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2011 FIA GT1 Algarve round

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The Autódromo Internacional do Algarve

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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Success Ballast[1]
Entry Ballast
No. 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 50 kg (110 lb)
No. 3 Hexis AMR 25 kg (55 lb)
No. 4 Hexis AMR 10 kg (22 lb)
No. 7 Young Driver AMR 10 kg (22 lb)
No. 5 Swiss Racing Team 5 kg (11 lb)
No. 11 Exim Bank Team China 5 kg (11 lb)

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 50 kg (110 lb) of success ballast, while Piccione and Dusseldorp have lost 5 kg (11 lb) 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,[2] while Frédéric Makowiecki is replaced by former Hexis driver Yann Clairay at Marc VDS.[3] 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.[4]

Qualifying

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Qualifying result

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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 22 United Kingdom Richard Westbrook United Kingdom JR Motorsports 1:43.088 1:42.399 1:42.427 1
United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
2 20 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi United Kingdom Sumo Power GT 1:43.001 1:43.256 1:42.517 2
Brazil Ricardo Zonta
3 23 Germany Lucas Luhr United Kingdom JR Motorsports 1:42.990 1:41.959 1:42.574 3
Germany Michael Krumm
4 21 United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter United Kingdom Sumo Power GT 1:43.111 1:42.845 1:43.061 4
Australia David Brabham
5 5 Austria Karl Wendlinger Switzerland Swiss Racing Team 1:43.789 1:43.288 1:43.733 5
Netherlands Peter Kox
6 3 Monaco Clivio Piccione France Hexis AMR 1:43.604 1:43.265 1:44.157 6
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
7 41 France Yann Clairay Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:44.081 1:43.147 No Time 7
Belgium Maxime Martin
8 8 Germany Stefan Mücke Germany Young Driver AMR 1:42.966 1:42.248 1:42.7261 132
United Kingdom Darren Turner
9 7 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Germany Young Driver AMR 1:43.958 1:43.534 8
Germany Alex Müller
10 40 Germany Marc Hennerici Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:43.908 1:43.579 9
Belgium Bas Leinders
11 7 Germany Christian Hohenadel France Hexis AMR 1:43.837 1:43.646 10
Italy Andrea Piccini
12 11 Netherlands Mike Hezemans China Exim Bank Team China 1:44.042 1:43.727 11
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
13 38 Germany Markus Winkelhock Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:42.832 1:43.795 12
Germany Marc Basseng
14 6 Sweden Max Nilsson Switzerland Swiss Racing Team 1:43.988 1:43.966 14
Czech Republic Jiří Janák
15 47 Italy Matteo Bobbi Luxembourg DKR Engineering 1:44.182 15
France Michaël Rossi
16 9 Denmark Christoffer Nygaard Belgium Belgian Racing 1:44.650 16
Belgium Vanina Ickx
17 10 Czech Republic Martin Matzke Belgium Belgian Racing 1:45.359 17
France Antoine Leclerc
37 Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport No Time 18
Germany Dominik Schwager
  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.[5]
  2. ^ The No. 8 Young Driver Aston Martin received a five grid place penalty for changing an engine during the event.[6]

Races

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Qualifying Race

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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 United Kingdom JR Motorsport United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Nissan 34
2 23 United Kingdom JR Motorsport Germany Michael Krumm
Germany Lucas Luhr
Nissan 34 −0.388
3 21 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 34 −11.239
4 8 Germany Young Driver AMR United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin 34 −16.218
5 37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Germany Dominik Schwager
Lamborghini 34 −25.994
6 41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Maxime Martin
France Yann Clairay
Ford 34 −32.599
7 38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Lamborghini 34 −39.688
8 20 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Nissan 34 −40.999
9 11 China Exim Bank Team China Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Corvette 34 −45.470
10 5 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Austria Karl Wendlinger
Netherlands Peter Kox
Lamborghini 34 −1:00.389
11 4 France Hexis AMR Germany Christian Hohenadel
Italy Andrea Piccini
Aston Martin 34 −1:01.718
12 6 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Sweden Max Nilsson
Czech Republic Jiří Janák
Lamborghini 34 −1:10.533
13 3 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
Aston Martin 34 −1:14.432
14 9 Belgium Belgian Racing Belgium Vanina Ickx
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Ford 34 −1:20.638
15 47 Luxembourg DKR Engineering France Michaël Rossi
Italy Matteo Bobbi
Corvette 34 −1:33.815
16 10 Belgium Belgian Racing Czech Republic Martin Matzke
France Antoine Leclerc
Ford 33 −1 Lap
17
DNF
40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Germany Marc Hennerici
Ford 20 Puncture
18
DNF
7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Alex Müller
Aston Martin 0 Collision

Championship Race

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Race result

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Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 23 United Kingdom JR Motorsport Germany Michael Krumm
Germany Lucas Luhr
Nissan 34
2 8 Germany Young Driver AMR United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin 34 −5.497
3 21 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 34 −6.273
4 37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Germany Dominik Schwager
Lamborghini 34 −8.095
5 5 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Austria Karl Wendlinger
Netherlands Peter Kox
Lamborghini 34 −19.651
6 38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Lamborghini 34 −28.713
7 20 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Nissan 34 −29.045
8 4 France Hexis AMR Germany Christian Hohenadel
Italy Andrea Piccini
Aston Martin 34 −31.111
9 11 China Exim Bank Team China Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Corvette 34 −31.929
10 40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Germany Marc Hennerici
Ford 34 −55.248
11 9 Belgium Belgian Racing Belgium Vanina Ickx
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Ford 34 −1:34.717
12 22 United Kingdom JR Motorsport United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Nissan 26 −8 Laps
13
DNF
7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Germany Alex Müller
Aston Martin 20 Alternator
14
DNF
47 Luxembourg DKR Engineering France Michaël Rossi
Italy Matteo Bobbi
Corvette 6 Gearbox
15
DNF
41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Maxime Martin
France Yann Clairay
Ford 3 Transmission
16
DNF
6 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Sweden Max Nilsson
Czech Republic Jiří Janák
Lamborghini 2 Gearbox
17
DNF
10 Belgium Belgian Racing Czech Republic Martin Matzke
France Antoine Leclerc
Ford 1 Damage
18
DNF
3 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
Aston Martin 0 Transmission

References

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  1. ^ "FIA Entry List – Amended Version – Algarve (PRT) – 8 May 2011" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2011-05-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. ^ Laurent Mercier (2011-05-03). "Matteo Bobbi remplace Jaime Camara chez DKR Engineering". endurance-info.com (in French). Endurance-Info. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  3. ^ "Deux piges pour Yann Clairay chez Marc VDS Racing Team". endurance-info.com (in French). Endurance-Info. 2011-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ^ "Icky secures Belgian Racing drive". FIA GT1 World Championship. SRO Group. 2011-04-30. Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  5. ^ "Results: 2011 Round 3 – Algarve – Qualifying 3". FIA GT1 World Championship. SRO Group. 2011-05-07. Archived from the original on 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  6. ^ "Nissan dominates GT1 qualifying". Autosport.com. Haymarket Press. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
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