2011 RAC Tourist Trophy

The 2011 RAC Tourist Trophy was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England on 3–5 June, and was the fifth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's second race held at the 5.901 km (3.667 mi) Silverstone, although it is the first international racing series to use the brand new pit complex which was being built at the time of last years race. The event was supported by the FIA GT3 European Championship, GT4 European Cup and Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo.

Background edit

Success Ballast^[1]
Entry	Ballast
No. 4 Hexis AMR	30 kg (66 lb)
No. 8 Young Driver AMR	30 kg (66 lb)
No. 37 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	25 kg (55 lb)
No. 20 Sumo Power GT	5 kg (11 lb)
No. 21 Sumo Power GT	5 kg (11 lb)
No. 38 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	5 kg (11 lb)

After a collision between the two Swiss Racing Team Lamborghini's, the team decided to miss the Tourist Trophy as they could not repair the damage in time for the weekend. DKR Engineering returned to the grid with the one car after missing the Sachsenring round due to lack of spare parts available. Markus Palttala and Andreas Zuber return to the series. Palttala returns behind the wheel of a Ford GT replacing Yann Clairay in the No. 10 Belgian Racing machine, racing alongside Antoine Leclerc. He raced a full season for Marc VDS Racing Team in 2010. Zuber raced for Exim Bank Team China alongside Mike Hezemans, replacing Nick Catsburg. Zuber raced only the first two rounds in 2010 for Phoenix Racing / Carsport who also ran a Corvette similar to the one he used at Silverstone. Dimitri Enjalbert makes his GT1 début for DKR Engineering alongside French compatriot Michaël Rossi, replacing Matteo Bobbi.

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

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	11	Mike Hezemans	Exim Bank Team China	1:59.584	1:59.334	1:58.967	1
1	11	Andreas Zuber	Exim Bank Team China	1:59.584	1:59.334	1:58.967	1
2	23	Michael Krumm	JR Motorsports	1:59.384	1:59.506	1:59.140	2
2	23	Lucas Luhr	JR Motorsports	1:59.384	1:59.506	1:59.140	2
3	7	Tomáš Enge	Young Driver AMR	1:59.344	1:59.799	1:59.361	3
3	7	Alex Müller	Young Driver AMR	1:59.344	1:59.799	1:59.361	3
4	8	Stefan Mücke	Young Driver AMR	1:59.510	1:59.816	1:59.595	4
4	8	Darren Turner	Young Driver AMR	1:59.510	1:59.816	1:59.595	4
5	22	Richard Westbrook	JR Motorsports	1:59.376	1:59.803	2:00.043	5
5	22	Peter Dumbreck	JR Motorsports	1:59.376	1:59.803	2:00.043	5
6	21	Jamie Campbell-Walter	Sumo Power GT	2:00.091	1:59.727	2:00.068	6
6	21	David Brabham	Sumo Power GT	2:00.091	1:59.727	2:00.068	6
7	20	Warren Hughes	Sumo Power GT	1:59.843	1:59.823	2:00.105	7
7	20	Enrique Bernoldi	Sumo Power GT	1:59.843	1:59.823	2:00.105	7
8	41	Frédéric Makowiecki	Marc VDS Racing Team	2:00.364	1:59.683	2:00.592	8
8	41	Maxime Martin	Marc VDS Racing Team	2:00.364	1:59.683	2:00.592	8
9	3	Stef Dusseldorp	Hexis AMR	2:00.053	2:00.043		9
9	3	Clivio Piccione	Hexis AMR	2:00.053	2:00.043		9
10	4	Christian Hohenadel	Hexis AMR	2:00.149	2:00.139		10
10	4	Andrea Piccini	Hexis AMR	2:00.149	2:00.139		10
11	37	Nicky Pastorelli	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	2:01.586	2:00.516		11
11	37	Dominik Schwager	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	2:01.586	2:00.516		11
12	40	Bas Leinders	Marc VDS Racing Team	2:00.792	2:00.786		12
12	40	Marc Hennerici	Marc VDS Racing Team	2:00.792	2:00.786		12
13	47	Dimitri Enjalbert	DKR Engineering	2:00.360	2:00.962		13
13	47	Michaël Rossi	DKR Engineering	2:00.360	2:00.962		13
14	38	Marc Basseng	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	2:01.738	2:01.194		14
14	38	Markus Winkelhock	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	2:01.738	2:01.194		14
15	9	Vanina Ickx	Belgian Racing	2:01.986			15
15	9	Christoffer Nygaard	Belgian Racing	2:01.986			15
16	10	Antoine Leclerc	Belgian Racing	2:02.490			16
16	10	Markus Palttala	Belgian Racing	2:02.490			16

Races edit

Qualifying Race edit

Race result edit

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	7	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Aston Martin	30
2	23	JR Motorsports	Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	Nissan	30	−1.840
3	11	Exim Bank Team China	Mike Hezemans Andreas Zuber	Corvette	30	−18.923
4	20	Sumo Power GT	Warren Hughes Enrique Bernoldi	Nissan	30	−26.681
5	3	Hexis AMR	Stef Dusseldorp Clivio Piccione	Aston Martin	30	−32.758
6	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Nicky Pastorelli Dominik Schwager	Lamborghini	30	−55.936
7	9	Belgian Racing	Vanina Ickx Christoffer Nygaard	Ford	30	−1:21.843
8	10	Belgian Racing	Antoine Leclerc Markus Palttala	Ford	30	−1:41.562
9	47	DKR Engineering	Dimitri Enjalbert Michaël Rossi	Corvette	30	−1:50.177
10	4	Hexis AMR	Christian Hohenadel Andrea Piccini	Aston Martin	29	−1 lap
11 DNF	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici	Ford	23	Retired
12 NC	41	Marc VDS Racing Team	Frédéric Makowiecki Maxime Martin	Ford	12	Not Classified
13 DNF	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini	8	Retired
14 DNF	21	Sumo Power GT	Jamie Campbell-Walter David Brabham	Nissan	1	Collision
15 DNF	8	Young Driver AMR	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin	1	Collision
16 DNF	22	JR Motorsport	Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck	Nissan	0	Collision

Championship Race edit

Race result edit

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	23	JR Motorsports	Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	Nissan	28
2	7	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Aston Martin	28	−0.220
3	11	Exim Bank Team China	Mike Hezemans Andreas Zuber	Corvette	28	−0.491
4	3	Hexis AMR	Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp	Aston Martin	28	−2.417
5	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini	28	−7.436
6	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici	Ford	28	−10.831
7	20	Sumo Power GT	Warren Hughes Enrique Bernoldi	Nissan	28	−13.063
8	10	Belgian Racing	Antoine Leclerc Markus Palttala	Ford	28	−24.117
9	9	Belgian Racing	Vanina Ickx Christoffer Nygaard	Ford	28	−58.515
10 DNF	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Dominik Schwager Nicky Pastorelli	Lamborghini	25	Engine
11 DNF	41	Marc VDS Racing Team	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Ford	17	Collision
12 DNF	21	Sumo Power GT	David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	16	Collision
13 DNF	4	Hexis AMR	Christian Hohenadel Andrea Piccini	Aston Martin	16	Collision
14 DNF	47	DKR Engineering	Michaël Rossi Dimitri Enjalbert	Corvette	16	Collision
15 DNF	8	Young Driver AMR	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin	10	Collision
16 DNF	22	JR Motorsport	Richard Westbrook Peter Dumbreck	Nissan	10	Collision

References edit

^ "FIA Entry List – Silverstone (GBR) – 5 June 2011" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-05.

External links edit

Silverstone GT1 Race in Great Britain – FIA GT1 World Championship

FIA GT1 World Championship
Previous race: Sachsenring	2011 season	Next race: Navarra

[Success_Ballast-1] "FIA Entry List – Silverstone (GBR) – 5 June 2011" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-05.

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