2011 FIA GT1 Sachsenring round

thumb|right|250px|The Sachsenring The 2011 FIA GT1 Sachsenring round is an auto racing event held at the Sachsenring, Saxony, Germany on 13–15 May, and will be the fourth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It is the FIA GT1 World Championship's first race held at the 3.7 km mi on Sachsenring, as the circuit replaces the Nürburgring as the German round for the series. The event will be supported by the German ADAC Masters Weekend, featuring the ADAC GT Masters, ATS Formel 3 Cup, ADAC Formel Masters, and ADAC Procar Series, as well as the German Mini Challenge. Background Success Ballast http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/FIA%20GT1%20Sachsenring%20-%20FIA%20Entry%20List-published%20on%2010%20May.pdf FIA Entry List – Sachsenring (DEU) – 15 May 2011 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile PDF 2011-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110825031856/http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/FIA%20GT1%20Sachsenring%20-%20FIA%20Entry%20List-published%20on%2010%20May.pdf 25 August 2011 dead Entry Ballast No. 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 45 kg lbs on No. 23 JR Motorsports 35 kg lbs on No. 8 Young Driver AMR 20 kg lbs on No. 21 Sumo Power GT 10 kg lbs on No. 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 5 kg lbs on Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock of Münnich Motorsport retained their championship lead following the Algarve round and further extended their advantage to twenty points over both Young Driver's Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke and Algarve Championship Race-winners Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr of JR Motorsports. Basseng and Winkelhock's car also has lost five kilograms of the 50 kg lbs on of success ballast they carried at Algarve. Luhr and Krumm have gained 35 kg, while Turner and Mücke carry only 20 kg into Sachsenring. Luhr and Krumm also have the addition of 15 kg which have been added to the minimum weight for all Nissans as part of the FIA's balance of performance. The Ford GT teams have also had their minimum weights altered, losing 10 kg. http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/TO%20ALL%202011%20GT1%20CARS%20ENTERED%20FOR%20SACHSENRING_64.pdf Federation Internationale de l'Automobile GT Committee – Decision Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile fia.com PDF 2011-05-11 2011-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110825032800/http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/TO%20ALL%202011%20GT1%20CARS%20ENTERED%20FOR%20SACHSENRING_64.pdf 2011-08-25 dead In the Teams' Championship Hexis AMR has taken over the title lead, a single point ahead of both Münnich and JR Motorsports, while Young Driver is two points further behind in fourth. With only a week between the Algarve and Sachsenring, the majority of teams have retained the line-ups. Frédéric Makowiecki returns to Marc VDS after being absent in the Algarve, while Yann Clairay moves from Marc VDS to Belgian Racing to replace Martin Matzke. http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7169.html Sachsenring : Yann Clairay trouve refuge chez Belgian Racing. Endurance-Info endurance-info.com Laurent Mercier French 2011-05-12 2011-05-12 2012-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120317082731/http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7169.html dead Warren Hughes rejoins the Sumo Power GT team he drove for in 2010, replacing Ricardo Zonta in the team's No. 20 car, partnering Enrique Bernoldi. http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7166.html Sachsenring : Warren Hughes revient chez Sumo Power GT. Endurance-Info endurance-info.com Laurent Mercier French 2011-05-11 2011-05-12 2012-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120317082726/http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7166.html dead The sole DKR Engineering Corvette has withdrawn from the Sachsenring event due to a lack of spare parts after the team has suffered three accidents in past four races, reducing the field to seventeen cars. http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7172.html Sachsenring : La Corvette/DKR Engineering forfait ! Endurance-Info endurance-info.com Laurent Mercier French 2011-05-12 2011-05-12 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 37 DEU Dominik Schwager DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:19.941 1:19.308 1:18.763 1 NLD Nicky Pastorelli 2 3 NLD Stef Dusseldorp FRA Hexis AMR 1:19.337 1:19.449 1:19.028 2 MCO Clivio Piccione 3 8 DEU Stefan Mücke DEU Young Driver AMR 1:19.591 1:19.119 1:19.471 3 GBR Darren Turner 4 20 GBR Warren Hughes GBR Sumo Power GT 1:19.657 1:19.503 1:19.605 4 BRA Enrique Bernoldi 5 22 GBR Richard Westbrook GBR JR Motorsports 1:20.007 1:19.599 1:19.634 5 GBR Peter Dumbreck 6 40 BEL Bas Leinders BEL Marc VDS Racing Team 1:19.832 1:19.295 1:19.739 6 DEU Marc Hennerici 7 11 NLD Mike Hezemans CHN Exim Bank Team China 1:19.143 1:19.135 1:18.7141 1 7 NLD Nick Catsburg 8 23 DEU Lucas Luhr GBR JR Motorsports 1:19.885 1:19.300 No Time 8 DEU Michael Krumm 9 5 AUT Karl Wendlinger CHE Swiss Racing Team 1:19.859 1:19.605 172 2 NLD Peter Kox 10 7 CZE Tomáš Enge DEU Young Driver AMR 1:19.522 1:19.652 9 DEU Alex Müller 11 21 AUS David Brabham GBR Sumo Power GT 1:19.598 1:19.820 10 GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter 12 10 FRA Yann Clairay BEL Belgian Racing 1:19.883 1:19.992 11 FRA Antoine Leclerc 13 4 DEU Christian Hohenadel FRA Hexis AMR 1:19.229 1:20.075 16 ITA Andrea Piccini 14 41 BEL Maxime Martin BEL Marc VDS Racing Team 1:18.889 No Time 12 FRA Frédéric Makowiecki 15 38 DEU Markus Winkelhock DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:20.015 13 DEU Marc Basseng 16 9 BEL Vanina Ickx BEL Belgian Racing 1:20.165 14 DNK Christoffer Nygaard 17 6 SWE Max Nilsson CHE Swiss Racing Team 1:21.115 15 CZE Jiří Janák 1 The No. 11 Exim Bank Corvette had its Qualifying Session 3 times cancelled for stopping in the pit lane instead of returning to its garage during the session. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91390 Schwager takes pole in Germany Haymarket Press autosport.com Gary Watkins 2011-05-14 2011-05-14 2 The No. 5 Swiss Racing Lamborghini was penalized ten grid spots for overtaking during a red flag period in the Qualifying sessions. Races Qualifying Race Following a penalty handed to the Corvette of Exim Bank Team China, the No. 37 Münnich Lamborghini of Nicky Pastorelli lead the field at the start, quickly getting a clear hold on first ahead of Clivio Piccione's Hexis Aston Martin. Entering Turn 1, Antoine Leclerc's Belgian Racing Ford tipped the Marc VDS Ford into a spin. Facing backwards, Marc Hennerici was then collected by the second Belgian car of Christoffer Nygaard. With both cars unable to get moving again, the safety car was dispatched for a full course caution to gather the field at the end of the first lap. The safety car was recalled at the start of Lap 4 and Pastorelli resumed his lead of the race. A lap later Nicky Catsburg in the Exim Corvette started to make a pass for seventh place on the JR Motorsports Nissan of Michael Krumm in the first sequence of corners, but spun into the gravel after getting ahead of Krumm exiting Turn 3, stranding the car in the gravel trap. After the restarting the race in 12th place, Marc VDS's Frédéric Makowiecki began to make his way through the field, passing five cars on track in the next ten laps. As Makowiecki challenged Young Driver's Alex Müller for fifth place into Turn 3 the two made contact and Müller spun his car around, resuming at the back of the field, while Makowiecki continued to race on without being slowed by the incident. At the front of the field, Piccini closed on the rear of Pastorelli and began to challenge for the race lead, followed closely by Darren Turner in third. On Lap 18, the pit window opened and the top three all made their pit stops at the end of that lap. Hexis made the quickest pit stop of the three, allowing Stef Dusseldorp to exit the pits first, followed by Young Driver's Stefan Mücke. Münnich Motorsport suffered a problem with their tire challenge, slowing their pit stop and losing Dominik Schwager three positions as he returned to the track. Enrique Bernoldi briefly held the race lead for Sumo Power for one lap before making his pit stop, handing the lead to Makowiecki. Marc VDS brought the Ford into the pits as the last car to make a pit stop and Maxime Martin was able to exit in the race lead, but he was immediately challenged by Dusseldorp into Turn 1. After Martin defended the race lead he was able to pull away from Dusseldorp, while Warren Hughes had taken over third place after the completion of all pit stops. With twenty minutes remaining in the race, Max Nilsson went wide in Turn 9 and hit the safety barriers, retiring on the spot. Yann Clairay of Belgian Racing attempted to challenge Markus Winkelhock for tenth place, but spun on his own in Turn 4 and fell to 12th. In the closing five minutes of the race, Mücke caught Hughes to challenge for third place and passed for the position. Further behind them, Christian Hohenadel and Schwager challenged Peter Dumbreck's Nissan for fifth position, but Schwager braked too late for Turn 1 while attempting to pass Dumbreck and went into the gravel trap, eventually falling to seventh. Hohenadel then took over the challenge to Dumbreck and successfully passed him on the final lap of the race. Martin cross the finish line 6.6 seconds ahead of Dusseldorp, followed by Hughes and Mücke, and finally Hohenadel and Dumbreck completed the final two positions for championship points. Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 41 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Maxime MartinFRA Frédéric Makowiecki Ford 43 2 3 FRA Hexis AMR MCO Clivio PiccioneNLD Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 43 −6.683 3 8 DEU Young Driver AMR GBR Darren TurnerDEU Stefan Mücke Aston Martin 43 −20.166 4 20 GBR Sumo Power GT BRA Enrique BernoldiGBR Warren Hughes Nissan 43 −24.041 5 4 FRA Hexis AMR DEU Christian HohenadelITA Andrea Piccini Aston Martin 43 −33.083 6 22 GBR JR Motorsport GBR Peter DumbreckGBR Richard Westbrook Nissan 43 −34.907 7 37 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport NLD Nicky PastorelliDEU Dominik Schwager Lamborghini 43 −38.325 8 21 GBR Sumo Power GT AUS David BrabhamGBR Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 43 −39.884 9 38 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport DEU Marc BassengDEU Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 43 −39.884 10 7 DEU Young Driver AMR CZE Tomáš EngeDEU Alex Müller Aston Martin 43 −40.376 11 23 GBR JR Motorsport DEU Michael KrummDEU Lucas Luhr Nissan 43 −48.863 12 5 CHE Swiss Racing Team AUT Karl WendlingerNLD Peter Kox Lamborghini 43 −48.991 13 10 BEL Belgian Racing FRA Yann ClairayFRA Antoine Leclerc Ford 43 −51.058 14DNF 6 CHE Swiss Racing Team SWE Max NilssonCZE Jiří Janák Lamborghini 25 Accident 15DNF 11 CHN Exim Bank Team China NLD Mike HezemansNLD Nick Catsburg Corvette 4 Spun 16DNF 9 BEL Belgian Racing BEL Vanina IckxDNK Christoffer Nygaard Ford 0 Collision 17DNF 40 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Bas LeindersDEU Marc Hennerici Ford 0 Collision Championship Race Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 4 FRA Hexis AMR DEU Christian HohenadelITA Andrea Piccini Aston Martin 42 2 37 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport NLD Nicky PastorelliDEU Dominik Schwager Lamborghini 42 −2.523 3 8 DEU Young Driver AMR GBR Darren TurnerDEU Stefan Mücke Aston Martin 42 −4.218 4 20 GBR Sumo Power GT BRA Enrique BernoldiGBR Warren Hughes Nissan 42 −22.861 5 21 GBR Sumo Power GT AUS David BrabhamGBR Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 42 −23.547 6 11 CHN Exim Bank Team China NLD Mike HezemansNLD Nick Catsburg Corvette 42 −23.867 7 22 GBR JR Motorsport GBR Peter DumbreckGBR Richard Westbrook Nissan 42 −24.287 8 40 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Bas LeindersDEU Marc Hennerici Ford 42 −25.272 9 23 GBR JR Motorsport DEU Michael KrummDEU Lucas Luhr Nissan 42 −26.477 10 10 BEL Belgian Racing FRA Yann ClairayFRA Antoine Leclerc Ford 42 −29.419 11 3 FRA Hexis AMR MCO Clivio PiccioneNLD Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 42 −55.554 12DNF 38 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport DEU Marc BassengDEU Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 19 Puncture 13DNF 41 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Maxime MartinFRA Yann Clairay Ford 9 Puncture 14DNF 9 BEL Belgian Racing BEL Vanina IckxDNK Christoffer Nygaard Ford 2 Damage 15DNF 5 CHE Swiss Racing Team AUT Karl WendlingerNLD Peter Kox Lamborghini 0 Collision 16DNF 7 DEU Young Driver AMR CZE Tomáš EngeDEU Alex Müller Aston Martin 0 Collision 17DNF 6 CHE Swiss Racing Team SWE Max NilssonCZE Jiří Janák Lamborghini 0 Collision References External links Sachsenring GT1 Race in Germany – FIA GT1 World Championship 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship Algarve RAC Tourist Trophy Sachsenring FIA GT1