2011 FIA GT1 San Luis round

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 6.270 km (3.896 mi) circuit. This event was supported by the TC 2000 Championship, Fiat Linea Competizione and the Argentine Formula Renault Championship.

Background

Success Ballast^[1]
Entry	Ballast
No. 8 Young Driver AMR	55 kg (121 lb)
No. 41 Marc VDS Racing Team	35 kg (77 lb)
No. 7 Young Driver AMR	30 kg (66 lb)
No. 23 JR Motorsports	30 kg (66 lb)
No. 22 JR Motorsports	15 kg (33 lb)

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

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
16 NC	22	JR Motorsports	Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck	Nissan	9	Not Classified
17 DNF	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
12 DNF	12	Exim Bank Team China	Michaël Rossi Nico Verdonck	Corvette	6	Retired
13 DNF	21	Sumo Power GT	David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	0	Collision
14 DNF	23	JR Motorsports	Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	Nissan	0	Collision
15 DNF	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Lamborghini	0	Collision
16 DNF	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini	0	Collision
17 DNF	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

^ "FIA Entry List – Beijing (CHN) – 11 September 2011" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2011-09-10.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

San Luis GT1 Race in Argentina – FIA GT1 World Championship

FIA GT1 World Championship
Previous race: Beijing	2011 season	Next race: None

[Success_Ballast-1] "FIA Entry List – Beijing (CHN) – 11 September 2011" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2011-09-10.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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