The 2011 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round was an auto racing event held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Taking place over 25–26 March 2011, Abu Dhabi was the opening round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It is the second consecutive year that FIA GT1 has opened its season in Abu Dhabi, although the 2011 event will be held on a shorter 4.730 km (2.939 mi) layout of the Yas Marina Circuit. Marc Hennerici is the only returning driver who won during the event last season, while Corvette and Ford both are defending victors. The event is also unique on the FIA GT1 calendar as it is the only one held over a two-day period rather than the normal three; Qualifying is held following Practice on Friday while the Qualifying Race and Championship race are both held on Saturday. The weekend is shared with a trio of local racing series: The UAE Sportscar series, the Cytech UAE GT series, and the Total UAE Touring Cars series.
Following the announcement of an entry list featuring twenty cars from ten teams for the full 2011 season, only eighteen were entered for Abu Dhabi. The two Corvette squads of Team China and DKR Engineering both entered only a single car due to each team lacking a second chassis. All eighteen cars participated in a pre-season test held at the circuit on 23 March, with the No. 37 Münnich MotorsportLamborghini of Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager setting the fastest lap of the day, followed by their second team car.[1]
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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.
^ The No. 37 Münnich Lamborghini was given a penalty of five grid spots for the Qualifying Race for ignoring a marshal's flag requiring the car to pits after illegally starting from an external battery during Qualifying 1.[2]
^ The No. 40 Marc VDS Ford was given a penalty of five grid spots for the Qualifying Race for changing an engine during practice.[3]
^Laurent Mercier (2011-03-26). "Abu Dhabi : Mücke/Turner (Aston Martin) héritent de la pole !". endurance-info.com (in French). Endurance-Info. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
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The 2011 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round was an auto racing event held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Taking place over 25 26 March 2011 Abu Dhabi was the opening round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season It is the second consecutive year that FIA GT1 has opened its season in Abu Dhabi although the 2011 event will be held on a shorter 4 730 km 2 939 mi layout of the Yas Marina Circuit Marc Hennerici is the only returning driver who won during the event last season while Corvette and Ford both are defending victors The event is also unique on the FIA GT1 calendar as it is the only one held over a two day period rather than the normal three Qualifying is held following Practice on Friday while the Qualifying Race and Championship race are both held on Saturday The weekend is shared with a trio of local racing series The UAE Sportscar series the Cytech UAE GT series and the Total UAE Touring Cars series Munnich Motorsport earned pole position in the qualifying session only to be penalized for an infraction and handing pole to the Young Driver team of Stefan Mucke and Darren Turner Early incidents in the Qualifying Race led to Marc VDS Ford winning their first GT1 race with Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki driving Marc VDS was unable to hold the lead after starting from pole in the Championship Race as a quick pit stop vaulted Stef Dusseldorp and Clivio Piccione s Hexis Aston Martin into the race lead fending off the Nissan of JR Motorsports but less than half a second at the finish Contents 1 Background 2 Qualifying 2 1 Qualifying result 3 Races 3 1 Qualifying Race 3 1 1 Race result 3 2 Championship Race 3 2 1 Race result 4 Standings after the race 5 References 6 External linksBackground editFollowing the announcement of an entry list featuring twenty cars from ten teams for the full 2011 season only eighteen were entered for Abu Dhabi The two Corvette squads of Team China and DKR Engineering both entered only a single car due to each team lacking a second chassis All eighteen cars participated in a pre season test held at the circuit on 23 March with the No 37 Munnich Motorsport Lamborghini of Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager setting the fastest lap of the day followed by their second team car 1 Qualifying editQualifying result edit 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 GridDriver 21 37 nbsp Nicky Pastorelli nbsp All Inkl com Munnich Motorsport 1 52 705 1 52 006 1 51 668 61 nbsp Dominik Schwager2 8 nbsp Stefan Mucke nbsp Young Driver AMR 1 52 521 1 52 183 1 52 113 1 nbsp Darren Turner3 41 nbsp Maxime Martin nbsp Marc VDS Racing Team 1 52 820 1 52 603 1 52 197 2 nbsp Frederic Makowiecki4 7 nbsp Alex Muller nbsp Young Driver AMR 1 53 107 1 52 010 1 52 547 3 nbsp Tomas Enge5 11 nbsp Mike Hezemans nbsp Exim Bank Team China 1 52 892 1 52 521 1 52 750 4 nbsp Nicky Catsburg6 22 nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp JR Motorsports 1 53 189 1 52 223 1 52 866 5 nbsp Richard Westbrook7 20 nbsp Enrique Bernoldi nbsp Sumo Power GT 1 52 909 1 52 631 1 53 191 7 nbsp Ricardo Zonta8 23 nbsp Lucas Luhr nbsp JR Motorsports 1 53 332 1 52 786 1 53 336 8 nbsp Michael Krumm9 21 nbsp David Brabham nbsp Sumo Power GT 1 52 667 1 52 804 9 nbsp Jamie Campbell Walter10 5 nbsp Karl Wendlinger nbsp Swiss Racing Team 1 53 355 1 52 907 10 nbsp Peter Kox11 3 nbsp Clivio Piccione nbsp Hexis AMR 1 53 037 1 52 914 11 nbsp Stef Dusseldorp12 40 nbsp Marc Hennerici nbsp Marc VDS Racing Team 1 53 114 1 53 159 172 nbsp Bas Leinders13 47 nbsp Michael Rossi nbsp DKR Engineering 1 53 830 1 55 549 12 nbsp Jaime Camara14 38 nbsp Markus Winkelhock nbsp All Inkl com Munnich Motorsport 1 53 486 No Time 13 nbsp Marc Basseng15 4 nbsp Christian Hohenadel nbsp Hexis AMR 1 54 178 14 nbsp Andrea Piccini16 10 nbsp Martin Matzke nbsp Belgian Racing 1 54 274 15 nbsp Milos Pavlovic17 9 nbsp Antoine Leclerc nbsp Belgian Racing 1 54 564 16 nbsp Fabien Giroix18 6 nbsp Max Nilsson nbsp Swiss Racing Team 1 54 570 18 nbsp Jiri Janak The No 37 Munnich Lamborghini was given a penalty of five grid spots for the Qualifying Race for ignoring a marshal s flag requiring the car to pits after illegally starting from an external battery during Qualifying 1 2 The No 40 Marc VDS Ford was given a penalty of five grid spots for the Qualifying Race for changing an engine during practice 3 Races editQualifying Race edit Race result edit Pos No Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time Retired1 41 nbsp Marc VDS Racing Team nbsp Maxime Martin nbsp Frederic Makowiecki Ford 312 22 nbsp JR Motorsports nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp Richard Westbrook Nissan 31 1 4763 23 nbsp JR Motorsports nbsp Michael Krumm nbsp Lucas Luhr Nissan 31 18 0694 20 nbsp Sumo Power GT nbsp Enrique Bernoldi nbsp Ricardo Zonta Nissan 31 21 5145 3 nbsp Hexis AMR nbsp Clivio Piccione nbsp Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 31 22 4606 38 nbsp All Inkl com Munnich Motorsport nbsp Marc Basseng nbsp Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 31 23 0497 11 nbsp Exim Bank Team China nbsp Mike Hezemans nbsp Nicky Catsburg Corvette 31 37 8288 21 nbsp Sumo Power GT nbsp David Brabham nbsp Jamie Campbell Walter Nissan 31 43 6379 4 nbsp Hexis AMR nbsp Christian Hohenadel nbsp Andrea Piccini Aston Martin 31 48 57510 5 nbsp Swiss Racing Team nbsp Karl Wendlinger nbsp Peter Kox Lamborghini 31 49 45411 40 nbsp Marc VDS Racing Team nbsp Bas Leinders nbsp Marc Hennerici Ford 31 55 77912 10 nbsp Belgian Racing nbsp Martin Matzke nbsp Milos Pavlovic Ford 31 1 07 87713 6 nbsp Swiss Racing Team nbsp Max Nilsson nbsp Jiri Janak Lamborghini 31 1 08 86614 9 nbsp Belgian Racing nbsp Antoine Leclerc nbsp Fabien Giroix Ford 31 1 49 70315DNF 8 nbsp Young Driver AMR nbsp Darren Turner nbsp Stefan Mucke Aston Martin 15 Broken wheel16DNF 7 nbsp Young Driver AMR nbsp Tomas Enge nbsp Alex Muller Aston Martin 1 Damage17DNF 37 nbsp All Inkl com Munnich Motorsport nbsp Nicky Pastorelli nbsp Dominik Schwager Lamborghini 0 Collision18DNF 47 nbsp DKR Engineering nbsp Michael Rossi nbsp Jaime Camara Corvette 0 CollisionChampionship Race edit Race result edit Pos No Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time Retired1 3 nbsp Hexis AMR nbsp Clivio Piccione nbsp Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 312 22 nbsp JR Motorsports nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp Richard Westbrook Nissan 31 0 4743 38 nbsp All Inkl com Munnich Motorsport nbsp Marc Basseng nbsp Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 31 14 5394 4 nbsp Hexis AMR nbsp Christian Hohenadel nbsp Andrea Piccini Aston Martin 31 15 2965 8 nbsp Young Driver AMR nbsp Darren Turner nbsp Stefan Mucke Aston Martin 31 15 9346 7 nbsp Young Driver AMR nbsp Tomas Enge nbsp Alex Muller Aston Martin 31 16 7137 5 nbsp Swiss Racing Team nbsp Karl Wendlinger nbsp Peter Kox Lamborghini 31 17 2778 41 nbsp Marc VDS Racing Team nbsp Maxime Martin nbsp Frederic Makowiecki Ford 31 22 0539 21 nbsp Sumo Power GT nbsp David Brabham nbsp Jamie Campbell Walter Nissan 31 32 95210 11 nbsp Exim Bank Team China nbsp Mike Hezemans nbsp Nicky Catsburg Corvette 31 39 80511 37 nbsp All Inkl com Munnich Motorsport nbsp Nicky Pastorelli nbsp Dominik Schwager Lamborghini 31 46 47812 10 nbsp Belgian Racing nbsp Martin Matzke nbsp Milos Pavlovic Ford 31 1 23 31913 47 nbsp DKR Engineering nbsp Michael Rossi nbsp Jaime Camara Corvette 31 1 38 36614 23 nbsp JR Motorsports nbsp Michael Krumm nbsp Lucas Luhr Nissan 30 1 Lap15DNF 6 nbsp Swiss Racing Team nbsp Max Nilsson nbsp Jiri Janak Lamborghini 24 Retired16DNF 20 nbsp Sumo Power GT nbsp Enrique Bernoldi nbsp Ricardo Zonta Nissan 20 Retired17DNF 9 nbsp Belgian Racing nbsp Antoine Leclerc nbsp Fabien Giroix Ford 16 RetiredDNS 40 nbsp Marc VDS Racing Team nbsp Bas Leinders nbsp Marc Hennerici Ford Did Not StartStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points1 nbsp Clivio Piccione 271 nbsp Stef Dusseldorp 273 nbsp Peter Dumbreck 243 nbsp Richard Westbrook 245 nbsp Marc Basseng 165 nbsp Markus Winkelhock 16 Teams Championship standingsPos Constructor Points1 nbsp Hexis AMR 392 nbsp JR Motorsports 283 nbsp Young Driver AMR 184 nbsp All Inkl com Munnich Motorsport 165 nbsp Swiss Racing Team 6 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings References edit All Inkl Lamborghini tops Abu Dhabi test FIA GT1 World Championship SRO Group 2011 03 23 Archived from the original on 2011 10 07 Retrieved 2011 03 26 Laurent Mercier 2011 03 26 Abu Dhabi Mucke Turner Aston Martin heritent de la pole endurance info com in French Endurance Info Retrieved 2011 03 26 Stewards Decision no 8 Federation Internationale de l Automobile 2011 03 25 Archived from the original PDF on 2012 01 04 Retrieved 2011 03 26 External links editYas Marina GT1 Race in Abu Dhabi FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT1 World ChampionshipPrevious race None 2011 season Next race Zolder Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2011 FIA GT1 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