The 2011 Itaipava GT Brasil season is the fifth season of GT Brasil. It will begin on 10 April Interlagos and end on December 18 in the same circuit after ten weekends totalling twenty races will include a support at the São Paulo Indy 300..

Matheus Stumpf and Valdeno Brito clinched championship victory in the GT3 class, winning the championship by 39 points over their closest competitors. Stumpf and Brito won seven races during the season. Second place went to Xandy Negrão and Xandinho Negrão, and third place for Rafael Derani and Claudio Ricci.

Caio Lara and Cristiano Federico won the GT4 Class, won six races during the season including sweeping the weekend at Anhembi and at second meeting to be held in Curitiba, as well as a victory at Velopark and Campo Grande.

Rules changes and entries The scoring system, which includes the fifteen finishers last year, will reward only the top ten of each race in 2011. Pirelli becomes the sole supplier of tires and for the first time in history, have pit stops for tire changes during the races of Rio de Janeiro in September and Campo Grande in October.

The category wins new cars in 2011, Corvette Z06-R GT3, Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 and Ferrari 458 Italia in GT3 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 in GT4. During the championship some cars entered in the category, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 in GT3 and Maserati GranTurismo MC in GT4

Entry list

2012 Entry List Team Drivers Class Chassis Rounds CRT Brasil 3 Rafael Derani GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 All Cláudio Ricci 70 Walter Derani GT3 Ferrari F430 GT31, 6, 10 Antônio Pizzonia1 Josué Pimenta6 Fábio Casagrande10 Metasa 4 Felipe Roso GT4 Maserati Trofeo 4, 9 Vinicius Roso 4 Pierre Ventura 9 AH Competições 5 Paulo Bonifácio GT3 Ford GT GT31–7 Juliano Moro1–2, 5–6, 8–10 Enrique Bernoldi3–4 Sérgio Jimenez7 Aluizio Coelho8–10 7 Matheus Stumpf GT3 Ford GT GT3 All Valdeno Brito 77 João Adibe GT3 Ford GT GT3 2–3, 5 Sérgio Jimenez TNT Energy Team Vivo Greco 6 Valter Pinheiro GT4 Ginetta G504–10 Leonardo Burti7–10 17 Marcello Sant'Anna GT4 Ferrari Challenge 1–3 Christian De Rey 21 Valter Rossete GT4 Ferrari Challenge Maserati GranTurismo MC All Fábio Greco 23 Antonio Jorge Neto GT4 Ferrari Challenge 9 Alexandre ZaninottoGuerra Motorsport6 Valter Pinheiro GT4Ginetta G502–3 HT Guerra GT4Maserati Trofeo1 10 Valter Patrocínio GT4 Maserati Trofeo 10 Demétrio Mendes 27 João Paulo Mauro GT4 Maserati Trofeo 2 Eduardo Furlanetto 78 Fúlvio Marote GT4 Maserati Trofeo 2 Fernando Fortes 121 João Marcelo GT4 Maserati Trofeo 5–6 Leonardo Medrado 155 Antônio de Luca GT4 Maserati Trofeo 6, 10 Samuel Melo 6 Leandro Braghin 10 TNT Energy Team Scuderia 111 8 Claudio Dahruj GT3 Corvette Z06-R GT3 1–4, 6 Rodrigo Sperafico 13 Pedro Queirolo GT3 Corvette Z06-R GT3 1–8, 10 61 Fernando Croce GT3 Corvette Z06-R GT38–10 Fernando Gomes Croce8, 10 Daniel Croce9 Scuderia 111 8 Guilherme Figueroa GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 10 Miguel Paludo 33 Bruno Garfinkel GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3All Ricardo Maurício2–10 75 Henrique Assunção GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 8–10 Ronaldo Kastropil 99 Ricardo Ricca GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 1–3 Rafael Daniel 2–3 99 Ricardo Ricca GT4 Porsche 997 Cup GT4 10 Cássio Homem de Mello A.Mattheis 9 Xandy Negrão GT3 Audi R8 LMS Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 All Xandinho Negrão Manelão Competições 10 Valter Patrocínio GT4 Maserati Trofeo 1–2, 6 Demétrio Mendes 52 Elias Azevedo GT4 Porsche 997 GT4 Cup 2 André Posses2, 5–6, 9 Ebrahim Motors 11 Rui Lapa GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 10 Azor Dueñas20 Wagner Ebrahim GT3Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Audi R8 LMS2–10 32 Fernando Fortes GT3Dodge Viper Competition Coupe10 100 Linneu Linardi GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 1 Wagner Ebrahim Old Boys 15 Eduardo Ramos GT4 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 1, 3 Leandro Almeida Blausiegel 16 Marcelo Hahn GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 All Allam Khodair M2 Competições 17 Marcello Sant'Anna GT4 Ferrari Challenge 4–10 Christian De Rey 57 Sergio Laganá GT4 Ferrari Challenge Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 All Alan Hellmeister Sul Racing 18 Fernando Poeta GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 1, 3–6, 9–10 Andersom Toso1, 4 Walter Derani3 Carlos Steyer5 Sérgio Lúcio 6 Vitor Genz9 Darryl O'Young10 Via Itália 19 Chico Longo GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 All Daniel Serra Mattheis AMG 22 Paulo Bonifácio GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 9–10 Sérgio Jimenez Equipe Greco 23 Renato Cattalini GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 10 Alexandre Zaninotto Itaipava Racing Team CRT 30 Cleber Faria GT3Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 All 51 Otávio Mesquita GT4Ferrari Challenge All 105 Vanue Faria GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 All Renan Guerra CKR Racing 46 Carlos Kray GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3 9–10 Andersom Toso Crystal Racing Team CRT 55 João Gonçalves GT4 Maserati TrofeoGinetta G50 All Caê Coelho Blue Spirit Ebrahim Motors 61 Fernando Croce GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe1–6 Fernando Gomes Croce1, 3, 5 Daniel Croce2, 4, 6 75 Henrique Assunção GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe1–6 Ronaldo Kastropil1–2, 4–6 ATW Racing Team 72 Cristiano Federico GT4 Ferrari ChallengeAston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 All Caio Lara 73 Oswaldo Federico GT4 Maserati TrofeoAston Martin V8 Vantage GT41–5, 7, 9–10 Marcelo Lozasso1–7 Rodrigo Navarro6, 10 José Larriera9 Crystal Racing Team 81 Carlos Burza GT4 Ginetta G50All Leonardo Burti1–6 Rodrigo Hanashiro7 Thiago Riberi8–10 82 Marçal Melo GT4 Ginetta G50 All William Freire Auto Racing 110 Cristiano de Almeida GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3 10 Pierre Ventura Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class GT4 GT4 Class

Race calendar and results All races were held in Brazil. Round Circuit Date GT3 Winner GT4 Winner 1 R1Interlagos April 9 No. 16 Blausiegel No. 57 M2 Competições Marcelo Hanh Allam Khodair Sérgio Laganá Allam Hellmeister R2 10 April No. 9 A.Mattheis No. 21 TNT Energy Team Vivo Greco Xandy Negrão Xandinho Negrão Valter Rossete Fábio Greco 2 R1Anhembi April 30 No. 13 TNT Energy Team No. 72 ATW Racing Team Pedro Queirolo Cristiano Frederico Caio Lara R2 May 1 No. 13 TNT Energy Team Scuderia 111 No. 72 ATW Racing Team Pedro Queirolo Cristiano Frederico Caio Lara 3 R1Curitiba May 21 No. 13 TNT Energy Team Scuderia 111 No. 82 Crystal Racing Team Pedro Queirolo Marçal Mello Wiliam Freire R2 May 22 No. 7 AH Competições No. 82 Crystal Racing Team Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito Marçal Mello Wiliam Freire 4 R1Santa Cruz do Sul June 25 No. 7 AH Competições No. 51 Itaipava Racing Team CRT Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito Otávio Mesquita R2 June 26 No. 7 AH Competições No. 82 Crystal Racing Team Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito Marçal Mello Wiliam Freire 5 R1Curitiba July 23 No. 16 Blausiegel No. 72 ATW Racing Team Marcelo Hanh Allam Khodair Cristiano Frederico Caio Lara R2 July 24 No. 20 Ebrahim Motors No. 72 ATW Racing Team Wagner Ebrahim Cristiano Frederico Caio Lara 6 R1Interlagos August 27 No. 7 AH Competições No. 21 TNT Energy Team Vivo Greco Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito Valter Rossete Fábio Greco R2 August 28 No. 7 AH Competições No. 52 Manelão Competições Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito André Posses 7 R1Jacarepaguá September 10 No. 9 A.Mattheis No. 6 TNT Energy Team Vivo Greco Xandy Negrão Xandinho Negrão Valter Pinheiro Leonardo Burti R2 September 11 No. 7 AH Competições No. 6 TNT Energy Team Vivo Greco Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito Valter Pinheiro Leonardo Burti 8 R1Campo Grande October 22 No. 20 Ebrahim Motors No. 72 ATW Racing Team Wagner Ebrahim Cristiano Frederico Caio Lara R2 October 23 No. 7 AH Competições No. 21 TNT Energy Team Vivo Greco Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito Valter Rossete Fábio Greco 9 R1Velopark 11 November No. 22 Mattheis AMG No. 72 ATW Racing Team Paulo Bonifacio Sérgio Jimenez Cristiano Frederico Caio Lara R2 12 November No. 22 Mattheis AMG No. 82 Crystal Racing Team Paulo Bonifacio Sérgio Jimenez Marçal Mello Wiliam Freire 10 R1Interlagos December 17 No. 22 Mattheis AMG No. 17 M2 Competições Paulo Bonifacio Sérgio Jimenez Marcello Sant'Anna Christian De Rey R2 December 18 No. 20 Ebrahim Motors No. 21 TNT Energy Team Vivo Greco Wagner Ebrahim Valter Rossete Fábio Greco

Championship standings Points were awarded as follows: Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Race 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1

Drivers' championships

GT3 Pos Driver INT ANH CUR SCS CUR INT RIO CAM VEL INT 1 Matheus Stumpf 4 2 Ret 2 15 1 1 1 8 2 1 1 8 1 7 1 15 Ret 4 3 249 Valdeno Brito 4 2 Ret 2 15 1 1 1 8 2 1 1 8 1 7 1 15 Ret 4 3 2 Xandy Negrão 9 1 6 10 DSQ 2 3 3 11 3 2 7 1 2 2 5 6 2 16 15 210 Xandinho Negrão 9 1 6 10 DSQ 2 3 3 11 3 2 7 1 2 2 5 6 2 16 15 3 Rafael Derani 11 4 4 4 7 6 5 2 2 7 7 3 5 Ret 4 6 5 5 8 Ret 189 Cláudio Ricci 11 4 4 4 7 6 5 2 2 7 7 3 5 Ret 4 6 5 5 8 Ret4 Paulo Bonifácio 3 8 7 3 2 5 Ret 7 DSQ 4 3 Ret Ret 8 1 1 1 2187 5 Marcelo Hahn 1 10 2 Ret 6 8 4 Ret 1 8 5 2 2 Ret Ret 2 3 11 Ret Ret 170 Allam Khodair 1 10 2 Ret 6 8 4 Ret 1 8 5 2 2 Ret Ret 2 3 11 Ret Ret6 Cleber Faria 5 5 9 7 4 3 2 6 7 6 8 5 6 6 8 9 DSQ 6 5 7 7 Chico Longo 6 23 5 DSQ 3 4 DSQ 12 5 Ret 9 Ret 7 3 6 3 4 4 9 Ret 137 Daniel Serra 6 23 5 DSQ 3 4 DSQ 12 5 Ret 9 Ret 7 3 6 3 4 4 9 Ret8 Pedro Queirolo Ret DNS 1 1 1 7 6 9 4 9 10 4 10 7 5 7 Ret Ret1359 Wagner Ebrahim Ret Ret 3 12 23 Ret 14 10 3 1 4 21 3 Ret 1 Ret 7 DNS 7 113310 Bruno Garfinkel 10 7 10 5 24 Ret 8 4 Ret 10 24 DSQ 4 4 9 4 9 3 3 412711 Juliano Moro 3 8 7 3 DSQ 4 3 Ret 3 10 2 Ret 2 6 12 Ricardo Maurício 10 5 24 Ret 8 4 Ret 10 24 DSQ 4 4 9 4 9 3 3 4119 13 Vanuê Faria 8 6 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 22 6 5 6 6 9 5 Ret 8 10 Ret 6 5 111 Renan Guerra 8 6 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 22 6 5 6 6 9 5 Ret 8 10 Ret 6 514 Sérgio Jimenez DNS DNS DSQ Ret 9 11 Ret 8 1 1 1 28515 Aluizio Coelho 3 10 2 Ret 2 659 16 Claudio Dahruj 2 3 Ret Ret DSQ DNS 10 5 DNS DNS 44 Rodrigo Sperafico 2 3 Ret Ret DSQ DNS 10 5 DNS DNS17 Fernando Croce Ret 9 12 8 9 Ret 7 8 14 Ret 11 8 Ret Ret 17 7 13 DNS3618 Enrique Bernoldi 2 5 Ret 73519 Henrique Assunção 23 14 13 6 8 Ret 22 13 10 Ret 12 Ret 10 11 8 8 10 93020 Daniel Croce 12 8 7 8 11 8 17 72921 Ronaldo Kastropil 23 14 13 6 22 13 10 Ret 12 Ret 10 11 8 8 10 92522 Walter Derani 7 Ret 10 13 13 9 24 121423 Antônio Pizzonia 7 Ret724 Fernando Gomes Croce Ret 9 9 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 13 DNS6 25 Guilherme Figueroa 15 8 5 Miguel Paludo 15 8 Fernando Poeta 12 11 10 13 15 11 Ret 12 18 10 Ret Ret 26 Ret5 27 Ricardo Ricca 15 DSQ 11 9 16 DNS3 Rafael Daniel 11 9 16 DNS3 28 João Adibe DNS DNS DSQ Ret 9 113 Josué Pimenta 13 9329 Sérgio Lúcio 18 101 Andersom Toso 12 11 15 11 Ret Ret 14 130 Fernando Fortes Ret 110 Renato Cattalini 12 14 0 Alexandre Zaninotto 12 14 Fábio Casagrande 24 120 Carlos Steyer Ret 120 Carlos Kray Ret Ret 14 130 Cristiano de Almeida Ret 26 0 Pierre Ventura Ret 26 Linneu Linardi Ret Ret0 Vitor Genz Ret Ret0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Rui Lapa 11 10 0 Azor Dueñas 11 10 Darryl O'Young 26 Ret0 Pos Driver INT ANH CUR SCS CUR INT RIO CAM VEL INT Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Notes The top five after the race ensures a place on the podium.

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