport-Total - Website: GT1 rule adjustments: More points, more tires. From: www.motorsport-total.com , January 30, 2011, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Motorsport-Total - website: GT1 World Championship 2011: nine races confirmed. From: www.motorsport-total.com , December 10, 2010, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Motorsport-Total - website: The Sachsenring moves into the GT1 calendar. From: www.motorsport-total.com , January 19, 2011, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Motorsport-Total - Website: GT1 entry list: The world champion is missing! From: www.motorsport-total.com , February 10, 2011, accessed on June 10, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} GT1world - website: Ickx secures Belgian Racing drive ( Memento from May 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ GT1world - Website: Results: 2011 Round 2 - Zolder ( Memento from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ DKR-Engineering - Website: dkr-engineering.lu ( Memento from November 9th 2011 in the Internet Archive )