2010 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round

thumb|right|250px|Yas Marina Circuit (2009–2021) The 2010 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round was an auto race held at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 16–17 April 2010. It served as the opening round of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship season, and the inaugural race of the FIA GT1 World Championship series. It was the first sports car race designated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as a world championship event since the 500 km of Magny-Cours held on 18 October 1992. Swiss driver Romain Grosjean and German driver Thomas Mutsch won the championship race for Matech Competition Ford, ahead of the two Phoenix Racing Corvettes which completed the podium. The Phoenix Corvette of Marc Hennerici and Andreas Zuber had won the qualifying race held earlier that day. The UAE Touring Car Championship will serve as a support series for this event. http://www.gt1world.com/news/article/battle-lines-drawn-for-abu-dhabi- Battle lines drawn for Abu Dhabi SRO Group FIA GT1 World Championship 2010-04-10 2010-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100415214109/http://www.gt1world.com/news/article/battle-lines-drawn-for-abu-dhabi- 2010-04-15 dead Qualifying Qualifying began under the flood lights of Yas Marina Circuit, the entire session being held late on 16 April. All 24 cars took to the track during the first 20-minute session, with Michael Krumm sitting on top of the field in the early minutes. Frédéric Makowiecki was able to take over the pole position from the Nissan, the first driver to set a lap in the 2:07 range, quickly followed by the Vitaphone Maserati of Enrique Bernoldi less than a tenth of a second behind. In the second half of the session Andreas Zuber was able to jump to the top in the Phoenix Corvette, beating Makowiecki's lap by just under a full second and the only driver to set a lap under 2:07. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82939 Zuber on GT1 pole as session stopped Gary Watkins Haymarket Publications Autosport.com 2010-04-16 2010-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100419142304/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82939 19 April 2010 live Toward the end of the session, Matech driver Natacha Gachnang crashed out on the back straight of Yas Marina, running off the end of the straight and impacting the safety barriers head-on. The session was stopped with just over two minutes remaining while safety crews attended to Gachnang, who was later airlifted from the circuit for medical attention and reported to have fractured her right leg. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82937 Gachnang crash halts GT1 qualifying Gary Watkins Haymarket Publications Autosport.com 2010-04-16 2010-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100419150907/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82937 19 April 2010 live http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82942 No surgery required for Gachnang Gary Watkins Haymarket Publications Autosport.com 2010-04-16 2010-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100419160656/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82942 19 April 2010 live A camera operator situated behind the safety barrier also sustained injuries when his television camera hit him in the face due to the impact. http://www.gt1world.com/news/article/qualifying- Zuber on pole in incident-packed Qualifying SRO Group FIA GT1 World Championship 2010-04-16 2010-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100419033926/http://gt1world.com/news/article/qualifying- 19 April 2010 dead The first session was delayed while Gachnang was attended to until it was announced approximately a half-hour later that repairs to the safety barriers could take up to three hours. The FIA race director then cancelled not only the remainder of the first session, but the entire second and third sessions as well. This awarded Zuber and his teammate Marc Hennerici pole position for the following day's qualifying race, while all other drivers remained in their positions due to the knock-out element of qualifying behind eliminated. Qualifying result For qualifying, Driver 1 participates in the first and third sessions while Driver 2 participates in only the second session. However, due to the cancellation of Sessions 2 and 3 for this event, only the Driver 1 participated in this qualifying session. Pos No. Driver 1 Team Session 1 Grid Driver 2 1 13 AUT Andreas Zuber DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport 2:06.780 1 DEU Marc Hennerici 2 9 FRA Frédéric Makowiecki FRA Hexis AMR 2:07.705 2 FRA Philippe Dumas 3 2 BRA Enrique Bernoldi DEU Vitaphone Racing Team 2:07.763 3 PRT Miguel Ramos 4 11 NLD Xavier Maassen BEL Mad-Croc Racing 2:08.049 4 DEU Alex Müller 5 1 DEU Michael Bartels DEU Vitaphone Racing Team 2:08.070 5 ITA Andrea Bertolini 6 12 FIN Mika Salo BEL Mad-Croc Racing 2:08.078 6 FIN Pertti Kuismanen 7 24 NLD Peter Kox DEU Reiter 2:08.090 7 DEU Christopher Haase 8 7 GBR Darren Turner DEU Young Driver AMR 2:08.143 8 CZE Tomáš Enge 9 23 DEU Michael Krumm GBR Sumo Power GT 2:08.287 9 GBR Peter Dumbreck 10 40 BEL Bas Leinders BEL Marc VDS Racing Team 2:08.322 10 BEL Maxime Martin 11 5 DEU Thomas Mutsch CHE Matech Competition 2:08.463 11 CHE Romain Grosjean 12 33 GRC Alexandros Margaritis DEU Triple H Team Hegersport 2:08.494 12 DEU Altfrid Heger 13 4 JPN Seiji Ara CHE Swiss Racing Team 2:08.610 13 SWE Max Nilsson 14 3 AUT Karl Wendlinger CHE Swiss Racing Team 2:08.652 14 CHE Henri Moser 15 41 FIN Markus Palttala BEL Marc VDS Racing Team 2:08.737 15 BEL Renaud Kuppens 16 34 ITA Matteo Bobbi DEU Triple H Team Hegersport 2:08.787 16 BEL Bert Longin 17 37 DEU Thomas Jäger DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 2:08.798 17 DEU Marc Basseng 18 10 MCO Clivio Piccione FRA Hexis AMR 2:09.046 18 CHE Jonathan Hirschi 19 22 GBR Warren Hughes GBR Sumo Power GT 2:09.446 19 GBR Jamie Campbell-Walter 20 8 DNK Christoffer Nygaard DEU Young Driver AMR 2:09.629 20 DEU Stefan Mücke 21 6 CHE Natacha Gachnang CHE Matech Competition 2:09.964 21 CHE Cyndie Allemann 22 25 BRA Ricardo Zonta DEU Reiter 2:10.261 22 BRA Rafael Daniel 23 38 NLD Nicky Pastorelli DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 2:10.628 23 DEU Dominik Schwager 24 14 NLD Mike Hezemans DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport 2:16.352 24 ITA Andrea Piccini Races Qualifying race The first FIA GT1 World Championship race began in the afternoon, with pole sitter Marc Hennerici leading the field to the green flag from a rolling start. Entering the first left-hander Miguel Ramos in the No.2 Vitaphone Maserati attempted to secure second place but lost the rear of the car under braking and tapped the rear end of Hennerici's Corvette as the car spun across the course. While attempting to regain control, the rear of the Maserati was hit by the No.7 Aston Martin of Tomáš Enge, who ricocheted into the No.12 Mad-Croc Corvette of Pertti Kuismanen. All three cars would retire from the race due to the accident damage. Further into the first lap, the No.9 Hexis Aston Martin spun on his own, leaving driver Philippe Dumas at the tail of the field. These incidents forced the stewards to deploy the safety car as Hennerici lead the field ahead of the No.11 Mad-Croc Corvette of Alex Müller, the No.1 Vitaphone Maserati of Andrea Bertolini, the No.24 Reiter Lamborghini of Christopher Haase, and the No.5 Matech Ford of Romain Grosjean, who gained nine positions on the opening lap. After two laps under the safety car, the race was restarted and Hennerici continued as the race leader. Grosjean began to climb his way through the field, passing Kox's Lamborghini on Lap 5, then Piccini's Maserati two laps later, then was able to take second place from Müller's Corvette before the end of Lap 8. The pit window opened on Lap 10, with Hennerici forfeiting the lead to Grosjean to take the first opportunity to pit and change to driver Andreas Zuber. Three laps later both the Matech Ford and Mad-Croc Corvette came in for their pit stops, but the Corvette had a slower pit stop and fell to seventh place. After the ten-minute pit window closed, Thomas Mutsch took over the second-place Matech Ford while Michael Bartels held third in the Vitaphone Maserati. Neither driver was able to catch the leading Corvette of Zuber, while Xavier Maassen in the No.11 Mad-Croc Corvette was able to climb back to fourth position before the car's engine failed three laps from the finish. Zuber eventually took the race win by just over two seconds ahead of Mutsch after having led by as much as ten seconds earlier in the race. Bartels completed the podium and final points earning position for the qualifying race. Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 13 DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport DEU Marc HennericiAUT Andreas Zuber Corvette 26 2 5 CHE Matech Competition DEU Thomas MutschCHE Romain Grosjean Ford 26 −2.273 3 1 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team DEU Michael BartelsITA Andrea Bertolini Maserati 26 −4.308 4 8 DEU Young Driver AMR DEU Stefan MückeDNK Christoffer Nygaard Aston Martin 26 −37.808 5 33 DEU Triple H Team Hegersport DEU Altfrid HegerGRC Alexandros Margaritis Maserati 26 −43.535 6 40 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Bas LeindersBEL Maxime Martin Ford 26 −45.608 7 9 FRA Hexis AMR FRA Philippe DumasFRA Frédéric Makowiecki Aston Martin 26 −54.118 8 10 FRA Hexis AMR MCO Clivio PiccioneCHE Jonathan Hirschi Aston Martin 26 −1:07.115 9 3 CHE Swiss Racing Team AUT Karl WendlingerCHE Henri Moser Nissan 26 −1:12.583 10 25 DEU Reiter BRA Ricardo ZontaBRA Rafael Daniel Lamborghini 26 −1:13.649 11 23 GBR Sumo Power GT GBR Peter DumbreckDEU Michael Krumm Nissan 26 −1:15.161 12 4 CHE Swiss Racing Team SWE Max NilssonJPN Seiji Ara Nissan 26 −1:19.330 13 22 GBR Sumo Power GT GBR Warren HughesGBR Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 26 −1:27.725 14DNF 11 BEL Mad-Croc Racing NLD Xavier MaassenDEU Alex Müller Corvette 23 Engine 15DNF 24 DEU Reiter NLD Peter KoxDEU Christopher Haase Lamborghini 20 Brakes 16 14 DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport NLD Mike HezemansITA Andrea Piccini Corvette 20 −6 Laps 17DNF 38 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport NLD Nicky PastorelliDEU Dominik Schwager Lamborghini 17 Retired 18DNF 37 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport DEU Marc BassengDEU Thomas Jäger Lamborghini 12 Retired 19DNF 41 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Renaud KuppensFIN Markus Palttala Ford 2 Clutch 20DNF 2 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team PRT Miguel RamosBRA Enrique Bernoldi Maserati 1 Collision 21DNF 7 DEU Young Driver AMR CZE Tomáš EngeGBR Darren Turner Aston Martin 1 Collision 22DNF 12 BEL Mad-Croc Racing FIN Pertti KuismanenFIN Mika Salo Corvette 0 Collision DNS 34 DEU Triple H Team Hegersport BEL Bert LonginITA Matteo Bobbi Maserati 0 Did Not Start DNS 6 CHE Matech Competition CHE Natacha GachnangCHE Cyndie Allemann Ford 0 Did Not Start Championship race Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 5 CHE Matech Competition DEU Thomas MutschCHE Romain Grosjean Ford 28 2 13 DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport DEU Marc HennericiAUT Andreas Zuber Corvette 28 −23.061 3 14 DEU Phoenix Racing / Carsport NLD Mike HezemansITA Andrea Piccini Corvette 28 −26.485 4 1 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team DEU Michael BartelsITA Andrea Bertolini Maserati 28 −34.075 5 25 DEU Reiter BRA Ricardo ZontaBRA Rafael Daniel Lamborghini 28 −49.496 6 2 DEU Vitaphone Racing Team PRT Miguel RamosBRA Enrique Bernoldi Maserati 28 −53.059 7 34 DEU Triple H Team Hegersport BEL Bert LonginITA Matteo Bobbi Maserati 28 −1:00.565 8 24 DEU Reiter NLD Peter KoxDEU Christopher Haase Lamborghini 28 −1:12.694 9 33 DEU Triple H Team Hegersport DEU Altfrid HegerGRC Alexandros Margaritis Maserati 28 −1:24.473 10 11 BEL Mad-Croc Racing NLD Xavier MaassenDEU Alex Müller Corvette 28 −1:26.254 11 7 DEU Young Driver AMR CZE Tomáš EngeGBR Darren Turner Aston Martin 28 −1:26.848 12 22 GBR Sumo Power GT GBR Warren HughesGBR Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 28 −1:28.174 13 40 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Bas LeindersBEL Maxime Martin Ford 28 −1:37.634 14 3 CHE Swiss Racing Team AUT Karl WendlingerCHE Henri Moser Nissan 28 −1:59.534 15 12 BEL Mad-Croc Racing FIN Pertti KuismanenFIN Mika Salo Corvette 28 −2:01.150 16 23 GBR Sumo Power GT GBR Peter DumbreckDEU Michael Krumm Nissan 27 −1 Lap 17 37 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport DEU Marc BassengDEU Thomas Jäger Lamborghini 24 −4 Laps 18DNF 10 FRA Hexis AMR MCO Clivio PiccioneCHE Jonathan Hirschi Aston Martin 22 Puncture 19DNF 9 FRA Hexis AMR FRA Philippe DumasFRA Frédéric Makowiecki Aston Martin 15 Retired 20DNF 38 DEU All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport NLD Nicky PastorelliDEU Dominik Schwager Lamborghini 12 Retired 21DNF 4 CHE Swiss Racing Team SWE Max NilssonJPN Seiji Ara Nissan 1 Collision 22DNF 8 DEU Young Driver AMR DEU Stefan MückeDNK Christoffer Nygaard Aston Martin 0 Collision DNS 41 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Renaud KuppensFIN Markus Palttala Ford 0 Did Not Start DNS 6 CHE Matech Competition CHE Natacha GachnangCHE Cyndie Allemann Ford 0 Did Not Start References External links FIA GT1 World Championship – Yas Marina GT1 race in Abu Dhabi 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship None RAC Tourist Trophy Abu Dhabi Fia Gt1 Abu Dhabi Round, 2010 Category:Motorsport competitions in the United Arab Emirates