2011 FIA GT1 Algarve round

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The 2011 FIA GT1 Algarve round is an auto racing event held at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal on 6–8 May 2011. The event is the third round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. FIA GT1 previously visited the Algarve circuit in autumn 2010, with drivers Peter Dumbreck and Michael Krumm of Sumo Power Nissan winning the Qualifying Race, and Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini of Vitaphone Maserati winning the Championship Race. The event is supported by the FIA GT3 European Championship, the Mini Challenge, and local Portuguese racing series.

The race weekend was swept by Nissan, whose teams won pole position and both races. JR Motorsports' Richard Westbrook and Peter Dumbreck won pole on qualifying, while the rest of Nissan locked out the front two rows of the grid. In the Qualifying Race Westbrook and Dumbreck won by less than a second over teammates Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr, and Sumo Power's David Brabham and Jamie Campbell-Walter earned Nissan a podium sweep. In the Championship Race, Westbrook and Dumbreck's car suffered gearbox failure, allowing Krumm and Luhr to take the race victory, ahead of Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke for Young Driver Aston Martin, and Brabham and Campbell-Walter once again finishing third.

Background

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!colspan=2| Success Ballast{{Cite web | url = http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/FIA%20GT1%20Algarve%20-%20FIA%20Entry%20List%20%20-%20Amended%20version%20published%20on%2002.05.2011.pdf | title = FIA Entry List – Amended Version – Algarve (PRT) – 8 May 2011 | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | format = PDF | date = 2011-05-02 | accessdate = 2011-05-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110825031650/http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/301/$FILE/FIA%20GT1%20Algarve%20-%20FIA%20Entry%20List%20%20-%20Amended%20version%20published%20on%2002.05.2011.pdf | archive-date = 25 August 2011 | url-status = dead }}

Entry

! Ballast

No. 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

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No. 3 Hexis AMR

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No. 4 Hexis AMR

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No. 7 Young Driver AMR

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No. 5 Swiss Racing Team

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No. 11 Exim Bank Team China

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Following the sweep of both races in the second round at Zolder, Markus Winkelhock and Marc Basseng come to the Algarve as the Drivers' Championship leaders, thirteen points clear of Abu Dhabi winners Clivio Piccione and Stef Dusseldorp, and a further six points ahead of the other Hexis AMR drivers Christian Hohenadel and Andrea Piccini. Winkelhock and Basseng's success has however hampered their car with {{convert|50|kg|lbs|abbr=on}} of success ballast, while Piccione and Dusseldorp have lost {{convert|5|kg|lbs|abbr=on}} from what they carried at Zolder. In the Teams' Championship, Münnich Lamborghini has a 19-point lead over Hexis Aston Martin. The second Aston Martin squad of Young Driver AMR is three points behind Hexis.

Following scheduling conflicts for several drivers involved other racing series, three teams have made changes to their line-ups for this round. DKR Engineering has replaced Jaime Camara with experienced GT1 driver Matteo Bobbi, who drove for both Hegersport and Marc VDS in 2010,{{cite web | url = http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7072.html | title = Matteo Bobbi remplace Jaime Camara chez DKR Engineering. | publisher = Endurance-Info | work = endurance-info.com | author = Laurent Mercier | language = French | date = 2011-05-03 | accessdate = 2011-05-03 | archive-date = 2011-05-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110507034634/http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7072.html | url-status = dead }} while Frédéric Makowiecki is replaced by former Hexis driver Yann Clairay at Marc VDS.{{cite web | url = http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7021.html | title = Deux piges pour Yann Clairay chez Marc VDS Racing Team. | publisher = Endurance-Info | work = endurance-info.com | language = French | date = 2011-04-28 | accessdate = 2011-04-29 | archive-date = 2011-05-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110503204555/http://www.endurance-info.com/version2/actualite-endurance-7021.html | url-status = dead }} Belgian Racing has made changes to the line-ups of both of their cars; Christoffer Nygaard joins the team after campaigning for Young Driver in 2010 to partner Vanina Ickx in the Mo. 9 Ford, while Antoine Leclerc, who drove for the team in Abu Dhabi earlier this season, moves to the No. 10 car to partner Martin Matzke.{{cite web | url = http://www.gt1world.com/news/article/ickx-to-remain-at-belgian-racing- | title = Icky secures Belgian Racing drive | publisher = SRO Group | work = FIA GT1 World Championship | date = 2011-04-30 | accessdate = 2011-05-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110505200558/http://gt1world.com/news/article/ickx-to-remain-at-belgian-racing- | archive-date = 2011-05-05 | url-status = dead }}

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.

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!rowspan=2| Pos

!rowspan=2| No.

! Driver 1

!rowspan=2| Team

!rowspan=2| Session 1

!rowspan=2| Session 2

!rowspan=2| Session 3

!rowspan=2| Grid

Driver 2
rowspan=2| 1

|rowspan=2| 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Westbrook

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsports

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.088

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.399

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.427

!rowspan=2| 1

{{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Dumbreck
rowspan=2| 2

|rowspan=2| 20

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.001

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.256

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.517

!rowspan=2| 2

{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardo Zonta
rowspan=2| 3

|rowspan=2| 23

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Lucas Luhr

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsports

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.990

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:41.959

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.574

!rowspan=2| 3

{{flagicon|DEU}} Michael Krumm
rowspan=2| 4

|rowspan=2| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.111

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.845

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.061

!rowspan=2| 4

{{flagicon|AUS}} David Brabham
rowspan=2| 5

|rowspan=2| 5

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Karl Wendlinger

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss Racing Team

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.789

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.288

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.733

!rowspan=2| 5

{{flagicon|NLD}} Peter Kox
rowspan=2| 6

|rowspan=2| 3

| {{flagicon|MCO}} Clivio Piccione

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.604

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.265

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:44.157

!rowspan=2| 6

{{flagicon|NLD}} Stef Dusseldorp
rowspan=2| 7

|rowspan=2| 41

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Yann Clairay

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:44.081

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.147

| rowspan=2 align="center" | No Time

!rowspan=2| 7

{{flagicon|BEL}} Maxime Martin
rowspan=2| 8

|rowspan=2| 8

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Stefan Mücke

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.966

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.248

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.726{{ref|1|1}}

!rowspan=2| 13{{ref|2|2}}

{{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Turner
rowspan=2| 9

|rowspan=2| 7

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Enge

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.958

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.534

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 8

{{flagicon|DEU}} Alex Müller
rowspan=2| 10

|rowspan=2| 40

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Hennerici

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.908

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.579

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 9

{{flagicon|BEL}} Bas Leinders
rowspan=2| 11

|rowspan=2| 7

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Hohenadel

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.837

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.646

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 10

{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Piccini
rowspan=2| 12

|rowspan=2| 11

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Mike Hezemans

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:44.042

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.727

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 11

{{flagicon|NLD}} Nick Catsburg
rowspan=2| 13

|rowspan=2| 38

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Markus Winkelhock

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:42.832

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.795

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 12

{{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Basseng
rowspan=2| 14

|rowspan=2| 6

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Max Nilsson

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss Racing Team

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.988

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:43.966

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 14

{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Janák
rowspan=2| 15

|rowspan=2| 47

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Bobbi

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|LUX}} DKR Engineering

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:44.182

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 15

{{flagicon|FRA}} Michaël Rossi
rowspan=2| 16

|rowspan=2| 9

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Christoffer Nygaard

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:44.650

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 16

{{flagicon|BEL}} Vanina Ickx
rowspan=2| 17

|rowspan=2| 10

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Matzke

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1:45.359

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 17

{{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Leclerc
rowspan=2| –

|rowspan=2| 37

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Nicky Pastorelli

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

| rowspan=2 align="center" | No Time

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

| rowspan=2 align="center" |

!rowspan=2| 18

{{flagicon|DEU}} Dominik Schwager

  1. {{Note|1}} The No. 8 Young Driver Aston Martin's Session 3 times were cancelled after Stefan Mücke returned to the team's pit stall at the end of the session instead of entering parc fermé. Their qualifying position was demoted to eighth.{{cite web | url = http://media.gt1world.com/results.php?season=2011&event=3&session=Qualifying%203 | title = Results: 2011 Round 3 – Algarve – Qualifying 3 | publisher = SRO Group | work = FIA GT1 World Championship | date = 2011-05-07 | accessdate = 2011-05-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120105150743/http://media.gt1world.com/results.php?event=3&season=2011&session=Qualifying%203 | archive-date = 2012-01-05 | url-status = dead }}
  2. {{Note|2}} The No. 8 Young Driver Aston Martin received a five grid place penalty for changing an engine during the event.{{cite web | url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91202 | title = Nissan dominates GT1 qualifying | publisher = Haymarket Press | work = Autosport.com | date = 2011-05-07 | accessdate = 2011-05-08}}

Races

=Qualifying Race=

The quartet of Nissans which had locked out the front two rows led away from the rolling start, with pole sitter Peter Dumbreck entering the first corner in the lead. The No. 5 Swiss Lamborghini of Peter Kox was able to get amongst the Nissans, but made contact with the No. 20 Sumo Power Nissan of Ricardo Zonta, spinning Zonta to a stop on the inside of the corner. Entering the fourth turn, Kox's Lamborghini was then spun by Alex Müller's Young Driver Aston Martin and collecting the Hexis Aston Martin of Clivio Piccione. Müller's car suffered suspension failure and retired after being vaulted into the air by the Lamborghini, while the rest of the field following behind was forced to use runoff and gravel areas on the outside of the turn to avoid the three spun cars. Following the first lap melee, Dumbreck held his lead over teammate Michael Krumm, and Sumo Power's David Brabham maintained third. Stefan Mücke used the incidents to his advantage to move from thirteenth to sixth, while Dominik Schwager was elevated to seventh position after starting last.

At the opening of the pit window Dumbreck's lead was nearly a second over Krumm, while Mücke, Schwager, and Yann Clairay had all managed to pass the Exim Bank Corvette of Nick Catsburg to take fourth, fifth, and sixth places respectively. After the leading pair made their individual stops on consecutive laps, Lucas Luhr was able to take over the race lead from his teammate Richard Westbrook, but two laps later Westbrook passed Luhr down the inside into Turn 1. Westbrook and Luhr maintained their positions within a second of each other to the end of the race, while Jamie Campbell-Walter secured a Nissan sweep of the podium by holding third place fifteen seconds behind the leaders.

==Race result==

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! Pos

! No.

! Team

! Drivers

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

1

| 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsport

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Dumbreck
{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Westbrook

| Nissan

| 34

|

2

| 23

| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsport

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Michael Krumm
{{flagicon|DEU}} Lucas Luhr

| Nissan

| 34

| −0.388

3

| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

| {{flagicon|AUS}} David Brabham
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter

| Nissan

| 34

| −11.239

4

| 8

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Turner
{{flagicon|DEU}} Stefan Mücke

| Aston Martin

| 34

| −16.218

5

| 37

| {{flagicon|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Nicky Pastorelli
{{flagicon|DEU}} Dominik Schwager

| Lamborghini

| 34

| −25.994

6

| 41

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Maxime Martin
{{flagicon|FRA}} Yann Clairay

| Ford

| 34

| −32.599

7

| 38

| {{flagicon|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Basseng
{{flagicon|DEU}} Markus Winkelhock

| Lamborghini

| 34

| −39.688

8

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi
{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardo Zonta

| Nissan

| 34

| −40.999

9

| 11

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Mike Hezemans
{{flagicon|NLD}} Nick Catsburg

| Corvette

| 34

| −45.470

10

| 5

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss Racing Team

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Karl Wendlinger
{{flagicon|NLD}} Peter Kox

| Lamborghini

| 34

| −1:00.389

11

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Hohenadel
{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Piccini

| Aston Martin

| 34

| −1:01.718

12

| 6

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss Racing Team

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Max Nilsson
{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Janák

| Lamborghini

| 34

| −1:10.533

13

| 3

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

| {{flagicon|MCO}} Clivio Piccione
{{flagicon|NLD}} Stef Dusseldorp

| Aston Martin

| 34

| −1:14.432

14

| 9

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Vanina Ickx
{{flagicon|DNK}} Christoffer Nygaard

| Ford

| 34

| −1:20.638

15

| 47

| {{flagicon|LUX}} DKR Engineering

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Michaël Rossi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Bobbi

| Corvette

| 34

| −1:33.815

16

| 10

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Matzke
{{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Leclerc

| Ford

| 33

| −1 Lap

17
DNF

| 40

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Bas Leinders
{{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Hennerici

| Ford

| 20

| Puncture

18
DNF

| 7

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Enge
{{flagicon|DEU}} Alex Müller

| Aston Martin

| 0

| Collision

=Championship Race=

==Race result==

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! Pos

! No.

! Team

! Drivers

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

1

| 23

| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsport

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Michael Krumm
{{flagicon|DEU}} Lucas Luhr

| Nissan

| 34

|

2

| 8

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Turner
{{flagicon|DEU}} Stefan Mücke

| Aston Martin

| 34

| −5.497

3

| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

| {{flagicon|AUS}} David Brabham
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter

| Nissan

| 34

| −6.273

4

| 37

| {{flagicon|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Nicky Pastorelli
{{flagicon|DEU}} Dominik Schwager

| Lamborghini

| 34

| −8.095

5

| 5

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss Racing Team

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Karl Wendlinger
{{flagicon|NLD}} Peter Kox

| Lamborghini

| 34

| −19.651

6

| 38

| {{flagicon|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Basseng
{{flagicon|DEU}} Markus Winkelhock

| Lamborghini

| 34

| −28.713

7

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi
{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardo Zonta

| Nissan

| 34

| −29.045

8

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Hohenadel
{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Piccini

| Aston Martin

| 34

| −31.111

9

| 11

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Mike Hezemans
{{flagicon|NLD}} Nick Catsburg

| Corvette

| 34

| −31.929

10

| 40

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Bas Leinders
{{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Hennerici

| Ford

| 34

| −55.248

11

| 9

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Vanina Ickx
{{flagicon|DNK}} Christoffer Nygaard

| Ford

| 34

| −1:34.717

12

| 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsport

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Dumbreck
{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Westbrook

| Nissan

| 26

| −8 Laps

13
DNF

| 7

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Enge
{{flagicon|DEU}} Alex Müller

| Aston Martin

| 20

| Alternator

14
DNF

| 47

| {{flagicon|LUX}} DKR Engineering

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Michaël Rossi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Bobbi

| Corvette

| 6

| Gearbox

15
DNF

| 41

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Maxime Martin
{{flagicon|FRA}} Yann Clairay

| Ford

| 3

| Transmission

16
DNF

| 6

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss Racing Team

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Max Nilsson
{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Janák

| Lamborghini

| 2

| Gearbox

17
DNF

| 10

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Matzke
{{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Leclerc

| Ford

| 1

| Damage

18
DNF

| 3

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

| {{flagicon|MCO}} Clivio Piccione
{{flagicon|NLD}} Stef Dusseldorp

| Aston Martin

| 0

| Transmission

References

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