2011 FIA GT1 : Hexis Aston Takes the Spoils in Germany

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Monday, May 16, 2011

2011 FIA GT1 Sachsenring - Winners : Christian Hohenadel / Andrea Piccini - Hexis AMR - Aston Matin DB9

SACHSENRING, Germany : May 15, 2011 - Andrea Piccini and Christian Hohenadel took their Hexis Aston Martin No.4 to victory in the Championship Race at Sachsenring. The Hexis pair started from fifth on the grid and stayed clear of a spate of early incidents to secure their first win of the 2011 season. Second place went to the No.37 All-Inkl Münnich Motorsport Lamborghini of Dominik Schwäger and Nicky Pastorelli while third was the Young Driver Aston Martin No.8 of Stefan Mücke and Darren Turner.


2011 FIA GT1 Sachsenring - Winners : Christian Hohenadel / Andrea Piccini - Hexis AMR - Aston Matin DB9

The nr 41 Marc VDS Ford of Maxime Martin led the field into the first turn with Stef Dusseldorp in the nr3 Hexis AMR Aston Martin on the outside of the Ford as the pair vied for the lead. The nr3 was pushed wide and onto the gravel by the Ford, allowing the nr8 Young Driver Aston of Stefan Mücke to nip through and take the lead. At Turn 2 the nr5 Swiss Racing Lamborghini of Karl Wendlinger and the nr7 Young Driver Aston Martin of Tomas Enge collided, tipping the Lamborghini into a spin. The unfortunate Max Nilsson in the nr6 Swiss Racing Lamborghini t-boned his teammates car and was left stranded on the circuit with severe front end damage. Both the nr5 and nr7 cars pulled off the circuit into retirement two corners later and the safety car was deployed to recover the stricken Nilsson car.

The race was restarted at the end of lap 5 just as rain began to fall on to the circuit. Christian Hohenadel in the nr4 Hexis Aston was challenging the nr8 Young Driver Aston for the lead. However it wasn't until lap 10 that Hohenadel took the lead into Turn 1 but as soon as he was free he opened up a gap to Mücke's car.

Meanwhile the nr41 Marc VDS Ford slowed with a punctured right rear tyre, with damage to the bodywork. Martin pulled into the pitlane but the car retired and took no further part in the race.

Mike Hezemans was making progress in the Exim Bank Team China Corvette from 14th on the grid, moving up to 8th and challenging the nr21 Sumo Power GT Nissan of Jamie Campbell-Walter for 7th.

On lap 11 Stefan Mücke lost another place as he was passed at Turn 1 by Dominik Schwäger in the nr37 All Inkl.com Lamborghini. Meanwhile the rain had stopped and the teams put away their Michelin wets and prepared for the pit stop window to open.

The leaders came in and went back out in the same order, with Andrea Piccini now leading in the Hexis Aston from Nicky Pastorelli in the All-Inkl Lamborghini and Darren Turner in the Young Driver Aston. The main beneficiary of the pitstops was the nr3 Hexis Aston of Clivio Piccione, which emerged in 5th place in between the nr20 and nr21 Nissans.

Piccini had a comfortable lead but Pastorelli was under pressure from Turner for the first few laps after the pitstops but the Italian started to pull away from the British driver by lap 23. Championship leader Marc Basseng's weekend finished on a low note when the nr37 All-Inkl.com Lamborghini went straight on at Turn 8 with a problem with the rear tyre.

Back at the front of the field Piccini was managing to maintain a comfortable gap to Pastorelli's Lamborghini, who in turn was a comfortable two seconds ahead of the third placed Aston Martin of Darren Turner. Further back Nicky Catsburg in the nr11 Exim Bank Corvette was challenging David Brabham in the nr20 Sumo Power Nissan but the Australian just held his line and his position until the chequered flag.

At the flag it was Andrea Piccini who took the first win for the nr4 Hexis AMR Aston Martin DB9, taking the lead in the Driver's Championship for himself and Christian Hohenadel in the process. Hohenadel and Piccini now have 61 points to Marc Basseng's and Markus Winkelhock on 57. Darren Turner and Stefan Mücke are third on 56 points. The result also means Hexis AMR extend their lead in the Team Championship to 17 points over All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport.

Christian Hohenadel also becomes the first FIA GT3 European Champion to win an FIA GT1 World Championship race. 2008 FIA GT3 Champion James Ruffier won a race in the FIA GT Championship at the wheel of a GT1 class Corvette in 2009 but Hohenadel is the first GT3 Champion to win a GT1 World Championship race.

The next race is at Silverstone on the 3-5 June when the drivers in the FIA GT1 World Championship will compete for the world famous Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy.

Championship Race-result
Pos Car Class Drivers Car Time Laps Gap Avg

speed
1
4
GT1
Christian Hohenadel / Andrea Piccini Aston Martin DB9 1:00:27.349
42










2
37
GT1
Dominik Schwager / Nicky Pastorelli Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 1:00:29.872
42
2.523





3
8
GT1
Stefan Mücke / Darren Turner Aston Martin DB9 1:00:31.567
42
4.218





4
20
GT1
Warren Hughes / Enrique Bernoldi Nissan GT-R 1:00:50.210
42
22.861





5
21
GT1
David Brabham / Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan GT-R 1:00:50.896
42
23.547





6
11
GT1
Mike Hezemans / Nicky Catsburg Corvette Z06 1:00:51.216
42
23.867





7
22
GT1
Richard Westbrook / Peter Dumbreck Nissan GT-R 1:00:51.636
42
24.287





8
40
GT1
Bas Leinders / Marc Hennerici Ford GT Matech 1:00:52.621
42
25.272





9
23
GT1
Lucas Luhr / Michael Krumm Nissan GT-R 1:00:53.826
42
26.477





10
10
GT1
Yann Clairay / Antoine Leclerc Ford GT Matech 1:00:56.768
42
29.419





11
3
GT1
Stef Dusseldorp / Clivio Piccione Aston Martin DB9 1:01:22.903
42
55.554





12
38
GT1
Markus Winkelhock / Marc Basseng Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 28:52.914
19
31:34.435





13
41
GT1
Maxime Martin / Frederic Makowiecki Ford GT Matech 16:46.608
9
43:40.741





14
9
GT1
Vanina Ickx / Christoffer Nygaard Ford GT Matech 5:03.810
2
55:23.539















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































FIA GT1 World Championship for Drivers
Pos Class Driver
Nat
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total
Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R
1
GT1
Christian Hohenadel
DEU





12





18





4
2
25




























































61
1
GT1
Andrea Piccini
ITA





12





18





4
2
25




























































61
2
GT1
Markus Winkelhock
DEU
1
15
8
25





8






































































57
2
GT1
Marc Basseng
DEU
1
15
8
25





8






































































57
3
GT1
Stefan Mücke
DEU





10





6
3
18
4
15




























































56
3
GT1
Darren Turner
GBR





10





6
3
18
4
15




























































56
4
GT1
Clivio Piccione
MCO
2
25
1
8










6

































































42
4
GT1
Stef Dusseldorp
NLD
2
25
1
8










6

































































42
5
GT1
Richard Westbrook
GBR
6
18










8





1
6




























































39
5
GT1
Peter Dumbreck
GBR
6
18










8





1
6




























































39
6
GT1
Michael Krumm
DEU
4










2
6
25





2




























































39
6
GT1
Lucas Luhr
DEU
4










2
6
25





2




























































39
7
GT1
Dominik Schwager
DEU




















2
12





18




























































32
7
GT1
Nicky Pastorelli
ITA




















2
12





18




























































32
8
GT1
David Brabham
AUS





2










4
15





10




























































31
8
GT1
Jamie Campbell-Walter
GBR





2










4
15





10




























































31
9
GT1
Karl Wendlinger
AUT





6
3
12





10






































































31
9
GT1
Peter Kox
NLD





6
3
12





10






































































31
10
GT1
Maxime Martin
BEL
8
4
2
4
1





8

































































27
11
GT1
Nicky Catsburg
NLD





1
6
10





2





8




























































27
11
GT1
Mike Hezemans
NLD





1
6
10





2





8




























































27
12
GT1
Alex Müller
DEU





8
4
15
















































































27
12
GT1
Tomas Enge
CZE





8
4
15
















































































27
13
GT1
Frédéric Makowiecki
FRA
8
4
2
4










8

































































26
14
GT1
Enrique Bernoldi
BRA
3




















6
3
12




























































24
15
GT1
Warren Hughes
GBR






























3
12




























































15
16
GT1
Ricardo Zonta
BRA
3




















6






































































9
17
GT1
Marc Hennerici
DEU















1





1





4




























































6
17
GT1
Bas Leinders
BEL















1





1





4




























































6
18
GT1
Yann Clairay
FRA




















1










1




























































2
19
GT1
Antoine Leclerc
FRA



































1




























































1
Pos Class Driver
Nat
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total



































































































































































































































FIA GT1 World Championship for Teams
Pos Class Team
Nat
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10
Total
Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R Q R
1
GT1
Hexis AMR
FRA
2
37
2
28





4
8
26




























































107
2
GT1
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport
DEU
1
16
8
25
2
20





18




























































90
3
GT1
Young Driver AMR
DEU





18
6
23
3
18
4
15




























































87
4
GT1
JR Motorsports
GBR
10
18
1
4
14
25
1
12




























































85
5
GT1
Sumo Power GT
GBR
3
2










4
21
3
22




























































55
6
GT1
Marc VDS Racing Team
BEL
8
4
3
8
1
2
8
6




























































40
7
GT1
Swiss Racing Team
CHE





6
4
12





10






































































32
8
GT1
Belgian Racing
BEL















1





1





2




























































4
Pos Class Team
Nat
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10







Images : 2011 FIA GT1 : Sachsenring, Germany








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