2011 FIA GT1 Ordos round

The 2011 FIA GT1 Ordos round was an auto racing event held at the Ordos International Circuit, Ordos City, China on 2–4 September, and was the eighth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's first race held in China, as well as at the 3.751 km (2.331 mi) Ordos. The event was supported by Formula Pilota, and the overall event was held under the title of the Kangbashi Cup.

Ordos International Circuit

Background

Success Ballast[1]
Entry	Ballast
No. 23 JR Motorsports	60 kg (130 lb)
No. 8 Young Driver AMR	20 kg (44 lb)
No. 7 Young Driver AMR	15 kg (33 lb)
No. 21 Sumo Power GT	5 kg (11 lb)

This was the home round of Exim Bank Team China who ran two Corvettes for the first time this season with four all new drivers including Chinese racer Ho-Pin Tung.

DKR Engineering replaced their single Corvette with two Lamborghini's for this round and also with four new drivers. Jonathan Hirschi replaced Vanina Ickx in the No. 9 Belgian Racing Ford GT alongside regular Christoffer Nygaard.

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	1:38.940	1:38.811	1:38.535	1
		Frédéric Makowiecki
2	22	Peter Dumbreck	JR Motorsports	1:39.001	1:38.769	1:38.669	2
		Richard Westbrook
3	38	Marc Basseng	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	1:39.270	1:39.095	1:38.768	3
		Markus Winkelhock
4	20	Enrique Bernoldi	Sumo Power GT	1:39.603	1:38.843	1:38.909	4
		Nick Catsburg
5	21	David Brabham	Sumo Power GT	1:39.289	1:38.854	1:39.222	5
		Jamie Campbell-Walter
6	7	Tomáš Enge	Young Driver AMR	1:39.506	1:39.139	1:39.543	6
		Alex Müller
7	23	Michael Krumm	JR Motorsports	1:39.849	1:39.061	1:39.561	7
		Lucas Luhr
8	37	Dominik Schwager	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	1:40.201	1:38.823	1:40.002	8
		Nicky Pastorelli
9	3	Stef Dusseldorp	Hexis AMR	1:39.116	1:39.141		9
		Clivio Piccione
10	4	Andrea Piccini	Hexis AMR	1:39.495	1:39.281		10
		Christian Hohenadel
11	12	Michaël Rossi	Exim Bank Team China	1:39.585	1:39.290		10
		Sérgio Jimenez
12	9	Christoffer Nygaard	Belgian Racing	1:39.401	1:39.383		11
		Jonathan Hirschi
13	8	Stefan Mücke	Young Driver AMR	1:39.210	1:39.466		13
		Darren Turner
14	10	Yann Clairay	Belgian Racing	1:39.386	1:39.809		14
		Antoine Leclerc
15	11	Ho-Pin Tung	Exim Bank Team China	1:40.204			15
		Jeroen den Boer
16	40	Bas Leinders	Marc VDS Racing Team	1:40.420			16
		Marc Hennerici
17	47	Benjamin Leuenberger	DKR www-discount.de	1:40.642			17
		Manuel Lauck
18	48	Jonathan Kennard	DKR www-discount.de	1:42.683			18
		Christopher Brück

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	41	Marc VDS Racing Team	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Ford	36
2	22	JR Motorsports	Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook	Nissan	36	−1.725
3	21	Sumo Power GT	David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	36	−28.807
4	3	Hexis AMR	Stef Dusseldorp Clivio Piccione	Aston Martin	36	−39.768
5	20	Sumo Power GT	Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg	Nissan	36	−43.274
6	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Lamborghini	36	−49.182
7	8	Young Driver AMR	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin	36	−49.817
8	4	Hexis AMR	Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel	Aston Martin	36	−50.048
9	9	Belgian Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi	Ford	36	−58.341
10	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici	Ford	36	−1:04.180
11	23	JR Motorsports	Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	Nissan	36	1:15.794
12	47	DKR www-discount.de	Benjamin Leuenberger Manuel Lauck	Lamborghini	35	+1 lap
13	10	Belgian Racing	Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc	Ford	35	+1 lap
14	48	DKR www-discount.de	Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück	Lamborghini	33	+3 laps
15 DNF	12	Exim Bank Team China	Michaël Rossi Sérgio Jimenez	Corvette	32	Retired
16	7	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Aston Martin	30	+6 laps
17 DNF	11	Exim Bank Team China	Ho-Pin Tung Jeroen den Boer	Corvette	2	Retired
EX	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini	36

Championship Race

Race result

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	41	Marc VDS Racing Team	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Ford	34
2	22	JR Motorsports	Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook	Nissan	34	−0.786
3	3	Hexis AMR	Stef Dusseldorp Clivio Piccione	Aston Martin	34	−5.570
4	4	Hexis AMR	Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel	Aston Martin	34	−9.909
5	8	Young Driver AMR	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin	34	−11.397
6	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Lamborghini	34	−12.031
7	21	Sumo Power GT	David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	34	−12.274
8	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini	34	−14.591
9	23	JR Motorsports	Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	Nissan	34	−14.868
10	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici	Ford	36	−20.321
11	10	Belgian Racing	Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc	Ford	34	−20.324
12	11	Exim Bank Team China	Ho-Pin Tung Jeroen den Boer	Corvette	34	−20.713
13	48	DKR www-discount.de	Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück	Lamborghini	34	−23.698
14	7	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Aston Martin	34	−25.153
15	47	DKR www-discount.de	Benjamin Leuenberger Michael Lauck	Lamborghini	34	−26.056
16	12	Exim Bank Team China	Michaël Rossi Sérgio Jimenez	Corvette	34	−30.159
17 DNF	9	Belgian Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi	Ford	13	Damage
18 DNF	20	Sumo Power GT	Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg	Nissan	2	Spun