2011 FIA GT1 Navarra round

The 2011 FIA GT1 Navarra round was an auto racing event held at the Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain on 1–3 July, and was the sixth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's second race held at the 3.933 km (2.444 mi) Navarra. The event was supported by the FIA GT3 European Championship and MINI Challenge España.

Background

Success Ballast[1]
Entry Ballast
No. 23 JR Motorsports 35 kg (77 lb)
No. 7 Young Driver AMR 30 kg (66 lb)
No. 11 Exim Bank Team China 10 kg (22 lb)
No. 3 Hexis AMR 5 kg (11 lb)

After a collision between the two Swiss Racing Team Lamborghini's at the Sachsenring round, the team decided to miss the Navarra round which is the second round in a row they have missed an event. Exim Bank Team China recruited Belgian driver Nico Verdonck for this round, replacing Andreas Zuber. He raced in three race weekends in 2010 for Triple H Team Hegersport. Nick Catsburg returned to GT1 after being replaced by Exim Bank Team China in the previous round. He was behind the wheel of the No. 20 Sumo Power Nissan, replacing Warren Hughes. Marc VDS recruited IndyCar Series driver Bertrand Baguette for this round, replacing Frédéric Makowiecki behind the wheel of car No. 41.

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 38 Germany Marc Basseng Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:36.872 1:36.852 1:36.579 1
Germany Markus Winkelhock
2 37 Germany Dominik Schwager Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:36.729 1:36.674 1:36.583 2
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
3 11 Netherlands Mike Hezemans China Exim Bank Team China 1:37.323 1:37.223 1:37.108 3
Belgium Nico Verdonck
4 23 Germany Michael Krumm United Kingdom JR Motorsports 1:37.400 1:37.319 1:37.310 4
Germany Lucas Luhr
5 21 Australia David Brabham United Kingdom Sumo Power GT 1:37.555 1:37.232 1:37.380 5
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
6 3 Monaco Clivio Piccione France Hexis AMR 1:37.701 1:37.205 1:37.620 6
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
7 41 Belgium Maxime Martin Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:37.510 1:36.717 1:37.659 7
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
8 4 Germany Christian Hohenadel France Hexis AMR 1:37.708 1:37.161 1:37.714 8
Belgium Maxime Martin
9 20 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi United Kingdom Sumo Power GT 1:37.634 1:37.378 9
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
10 22 United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck United Kingdom JR Motorsports 1:37.634 1:37.546 10
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
11 40 Belgium Bas Leinders Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:37.578 1:37.568 11
Germany Marc Hennerici
12 7 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Germany Young Driver AMR 1:37.577 1:37.998 12
Germany Alex Müller
13 9 Belgium Vanina Ickx Belgium Belgian Racing 1:37.807 1:38.800 13
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
14 10 France Antoine Leclerc Belgium Belgian Racing 1:37.483 1:39.070 14
France Yann Clairay
15 47 France Michaël Rossi Luxembourg DKR Engineering 1:37.941 15
France Dimitri Enjalbert
16 8 United Kingdom Darren Turner Germany Young Driver AMR 1:41.662 16
Germany Stefan Mücke

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result

Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Lamborghini 36
2 37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Dominik Schwager
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Lamborghini 36 −3.304
3 41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Maxime Martin
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Ford 36 −20.390
4 21 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 36 −27.711
5 4 France Hexis AMR Germany Christian Hohenadel
Italy Andrea Piccini
Aston Martin 36 −28.361
6 8 Germany Young Driver AMR United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin 36 −39.480
7 22 United Kingdom JR Motorsports United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Nissan 36 −40.007
8 47 Luxembourg DKR Engineering France Michaël Rossi
France Dimitri Enjalbert
Corvette 36 −42.396
9 23 United Kingdom JR Motorsports Germany Michael Krumm
Germany Lucas Luhr
Nissan 36 −44.251
10 3 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
Aston Martin 36 −46.335
11 9 Belgium Belgian Racing Belgium Vanina Ickx
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Ford 35 −1 lap
12
DNF
40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Germany Marc Hennerici
Ford 31 Retired
13
DNF
20 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Nissan 24 Mechanical
14
DNF
7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Alex Müller
Aston Martin 22 Retired
15
DNF
11 China Exim Bank Team China Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Corvette 18 Retired
16
DNF
10 Belgium Belgian Racing France Antoine Leclerc
France Yann Clairay
Ford 13 Retired

Championship Race

Race result

Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Dominik Schwager
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Lamborghini 36
2 38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Lamborghini 36 −2.328
3 21 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 36 −3.735
4 41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Maxime Martin
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Ford 36 −7.488
5 4 France Hexis AMR Germany Christian Hohenadel
Italy Andrea Piccini
Aston Martin 36 −24.104
6 23 United Kingdom JR Motorsports Germany Michael Krumm
Germany Lucas Luhr
Nissan 36 −24.992
7 47 Luxembourg DKR Engineering France Michaël Rossi
France Dimitri Enjalbert
Corvette 36 −30.473
8 3 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
Aston Martin 36 −31.773
9 22 United Kingdom JR Motorsports United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Nissan 36 −35.573
10 40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Germany Marc Hennerici
Ford 36 −35.974
11 9 Belgium Belgian Racing Belgium Vanina Ickx
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Ford 36 −53.177
12 20 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Nissan 36 −59.299
13 7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Alex Müller
Aston Martin 35 −1 lap
14
DNF
10 Belgium Belgian Racing France Antoine Leclerc
France Yann Clairay
Ford 20 Retired
15
DNF
8 Germany Young Driver AMR United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin 19 Retired
16
DNF
11 China Exim Bank Team China Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Corvette 3 Gearbox

References

External links

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