The 2011 FIA GT1 Beijing round was an auto racing event held at the Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China on 8–10 September, and was the ninth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's second race held in China, a week after the Ordos round as well as at the Goldenport Park. This was a stand-alone event with no support races.

Background Success Ballast Entry Ballast No. 41 Marc VDS Racing Team No. 22 JR Motorsports No. 8 Young Driver AMR No. 3 Hexis AMR

Ordos Championship Race winner Frédéric Makowiecki was at the 6 Hours of Silverstone and was replaced by Bertrand Baguette who had previously raced for Marc VDS in 2011 at the Navarra round. Jonathan Hirschi replaced Vanina Ickx in the No. 9 Belgian Racing Ford GT alongside regular Christoffer Nygaard. Nico Verdonck returns to Exim Bank Team China replacing Sérgio Jimenez in the No. 12 car. Like Baguette, he had previously raced for the Chinese team at Navarra behind the wheel of the No. 11 car.

Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr went into this weekend as championship leaders in the Drivers Championship, twelve points ahead of All-Inkl drivers Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock. In the Teams Championship, JR Motorsport] remained on top with a five-point lead over second place Hexis AMR and All-Inkl.com another three points behind Hexis.

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 1:00.992 1:00.947 1:00.344 1 Bertrand Baguette 2 8 Darren Turner Young Driver AMR 1:00.818 1:00.778 1:00.441 2 Stefan Mücke 3 7 Tomáš Enge Young Driver AMR 1:01.370 1:00.800 1:00.465 3 Alex Müller 4 38 Marc Basseng All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:00.999 1:00.853 1:00.588 4 Markus Winkelhock 5 12 Michaël Rossi Exim Bank Team China 1:01.413 1:00.873 1:00.741 5 Nico Verdonck 6 40 Bas Leinders Marc VDS Racing Team 1:01.396 1:00.602 1:00.943 6 Marc Hennerici 7 9 Christoffer Nygaard Belgian Racing 1:01.304 1:01.044 1:01.253 7 Jonathan Hirschi 8 21 David Brabham Sumo Power GT 1:01.512 1:00.847 1:01.390 8 Jamie Campbell-Walter 9 22 Peter Dumbreck JR Motorsports 1:01.267 1:01.074 9 Richard Westbrook 10 37 Dominik Schwager All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:01.263 1:01.118 10 Nicky Pastorelli 11 11 Ho-Pin Tung Exim Bank Team China 1:01.472 1:01.173 10 Jeroen den Boer 12 4 Andrea Piccini Hexis AMR 1:01.349 1:01.285 12 Christian Hohenadel 13 48 Jonathan Kennard DKR www-discount.de 1:01.160 1:01.335 13 Christopher Brück 14 10 Yann Clairay Belgian Racing 1:01.621 1:01.453 14 Antoine Leclerc 15 47 Benjamin Leuenberger DKR www-discount.de 1:01.713 15 Manuel Lauck 16 23 Michael Krumm JR Motorsports 1:02.054 16 Lucas Luhr 17 3 Clivio Piccione Hexis AMR 9:08.775 17 Stef Dusseldorp 18 20 Enrique Bernoldi Sumo Power GT No Time 18 Nick Catsburg

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 7 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Aston Martin 46 2 8 Young Driver AMR Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Aston Martin 46 −1.089 3 4 Hexis AMR Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel Aston Martin 46 −1.673 4 23 JR Motorsports Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr Nissan 46 −2.177 5 3 Hexis AMR Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 46 −2.859 6 9 Belgian Racing Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi Ford 46 −3.166 7 22 JR Motorsports Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook Nissan 46 −4.455 8 12 Exim Bank Team China Michaël Rossi Nico Verdonck Corvette 46 −4.974 9 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli Lamborghini 46 −5.931 10 20 Sumo Power GT Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg Nissan 46 −6.401 11 21 Sumo Power GT David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 46 −7.188 12 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 46 −7.531 13 47 DKR www-discount.de Benjamin Leuenberger Manuel Lauck Lamborghini 46 −8.833 14DNF 11 Exim Bank Team China Ho-Pin Tung Jeroen den Boer Corvette 39 Accident 15DNF 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici Ford 15 Retired 16DNF 41 Marc VDS Racing Team Maxime Martin Bertrand Baguette Ford 3 Accident 17DNF 10 Belgian Racing Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc Ford 1 Transmission DNS 48 DKR www-discount.de Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück Lamborghini – Engine

Championship Race

Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 8 Young Driver AMR Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Aston Martin 42 2 7 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Aston Martin 42 −0.972 3 23 JR Motorsports Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr Nissan 42 −1.593 4 41 Marc VDS Racing Team Maxime Martin Bertrand Baguette Ford 42 −2.726 5 12 Exim Bank Team China Michaël Rossi Nico Verdonck Corvette 42 −2.955 6 20 Sumo Power GT Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg Nissan 42 −3.387 7 22 JR Motorsports Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook Nissan 42 −3.723 8 21 Sumo Power GT David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 42 −4.838 9 47 DKR www-discount.de Benjamin Leuenberger Manuel Lauck Lamborghini 42 −6.160 10DNF 4 Hexis AMR Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel Aston Martin 37 Accident 11DNF 11 Exim Bank Team China Ho-Pin Tung Jeroen den Boer Corvette 37 Accident 12DNF 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici Ford 25 Retired 13DNF 10 Belgian Racing Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc Ford 21 Retired 14DNF 48 DKR www-disount.de Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück Lamborghini 18 Spun 15DNF 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli Lamborghini 7 Retired 16DNF 9 Belgian Racing Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi Ford 4 Damage 17DNF 3 Hexis AMR Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 3 Collision 18DNF 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 3 Collision

References

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