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

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

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

Races

Race result

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

Race result

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

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