2011 FIA GT1 Beijing round

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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 {{convert|3.30|km|mi|abbr=on}} Goldenport Park. This was a stand-alone event with no support races.

Background

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Entry ! Ballast
No. 41 Marc VDS Racing Team \| {{convert\|40\|kg\|lbs\|abbr=on}}
No. 22 JR Motorsports \| {{convert\|25\|kg\|lbs\|abbr=on}}
No. 8 Young Driver AMR \| {{convert\|20\|kg\|lbs\|abbr=on}}
No. 3 Hexis AMR \| {{convert\|10\|kg\|lbs\|abbr=on}}

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Entry

! Ballast

No. 41 Marc VDS Racing Team

| {{convert|40|kg|lbs|abbr=on}}

No. 22 JR Motorsports

| {{convert|25|kg|lbs|abbr=on}}

No. 8 Young Driver AMR

| {{convert|20|kg|lbs|abbr=on}}

No. 3 Hexis AMR

| {{convert|10|kg|lbs|abbr=on}}

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.

Driver 2
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !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
rowspan=2\| 1 \|rowspan=2\| 41 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Maxime Martin \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.992 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.947 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.344 !rowspan=2\| 1
{{flagicon\|BEL}} Bertrand Baguette
rowspan=2\| 2 \|rowspan=2\| 8 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Darren Turner \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Young Driver AMR \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.818 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.778 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.441 !rowspan=2\| 2
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Stefan Mücke
rowspan=2\| 3 \|rowspan=2\| 7 \| {{flagicon\|CZE}} Tomáš Enge \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Young Driver AMR \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.370 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.800 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.465 !rowspan=2\| 3
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Alex Müller
rowspan=2\| 4 \|rowspan=2\| 38 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Marc Basseng \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.999 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.853 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.588 !rowspan=2\| 4
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Markus Winkelhock
rowspan=2\| 5 \|rowspan=2\| 12 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Michaël Rossi \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.413 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.873 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.741 !rowspan=2\| 5
{{flagicon\|BEL}} Nico Verdonck
rowspan=2\| 6 \|rowspan=2\| 40 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Bas Leinders \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.396 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.602 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.943 !rowspan=2\| 6
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Marc Hennerici
rowspan=2\| 7 \|rowspan=2\| 9 \| {{flagicon\|DNK}} Christoffer Nygaard \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgian Racing \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.304 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.044 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.253 !rowspan=2\| 7
{{flagicon\|CHE}} Jonathan Hirschi
rowspan=2\| 8 \|rowspan=2\| 21 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} David Brabham \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Sumo Power GT \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.512 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:00.847 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.390 !rowspan=2\| 8
{{flagicon\|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter
rowspan=2\| 9 \|rowspan=2\| 22 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Peter Dumbreck \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} JR Motorsports \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.267 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.074 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 9
{{flagicon\|GBR}} Richard Westbrook
rowspan=2\| 10 \|rowspan=2\| 37 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Dominik Schwager \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.263 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.118 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 10
{{flagicon\|NLD}} Nicky Pastorelli
rowspan=2\| 11 \|rowspan=2\| 11 \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.472 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.173 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 10
{{flagicon\|NLD}} Jeroen den Boer
rowspan=2\| 12 \|rowspan=2\| 4 \| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Andrea Piccini \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Hexis AMR \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.349 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.285 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 12
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Christian Hohenadel
rowspan=2\| 13 \|rowspan=2\| 48 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Jonathan Kennard \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|LUX}} DKR www-discount.de \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.160 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.335 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 13
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Christopher Brück
rowspan=2\| 14 \|rowspan=2\| 10 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Yann Clairay \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgian Racing \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.621 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.453 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 14
{{flagicon\|FRA}} Antoine Leclerc
rowspan=2\| 15 \|rowspan=2\| 47 \| {{flagicon\|CHE}} Benjamin Leuenberger \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|LUX}} DKR www-discount.de \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:01.713 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 15
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Manuel Lauck
rowspan=2\| 16 \|rowspan=2\| 23 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Michael Krumm \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} JR Motorsports \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 1:02.054 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 16
{{flagicon\|DEU}} Lucas Luhr
rowspan=2\| 17 \|rowspan=2\| 3 \| {{flagicon\|MCO}} Clivio Piccione \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Hexis AMR \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| 9:08.775 \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 17
{{flagicon\|NLD}} Stef Dusseldorp
rowspan=2\| 18 \|rowspan=2\| 20 \| {{flagicon\|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Sumo Power GT \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| No Time \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| \| rowspan=2 align="center" \| !rowspan=2\| 18
{{flagicon\|NLD}} Nick Catsburg

Races

=Qualifying Race=

==Race result==

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Pos ! No. ! Team ! Drivers ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time/Retired
1 \| 7 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Young Driver AMR \| {{flagicon\|CZE}} Tomáš Enge {{flagicon\|DEU}} Alex Müller \| Aston Martin \| 46 \|
2 \| 8 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Young Driver AMR \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Darren Turner {{flagicon\|DEU}} Stefan Mücke \| Aston Martin \| 46 \| −1.089
3 \| 4 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Hexis AMR \| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Andrea Piccini {{flagicon\|DEU}} Christian Hohenadel \| Aston Martin \| 46 \| −1.673
4 \| 23 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} JR Motorsports \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Michael Krumm {{flagicon\|DEU}} Lucas Luhr \| Nissan \| 46 \| −2.177
5 \| 3 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Hexis AMR \| {{flagicon\|MCO}} Clivio Piccione {{flagicon\|NLD}} Stef Dusseldorp \| Aston Martin \| 46 \| −2.859
6 \| 9 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgian Racing \| {{flagicon\|DNK}} Christoffer Nygaard {{flagicon\|CHE}} Jonathan Hirschi \| Ford \| 46 \| −3.166
7 \| 22 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} JR Motorsports \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Peter Dumbreck {{flagicon\|GBR}} Richard Westbrook \| Nissan \| 46 \| −4.455
8 \| 12 \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Michaël Rossi {{flagicon\|BEL}} Nico Verdonck \| Corvette \| 46 \| −4.974
9 \| 37 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Dominik Schwager {{flagicon\|NLD}} Nicky Pastorelli \| Lamborghini \| 46 \| −5.931
10 \| 20 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Sumo Power GT \| {{flagicon\|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi {{flagicon\|NLD}} Nick Catsburg \| Nissan \| 46 \| −6.401
11 \| 21 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Sumo Power GT \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} David Brabham {{flagicon\|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter \| Nissan \| 46 \| −7.188
12 \| 38 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Marc Basseng {{flagicon\|DEU}} Markus Winkelhock \| Lamborghini \| 46 \| −7.531
13 \| 47 \| {{flagicon\|LUX}} DKR www-discount.de \| {{flagicon\|CHE}} Benjamin Leuenberger {{flagicon\|DEU}} Manuel Lauck \| Lamborghini \| 46 \| −8.833
14 DNF \| 11 \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung {{flagicon\|NLD}} Jeroen den Boer \| Corvette \| 39 \| Accident
15 DNF \| 40 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Bas Leinders {{flagicon\|DEU}} Marc Hennerici \| Ford \| 15 \| Retired
16 DNF \| 41 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Maxime Martin {{flagicon\|BEL}} Bertrand Baguette \| Ford \| 3 \| Accident
17 DNF \| 10 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgian Racing \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Yann Clairay {{flagicon\|FRA}} Antoine Leclerc \| Ford \| 1 \| Transmission
DNS \| 48 \| {{flagicon\|LUX}} DKR www-discount.de \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Jonathan Kennard {{flagicon\|DEU}} Christopher Brück \| Lamborghini \| – \| Engine

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! No.

! Team

! Drivers

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

| 7

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

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

| Aston Martin

| 46

| 8

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

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

| Aston Martin

| 46

| −1.089

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

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

| Aston Martin

| 46

| −1.673

| 23

| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsports

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

| Nissan

| 46

| −2.177

| 3

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hexis AMR

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

| Aston Martin

| 46

| −2.859

| 9

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Christoffer Nygaard
{{flagicon|CHE}} Jonathan Hirschi

| Ford

| 46

| −3.166

| 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} JR Motorsports

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

| Nissan

| 46

| −4.455

| 12

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

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Michaël Rossi
{{flagicon|BEL}} Nico Verdonck

| Corvette

| 46

| −4.974

| 37

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

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

| Lamborghini

| 46

| −5.931

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi
{{flagicon|NLD}} Nick Catsburg

| Nissan

| 46

| −6.401

| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sumo Power GT

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

| Nissan

| 46

| −7.188

| 38

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

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

| Lamborghini

| 46

| −7.531

| 47

| {{flagicon|LUX}} DKR www-discount.de

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Benjamin Leuenberger
{{flagicon|DEU}} Manuel Lauck

| Lamborghini

| 46

| −8.833

14
DNF

| 11

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

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|NLD}} Jeroen den Boer

| Corvette

| 39

| Accident

15
DNF

| 40

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

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

| Ford

| 15

| Retired

16
DNF

| 41

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

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Maxime Martin
{{flagicon|BEL}} Bertrand Baguette

| Ford

| 3

| Accident

17
DNF

| 10

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgian Racing

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Yann Clairay
{{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Leclerc

| Ford

| 1

| Transmission

DNS

| 48

| {{flagicon|LUX}} DKR www-discount.de

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jonathan Kennard
{{flagicon|DEU}} Christopher Brück

| Lamborghini

| –

| Engine

=Championship Race=

==Race result==

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Pos ! No. ! Team ! Drivers ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time/Retired
1 \| 8 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Young Driver AMR \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Darren Turner {{flagicon\|DEU}} Stefan Mücke \| Aston Martin \| 42 \|
2 \| 7 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Young Driver AMR \| {{flagicon\|CZE}} Tomáš Enge {{flagicon\|DEU}} Alex Müller \| Aston Martin \| 42 \| −0.972
3 \| 23 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} JR Motorsports \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Michael Krumm {{flagicon\|DEU}} Lucas Luhr \| Nissan \| 42 \| −1.593
4 \| 41 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Maxime Martin {{flagicon\|BEL}} Bertrand Baguette \| Ford \| 42 \| −2.726
5 \| 12 \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Michaël Rossi {{flagicon\|BEL}} Nico Verdonck \| Corvette \| 42 \| −2.955
6 \| 20 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Sumo Power GT \| {{flagicon\|BRA}} Enrique Bernoldi {{flagicon\|NLD}} Nick Catsburg \| Nissan \| 42 \| −3.387
7 \| 22 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} JR Motorsports \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Peter Dumbreck {{flagicon\|GBR}} Richard Westbrook \| Nissan \| 42 \| −3.723
8 \| 21 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Sumo Power GT \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} David Brabham {{flagicon\|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter \| Nissan \| 42 \| −4.838
9 \| 47 \| {{flagicon\|LUX}} DKR www-discount.de \| {{flagicon\|CHE}} Benjamin Leuenberger {{flagicon\|DEU}} Manuel Lauck \| Lamborghini \| 42 \| −6.160
10 DNF \| 4 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Hexis AMR \| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Andrea Piccini {{flagicon\|DEU}} Christian Hohenadel \| Aston Martin \| 37 \| Accident
11 DNF \| 11 \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Exim Bank Team China \| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung {{flagicon\|NLD}} Jeroen den Boer \| Corvette \| 37 \| Accident
12 DNF \| 40 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Marc VDS Racing Team \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Bas Leinders {{flagicon\|DEU}} Marc Hennerici \| Ford \| 25 \| Retired
13 DNF \| 10 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgian Racing \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Yann Clairay {{flagicon\|FRA}} Antoine Leclerc \| Ford \| 21 \| Retired
14 DNF \| 48 \| {{flagicon\|LUX}} DKR www-disount.de \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Jonathan Kennard {{flagicon\|DEU}} Christopher Brück \| Lamborghini \| 18 \| Spun
15 DNF \| 37 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Dominik Schwager {{flagicon\|NLD}} Nicky Pastorelli \| Lamborghini \| 7 \| Retired
16 DNF \| 9 \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Belgian Racing \| {{flagicon\|DNK}} Christoffer Nygaard {{flagicon\|CHE}} Jonathan Hirschi \| Ford \| 4 \| Damage
17 DNF \| 3 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Hexis AMR \| {{flagicon\|MCO}} Clivio Piccione {{flagicon\|NLD}} Stef Dusseldorp \| Aston Martin \| 3 \| Collision
18 DNF \| 38 \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport \| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Marc Basseng {{flagicon\|DEU}} Markus Winkelhock \| Lamborghini \| 3 \| Collision

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! Pos

! No.

! Team

! Drivers

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

| 8

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Young Driver AMR

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

| Aston Martin