2011 FIA GT1 Navarra round

Circuito de Navarra

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

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result

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

Championship Race

Race result

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

References

1. "FIA Entry List – Navarra (ESP) – 3 July 2011" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2011-07-06.

External links

• Navarra GT1 Race in Spain – FIA GT1 World Championship