The 2011 FIA GT1 San Luis round was an auto racing event held at the Potrero de los Funes Circuit, San Luis, Argentina on 4–6 November, and was the final round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's second race held in Argentina, a week after the 2010 San Luis round at the circuit. This event was supported by the TC 2000 Championship, Fiat Linea Competizione and the Argentine Formula Renault Championship.

Background Success Ballast Entry Ballast No. 8 Young Driver AMR No. 41 Marc VDS Racing Team No. 7 Young Driver AMR No. 23 JR Motorsports No. 22 JR Motorsports

Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr went into this weekend as championship leaders in the Drivers Championship, eleven points ahead of Young Driver AMR drivers Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke. The Championship was up for grabs, as far down as sixth place Marc VDS driver Maxime Martin who was on 98 points and could have won the championship by winning the two races thus picking up 33 points and tying with Krumm and Luhr but only if the Germans either did not finish in the points or retired. Martin could winn the championship by picking up a possible six wins to Krumm and Luhr's four. In the Teams Championship, Young Driver AMR overtook JRM in the previous round at Beijing and led by eight points.

Markus Palttala replaced Yann Clairay for this round returning behind the wheel of the No. 10 Belgian Racing Ford GT after racing with the team at Silverstone. Clairay replaced Bertrand Baguette behind the wheel of the No. 41 Marc VDS car. Exim Bank Team China drafted in two new drivers Yelmer Buurman and Francesco Pastorelli for the Argentine round both making their FIA GT1 débuts replacing Ho-Pin Tung and Jeroen den Boer. Ricardo Risatti returned to the championship competing in the No. 40 Marc VDS Ford replacing Marc Hennerici. He made a cameo appearance in the San Luis round last season with Young Driver AMR. Christopher Haase also returns to the championship replacing Benjamin Leuenberger in the No. 47 DKR Lamborghini. The 2010 FIA GT3 champion raced for Reiter Engineering in the previous season.

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 23 Michael Krumm JR Motorsports 2:15.008 2:00.947 2:14.233 1 Lucas Luhr 2 11 Yelmer Buurman Exim Bank Team China 2:15.110 2:14.173 2:14.604 2 Francesco Pastorelli 3 21 David Brabham Sumo Power GT 2:14.912 2:14.852 2:14.787 3 Alex Müller 4 22 Richard Westbrook JR Motorsports 2:15.816 2:14.810 2:14.812 9 Peter Dumbreck 5 37 Dominik Schwager All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 2:14.762 2:14.277 2:14.891 4 Nicky Pastorelli 6 4 Andrea Piccini Hexis AMR 2:15.416 2:14.716 2:15.059 5 Christian Hohenadel 7 20 Enrique Bernoldi Sumo Power GT 2:15.666 2:14.901 2:15.452 6 Nick Catsburg 8 3 Clivio Piccione Hexis AMR 2:15.483 2:14.774 2:15.463 7 Stef Dusseldorp 9 7 Tomáš Enge Young Driver AMR 2:15.645 2:15.351 8 Alex Müller 10 38 Marc Basseng All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 2:15.138 2:15.572 10 Markus Winkelhock 11 40 Bas Leinders Marc VDS Racing Team 2:16.463 2:15.615 11 Ricardo Risatti 12 47 Manuel Lauck DKR www-discount.de 2:15.535 2:15.669 12 Christopher Haase 13 10 Markus Palttala Belgian Racing 2:15.856 2:16.145 13 Antoine Leclerc 14 41 Maxime Martin Marc VDS Racing Team 2:16.091 2:16.395 18 Yann Clairay 15 12 Michaël Rossi Exim Bank Team China 2:16.514 14 Nico Verdonck 16 48 Jonathan Kennard DKR www-discount.de 2:16.678 15 Christopher Brück 17 9 Christoffer Nygaard Belgian Racing 2:16.833 16 Jonathan Hirschi 18 8 Darren Turner Young Driver AMR No Time 17 Stefan Mücke

Races

Qualifying Race The Qualifying race saw Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr win the Drivers Championship with the Championship Race still to run. They finished in second place behind the No. 11 Corvette with nearest rivals Turner and Mücke not starting the race due to an accident in pre-qualifying. The Corvette pairing of Buurman and Pastorelli won on their début outing in the GT1 World Championship. The Teams Championship was still up for grabs going into the Championship Race with Young Driver AMR leading over JRM by three points.

Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 11 Exim Bank Team China Yelmer Buurman Francesco Pastorelli Corvette 26 2 23 JR Motorsports Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr Nissan 26 −0.316 3 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli Lamborghini 26 −17.054 4 20 Sumo Power GT Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg Nissan 26 −17.406 5 7 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Aston Martin 26 −20.311 6 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 26 −21.751 7 21 Sumo Power GT David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 26 −22.919 8 3 Hexis AMR Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 26 −24.404 9 47 DKR www-discount.de Manuel Lauck Christopher Haase Lamborghini 26 −43.562 10 10 Belgian Racing Markus Palttala Antoine Leclerc Ford 26 −50.890 11 12 Exim Bank Team China Michaël Rossi Nico Verdonck Corvette 26 −57.282 12 9 Belgian Racing Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi Ford 26 −1:14.414 13 48 DKR www-discount.de Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück Lamborghini 26 −1:30.464 14 4 Hexis AMR Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel Aston Martin 24 +2 laps 15 41 Marc VDS Racing Team Maxime Martin Yann Clairay Ford 21 +5 laps 16NC 22 JR Motorsports Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck Nissan 9 Not Classified 17DNF 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders Ricardo Risatti Ford 1 Contact DNS 8 Young Driver AMR Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Aston Martin – Damage

Championship Race The Championship Race immediately started in chaos with a 5-way crash as soon as the race went underway. One of the cars involved was the No. 23 car which was the Drivers Championship-winning car and also the first and only retirement for that car in the season. Other cars involved were the two All-Inkl Lamborghini's, the No. 48 DKR Lamborghini and the No. 21 Sumo Power Nissan. The Championship Race was won by Qualifying Race winners Buurman and Pastorelli and was the first and only Championship Race win for the Corvette brand. JR Motorsports overtook Young Driver AMR in the Teams Championship by one point but the Championship was won by Hexis AMR who grabbed up 25 points in the Championship race and overtook the two teams. Hexis won the Teams Championship by three points.

Race result Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 1 11 Exim Bank Team China Yelmer Buurman Francesco Pastorelli Corvette 22 2 47 DKR www-discount.de Manuel Lauck Christopher Haase Lamborghini 22 −4.043 3 3 Hexis AMR Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin 22 −13.224 4 20 Sumo Power GT Enrique Bernoldi Nick Catsburg Nissan 22 −21.189 5 4 Hexis AMR Andrea Piccini Christian Hohenadel Aston Martin 22 −24.786 6 10 Belgian Racing Markus Palttala Antoine Leclerc Ford 22 −29.243 7 9 Belgian Racing Christoffer Nygaard Jonathan Hirschi Ford 22 −30.790 8 22 JR Motorsports Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck Nissan 22 −32.386 9 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders Ricardo Risatti Ford 22 −34.467 10 7 Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge Alex Müller Aston Martin 22 −35.269 11 41 Marc VDS Racing Team Maxime Martin Yann Clairay Ford 21 +1 lap 12DNF 12 Exim Bank Team China Michaël Rossi Nico Verdonck Corvette 6 Retired 13DNF 21 Sumo Power GT David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan 0 Collision 14DNF 23 JR Motorsports Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr Nissan 0 Collision 15DNF 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli Lamborghini 0 Collision 16DNF 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock Lamborghini 0 Collision 17DNF 48 DKR www-discount.de Jonathan Kennard Christopher Brück Lamborghini 0 Collision DNS 8 Young Driver AMR Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Aston Martin – Damage

References

External links San Luis GT1 Race in Argentina – FIA GT1 World Championship