The 2011 FIA GT1 Ordos round was an auto racing event held at the Ordos International Circuit, Ordos City, China on 2–4 September, and was the eighth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's first race held in China, as well as at the Ordos. The event was supported by Formula Pilota, and the overall event was held under the title of the Kangbashi Cup.

Background Success Ballast Entry Ballast No. 23 JR Motorsports No. 8 Young Driver AMR No. 7 Young Driver AMR No. 21 Sumo Power GT

This was the home round of Exim Bank Team China who ran two Corvettes for the first time this season with four all new drivers including Chinese racer Ho-Pin Tung.

DKR Engineering replaced their single Corvette with two Lamborghini's for this round and also with four new drivers. Jonathan Hirschi replaced Vanina Ickx in the No. 9 Belgian Racing Ford GT alongside regular Christoffer Nygaard.

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 41 Maxime Martin Marc VDS Racing Team 1:38.940 1:38.811 1:38.535 1 Frédéric Makowiecki 2 22 Peter Dumbreck JR Motorsports 1:39.001 1:38.769 1:38.669 2 Richard Westbrook 3 38 Marc Basseng All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:39.270 1:39.095 1:38.768 3 Markus Winkelhock 4 20 Enrique Bernoldi Sumo Power GT 1:39.603 1:38.843 1:38.909 4 Nick Catsburg 5 21 David Brabham Sumo Power GT 1:39.289 1:38.854 1:39.222 5 Jamie Campbell-Walter 6 7 Tomáš Enge Young Driver AMR 1:39.506 1:39.139 1:39.543 6 Alex Müller 7 23 Michael Krumm JR Motorsports 1:39.849 1:39.061 1:39.561 7 Lucas Luhr 8 37 Dominik Schwager All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:40.201 1:38.823 1:40.002 8 Nicky Pastorelli 9 3 Stef Dusseldorp Hexis AMR 1:39.116 1:39.141 9 Clivio Piccione 10 4 Andrea Piccini Hexis AMR 1:39.495 1:39.281 10 Christian Hohenadel 11 12 Michaël Rossi Exim Bank Team China 1:39.585 1:39.290 10 Sérgio Jimenez 12 9 Christoffer Nygaard Belgian Racing 1:39.401 1:39.383 11 Jonathan Hirschi 13 8 Stefan Mücke Young Driver AMR 1:39.210 1:39.466 13 Darren Turner 14 10 Yann Clairay Belgian Racing 1:39.386 1:39.809 14 Antoine Leclerc 15 11 Ho-Pin Tung Exim Bank Team China 1:40.204 15 Jeroen den Boer 16 40 Bas Leinders Marc VDS Racing Team 1:40.420 16 Marc Hennerici 17 47 Benjamin Leuenberger DKR www-discount.de 1:40.642 17 Manuel Lauck 18 48 Jonathan Kennard DKR www-discount.de 1:42.683 18 Christopher Brück

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 41 Marc VDS Racing Team Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki Ford 36 2 22 JR Motorsports Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook Nissan 36 −1.725 3 21 Sumo Power GT David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 36 −28.807 4 3 Hexis AMR Stef Dusseldorp Clivio Piccione Aston Martin 36 −39.768 5 20 Sumo Power GT Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg Nissan 36 −43.274 6 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli Lamborghini 36 −49.182 7 8 Young Driver AMR Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Aston Martin 36 −49.817 8 4 Hexis AMR Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel Aston Martin 36 −50.048 9 9 Belgian Racing Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi Ford 36 −58.341 10 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici Ford 36 −1:04.180 11 23 JR Motorsports Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr Nissan 36 1:15.794 12 47 DKR www-discount.de Benjamin Leuenberger Manuel Lauck Lamborghini 35 +1 lap 13 10 Belgian Racing Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc Ford 35 +1 lap 14 48 DKR www-discount.de Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück Lamborghini 33 +3 laps 15DNF 12 Exim Bank Team China Michaël Rossi Sérgio Jimenez Corvette 32 Retired 16 7 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Aston Martin 30 +6 laps 17DNF 11 Exim Bank Team China Ho-Pin Tung Jeroen den Boer Corvette 2 Retired EX 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 36

Championship Race

Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 41 Marc VDS Racing Team Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki Ford 34 2 22 JR Motorsports Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook Nissan 34 −0.786 3 3 Hexis AMR Stef Dusseldorp Clivio Piccione Aston Martin 34 −5.570 4 4 Hexis AMR Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel Aston Martin 34 −9.909 5 8 Young Driver AMR Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Aston Martin 34 −11.397 6 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli Lamborghini 34 −12.031 7 21 Sumo Power GT David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 34 −12.274 8 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 34 −14.591 9 23 JR Motorsports Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr Nissan 34 −14.868 10 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici Ford 36 −20.321 11 10 Belgian Racing Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc Ford 34 −20.324 12 11 Exim Bank Team China Ho-Pin Tung Jeroen den Boer Corvette 34 −20.713 13 48 DKR www-discount.de Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück Lamborghini 34 −23.698 14 7 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Aston Martin 34 −25.153 15 47 DKR www-discount.de Benjamin Leuenberger Michael Lauck Lamborghini 34 −26.056 16 12 Exim Bank Team China Michaël Rossi Sérgio Jimenez Corvette 34 −30.159 17DNF 9 Belgian Racing Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi Ford 13 Damage 18DNF 20 Sumo Power GT Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg Nissan 2 Spun

References

External links Ordos GT1 Race in China – FIA GT1 World Championship