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.

The Goldenport Park Circuit

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

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result

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

Championship Race

Race result

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