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2011 FIA GT3 European Championship


The 2011 FIA GT3 European Championship season was the sixth season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season commenced on May 8 at Algarve and ended on October 16 at Zandvoort. The season featured six double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 60 minutes. Most of the events were support races to the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season.

Calendar

On December 10, 2010, the FIA World Motor Sport Council announced the 2010 calendar in co-ordinance with the FIA GT1 World Championship. On 30 May 2011, the round in Smolensk was dropped from the schedule. On 21 July, a replacement round at the Slovakiaring was announced.

RndCircuitDate123456
PRT Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal8 May
GBR Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom5 June
ESP Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain3 July
FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France17 July
SVK Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia21 August
NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands16 October

Entries

2011 sees a new manufacturer in the series with Mercedes-Benz joining the GT3 grid with their SLS-AMG sports cars. Ferrari have replaced the F430 with the brand new 458 Italia. The F430 is still eligible to race in this year's season, as is the Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R and BMW Alpina B6 GT3 that competed last year. The only car switch from a team has come from Graff Racing who have switched from racing a Corvette last year to the new Mercedes-Benz SLS. There are also a few new teams on the entry list from round one mostly from the new cars that Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz have produced.

TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRoundsTyres
BEL Prospeed CompetitionPorsche 997 GT3-RPorsche 4.0 L Flat-61NLD Paul van SplunterenAll
BEL Maxime Soulet
2BEL Jan HeylenAll
FIN Petri Lappalainen
FRA Graff RacingMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V83CHE Philippe Giauque1–5
FRA Mike ParisyAll
FRA Grégoire Demoustier6
4CHE Joakim Lambotte1–5
CHE Gary Hirsch1–2
FRA Grégoire Demoustier3–5
CHE Philippe Giauque6
DEU Thomas Jäger
MCO JMB RacingFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V85FRA Edouard Gravereaux4
FRA Nicolas Marroc
DEU Need for Speed Team SchubertBMW Z4 GT3BMW 4.4 L V86SAU Abdulaziz Al-FaisalAll
SWE Edward Sandström
7DEU Claudia HürtgenAll
HUN Csaba Walter
FRA Team LMP MotorsportAston Martin DBRS9Aston Martin 6.0 L V128FRA Dimitri Enjalbert1–2
BEL Bernard Delhez
FRA Frédéric Gabillon3
FRA Jean-Charles Battut3
FRA Jean-Charles Miginiac4
FRA Grégory Guilvert
BEL Edouard Mondron6
FRA Gael Castelli
9BEL Maxime MartinAll
FRA Gaël Lesoudier
CZE Gravity Charouz RacingMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V811CZE Tomáš Kostka1–2
RUS Leonid MachitskiAll
CZE Jarek Janiš3–5
SVK Štefan Rosina6
12CZE Jan StovičekAll
CZE Jakub Knoll
DEU Fischer RacingFord GT GT3Ford Cammer 5.0 L V813FIN Markus Palttala1–2, 4–6
BRA Paulo Bonifácio1
BEL Stéphane Lémeret2
GBR James Emmett4
CZE Martin Matzke5
FIN Jesse Krohn6
14FIN Mikko EskelinenAll
DNK Christoffer Nygaard
FRA Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1015FRA Jérôme DemayAll
FRA Dino Lunardi
16CHE Pierre HirschiAll
FRA Grégory Guilvert1, 6
FRA Michaël Rossi2
FRA Lionel Mazars3
FRA Marc Sourd4
FRA Adrien Tambay5
GBR MTECH MotorsportFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V820ITA Luca Pirri1–2
GBR Paul Rees1
GBR Michael Lyons2
SVK Jan Danis5
SVK Zdeno Mikulasko
21IRL Matt GriffinAll
GBR Duncan Cameron
USA United AutosportsAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1022USA Mark PattersonAll
GBR Joseph Osborne
23USA Zak BrownAll
GBR Matt Bell
DEU Reiter EngineeringLamborghini Gallardo LP600+Lamborghini 5.2 L V1024DEU Albert von Thurn und Taxis3–6
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
25DEU Albert von Thurn und Taxis1–2
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
NLD Nico Pronk4
CAN Eugenio Amos
SVK Anton Kiaba5
SVK Štefan Rosina
SWE Max Nilsson6
NLD Henry Zumbrink
BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMSAudi 5.2 L V1032FRA Didier AndréAll
FRA David Hallyday1
DEU Tobias Neuser2–3
FRA Gary Chalandon4
SVK Jirko Malchárek5
BEL Gregory Franchi6
33BEL Enzo IdeAll
BEL Gregory Franchi1–5
DEU Christopher Haase6
NLD Faster Racing by DB MotorsportBMW Z4 GT3BMW 4.4 L V835NLD Jeroen de BoerAll
NLD Hoevert Vos
36NLD Nick CatsburgAll
NLD Harrie Kolen
GBR Scuderia VittoriaFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V838ITA Giacomo Petrobelli3
BRA Carlos Iaconelli
GBR Michael Lyons6
CZE Filip Salaquarda
FRA Team Cine CascadeLamborghini Gallardo LP600+Lamborghini 5.2 L V1039FRA Jean-Claude Lagniez6
FRA Julien Briché
PRT Paulo PinheiroMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V843PRT Paulo Pinheiro1
GBR Roger Green
DEU Heico MotorsportMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V844LUX Brice BosiAll
AUT Dominik Baumann
45AUT Patrick HirschAll
SVK Filip Sladecka1–5
NLD Christiaan Frankenhout6
NLD Aevitae Bleekemolen RacingPorsche 997 GT3-RPorsche 4.0 L Flat-646NLD Ronald van de Laar6
NLD Dennis van de Laar
ITA AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V850ITA Francesco CastellacciAll
ITA Federico Leo
51GBR Daniel BrownAll
GBR Glynn Geddie
ITA Ombra RacingFerrari 458 Italia GT3Ferrari 4.5 L V852FRA Yannick Mallegol4
FRA Jean-Marc Bachelier

Results and standings

Race results

RoundRnd.RaceCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinner1R1R22R1R23R1R24R1R25R1R26R1R2
AlgarveITA No. 50 AF CorseDEU No. 6 Need for Speed Team SchubertDEU No. 6 Need for Speed Team Schubert
ITA Francesco Castellacci
ITA Federico LeoSWE Edward Sandström
SAU Abdulaziz Al-FaisalSWE Edward Sandström
SAU Abdulaziz Al-Faisal
FRA No. 3 Graff RacingFRA No. 3 Graff RacingBEL No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
CHE Philippe Giauque
FRA Mike ParisyCHE Philippe Giauque
FRA Mike ParisyBEL Gregory Franchi
BEL Enzo Ide
SilverstoneITA No. 50 AF CorseNLD No. 36 Faster Racing by DB MotorsportITA No. 50 AF Corse
ITA Francesco Castellacci
ITA Federico LeoNLD Harrie Kolen
NLD Nick CatsburgITA Francesco Castellacci
ITA Federico Leo
NLD No. 36 Faster Racing by DB MotorsportNLD No. 36 Faster Racing by DB MotorsportNLD No. 35 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport
NLD Harrie Kolen
NLD Nick CatsburgNLD Harrie Kolen
NLD Nick CatsburgNLD Hoevert Vos
NLD Jeroen de Boer
NavarraITA No. 50 AF CorseDEU No. 24 Reiter EngineeringDEU No. 24 Reiter Engineering
ITA Francesco Castellacci
ITA Federico LeoDEU Albert von Thurn und Taxis
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-MelnhofDEU Albert von Thurn und Taxis
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
NLD No. 36 Faster Racing by DB MotorsportNLD No. 36 Faster Racing by DB MotorsportBEL No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
NLD Harrie Kolen
NLD Nick CatsburgNLD Harrie Kolen
NLD Nick CatsburgBEL Gregory Franchi
BEL Enzo Ide
Paul RicardDEU No. 24 Reiter EngineeringNLD No. 36 Faster Racing by DB MotorsportDEU No. 24 Reiter Engineering
DEU Albert von Thurn und Taxis
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-MelnhofNLD Harrie Kolen
NLD Nick CatsburgDEU Albert von Thurn und Taxis
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
FRA No. 3 Graff RacingFRA No. 9 Team LMP MotorsportBEL No. 1 Prospeed Competition
CHE Philippe Giauque
FRA Mike ParisyBEL Maxime Martin
FRA Gaël LesoudierNLD Paul van Splunteren
BEL Maxime Soulet
SlovakiaringDEU No. 24 Reiter EngineeringFRA No. 3 Graff RacingDEU No. 44 Heico Motorsport
DEU Albert von Thurn und Taxis
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-MelnhofCHE Philippe Giauque
FRA Mike ParisyAUT Dominik Baumann
LUX Brice Bosi
DEU No. 25 Reiter EngineeringDEU No. 25 Reiter EngineeringFRA No. 3 Graff Racing
SVK Anton Kiaba
SVK Štefan RosinaSVK Anton Kiaba
SVK Štefan RosinaCHE Philippe Giauque
FRA Mike Parisy
ZandvoortDEU No. 44 Heico MotorsportGBR No. 38 Scuderia VittoriaBEL No. 1 Prospeed Competition
AUT Dominik Baumann
LUX Brice BosiGBR Michael Lyons
CZE Filip SalaquardaNLD Paul van Splunteren
BEL Maxime Soulet
BEL No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRTBEL No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRTBEL No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
DEU Christopher Haase
BEL Enzo IdeDEU Christopher Haase
BEL Enzo IdeDEU Christopher Haase
BEL Enzo Ide

Championships

Championship points will be awarded to the first ten positions in each race. Entries must complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Points SystemPosition1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
251815121086421

Drivers' Championship

PosDriverTeamALG
PRTSIL
GBRNAV
ESPPRI
FRASLO
SVKZAN
NLDTotalR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21=1=234=4=56=6=7=7=8=8=910=10=11=11=12=12=1314=14=1516=16=171819202122=22=2324252627=27=28=28=29=29=3031=31=323334=34=35=35=36=36=37=37=38=38=39=39=40414243444546=46=4748=48=48=495051=51=52=52=5354=54=55=55=55=565758=58=5960
ITA Francesco CastellacciITA AF CorseDNS21117Ret2422194111
ITA Federico LeoITA AF CorseDNS21117Ret2422194111
FRA Mike ParisyFRA Graff Racing4Ret381634Ret11183102
BEL Enzo IdeBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT9120Ret611231522171100
LUX Brice BosiDEU Heico MotorsportRet312Ret476Ret1105295
AUT Dominik BaumannDEU Heico MotorsportRet312Ret476Ret1105295
CHE Philippe GiauqueFRA Graff Racing4Ret381634Ret11115593
NLD Jeroen den BoerNLD Faster Racing by DB Motorsport3115139RetRetRet410884
NLD Hoevert VosNLD Faster Racing by DB Motorsport3115139RetRetRet410884
BEL Maxime MartinFRA Team LMP MotorsportRet7232159241225Ret81
FRA Gaël LesoudierFRA Team LMP MotorsportRet7232159241225Ret81
AUT Nikolaus Mayr-MelnhofDEU Reiter EngineeringRet411151121RetRet1631277
DEU Albert von Thurn und TaxisDEU Reiter EngineeringRet411151121RetRet1631277
BEL Gregory FranchiBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT9120Ret61123152218Ret75
SAU Abdulaziz Al-FaisalDEU Need for Speed Team Schubert1Ret46213Ret5179131375
SWE Edward SandströmDEU Need for Speed Team Schubert1Ret46213Ret5179131375
DEU Claudia HürtgenDEU Need for Speed Team Schubert256EX1517Ret633121075
HUN Csaba WalterDEU Need for Speed Team Schubert256EX1517Ret633121075
NLD Paul van SplunterenBEL Prospeed Competition12141810RetRet511951Ret71
BEL Maxime SouletBEL Prospeed Competition12141810RetRet511951Ret71
DEU Patrick HirschDEU Heico Motorsport58139510RetRet5Ret4657
NLD Nick CatsburgNLD Faster Racing by DB MotorsportDNSDNS721021216Ret771155
NLD Harrie KolenNLD Faster Racing by DB MotorsportDNSDNS721021216Ret771155
SVK Filip SladeckaDEU Heico Motorsport58139510RetRet5Ret37
FRA Jérôme DemayFRA Saintéloc Racing1117147943Ret1611161735
FRA Dino LunardiFRA Saintéloc Racing1117147943Ret1611161735
CHE Joakim LambotteFRA Graff Racing6Ret95Ret117RetRet634
FRA Grégoire DemoustierFRA Graff RacingRet117RetRet68333
RUS Leonid MachitskiCZE Gravity Charouz RacingRetRet1917132115882112426
CZE Jaroslav JanišCZE Gravity Charouz Racing13211588226
DEU Christopher HaaseBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT17125
IRL Matt GriffinGBR MTECH Motorsport13128Ret116117717241424
GBR Duncan CameronGBR MTECH Motorsport13128Ret116117717241424
NLD Christiaan FrankenhoutDEU Heico Motorsport4620
CHE Gary HirschFRA Graff Racing6Ret9520
GBR Michael LyonsGBR MTECH Motorsport10Ret19
GBR Scuderia Vittoria2Ret
CZE Filip SalaquardaGBR Scuderia Vittoria2Ret18
BEL Jan HeylenBEL Prospeed Competition16917121288Ret913Ret718
FIN Petri LappalainenBEL Prospeed Competition16917121288Ret913Ret718
GBR Glynn GeddieITA AF Corse8RetRet4141820Ret1324141816
GBR Daniel BrownITA AF Corse8RetRet4141820Ret1324141816
FIN Mikko EskelinenDEU Fischer Racing7Ret1613Ret1510RetRet8DNSDNS11
DNK Christoffer NygaardDEU Fischer Racing7Ret1613Ret1510RetRet8DNSDNS11
DEU Thomas JägerFRA Graff Racing15510
FIN Markus PalttalaDEU Fischer Racing14Ret23DSQ1715Ret196910
FIN Jesse KrohnDEU Fischer Racing6910
SVK Štefan RosinaDEU Reiter Engineering6Ret8
CZE Gravity Charouz Racing1124
FRA Didier AndréBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRTRet624181612Ret2318Ret8
FRA David HallydayBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRTRet68
SVK Anton KiabaDEU Reiter Engineering6Ret8
BRA Carlos IaconelliGBR Scuderia Vittoria8Ret4
ITA Giacomo PetrobelliGBR Scuderia Vittoria8Ret4
USA Mark PattersonUSA United AutosportsRet1815141814149141419212
GBR Joseph OsborneUSA United AutosportsRet1815141814149141419212
GBR Matthew BellUSA United Autosports101021161920Ret1112Ret20202
USA Zak BrownUSA United Autosports101021161920Ret1112Ret20202
CZE Jan StovičekCZE Gravity Charouz Racing17162519171919131020Ret221
CZE Jakub KnollCZE Gravity Charouz Racing17162519171919131020Ret221
FRA Yannick MallegolITA Ombra Racing18101
FRA Jean-Marc BachelierITA Ombra Racing18101
ITA Luca PirriGBR MTECH MotorsportRetDNS10Ret1
FRA Gary ChalandonBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT16120
FRA Greg GuilvertFRA Saintéloc Racing181321160
FRA Team LMP MotorsportDNS14
CHE Pierre HirschiFRA Saintéloc Racing18132220201621EXRet1521160
BRA Paulo BonifácioDEU Fischer Racing14Ret0
FRA Jean-Charles MiginiacFRA Team LMP MotorsportDNS140
FRA Dimitri EnjalbertFRA Team LMP Motorsport151526Ret0
BEL Bernard DelhezFRA Team LMP Motorsport151526Ret0
GBR James EmmettDEU Fischer Racing17150
FRA Adrien TambayFRA Saintéloc RacingRet150
SWE Max NilssonDEU Reiter EngineeringRet150
NLD Henry ZumbrinkDEU Reiter EngineeringRet150
FRA Lionel MazarsFRA Saintéloc Racing20160
CZE Tomáš KostkaCZE Gravity Charouz RacingRetRet19170
FRA Edouard GravereauxMCO JMB RacingRet170
FRA Nicolas MarrocMCO JMB RacingRet170
SVK Jan DanisGBR MTECH18180
SVK Zdeno MikulaskoGBR MTECH18180
DEU Tobias NeuserBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT24180
NLD Dennis Van de LaarNLD Aevitae Bleekemolen Racing23190
NLD Ronald Van de LaarNLD Aevitae Bleekemolen Racing23190
PRT Paulo PinheiroPRT Paulo PinheiroRet190
GBR Roger GreenPRT Paulo PinheiroRet190
CZE Martin MatzkeDEU Fischer RacingRet190
FRA Michaël RossiFRA Saintéloc Racing22200
FRA Marc SourdFRA Saintéloc Racing21EX0
FRA Julien BricheFRA Team Cine Cascade22230
FRA Jean-Claude LagniezFRA Team Cine Cascade22230
SVK Jirko MalchárekBEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRTRet230
BEL Stéphane LemeretDEU Fischer Racing23DSQ0
GBR Paul ReesGBR MTECH MotorsportRetDNS0
FRA Jean-Charles BattutFRA Team LMP MotorsportRetDNS0
FRA Frédéric GabillonFRA Team LMP MotorsportRetDNS0
NLD Nico PronkDEU Reiter EngineeringDNSDNS0
CAN Eugenio AmosDEU Reiter EngineeringDNSDNS0

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Teams' Championship

PosTeamManufacturerCarALG
PRTSIL
GBRNAV
ESPPRI
FRASLO
SVKZAN
NLDTotalR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21234567891011121314
DEU Heico MotorsportMercedes-Benz44Ret312Ret476Ret11052167
4558139510RetRet5Ret46
DEU Need for Speed Team SchubertBMW61Ret46213Ret51791313159
7256EX1517Ret6331210
NLD Faster Racing by DB MotorsportBMW353115139RetRetRet4108151
36DNSDNS721021216Ret7711
FRA Graff RacingMercedes-Benz34Ret381633Ret11183149
46Ret95Ret117RetRet6155
ITA AF CorseFerrari50DNS21117Ret2422194131
518RetRet4141820Ret13241418
BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi32Ret624181612Ret2318Ret113
339120Ret611331522171
BEL Prospeed CompetitionPorsche112141810RetRet511951Ret95
216917121288Ret913Ret7
FRA Team LMP MotorsportAston Martin8151526RetRetDNSDNS1483
97Ret232159241225Ret
DEU Reiter EngineeringLamborghini241121RetRet1631251
25Ret41115DNSDNS6RetRet15
FRA Saintéloc RacingAudi1511Ret147943Ret1611161739
1618132220201621EXRet152116
CZE Gravity Charouz RacingMercedes-Benz11RetRet1917132115882112431
1217162519171919131020Ret22
DEU Fischer RacingFord1314Ret23DSQ1715Ret196923
147Ret1613Ret1510RetRet8DNSDNS
GBR MTECH MotorsportFerrari20RetDNS10Ret181811
2113128Ret1161177172414
USA United AutosportsAudi22Ret1815141814149141419219
23101021161920Ret1112Ret2020

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References

References

  1. (2010-12-10). "Russia Added to the FIA GT3 European Championship for 2011". [[Stéphane Ratel Organisation]].
  2. (31 May 2011). "Russian GT3 Race Postponed for 2011". [[Stéphane Ratel Organisation]].
  3. (21 July 2011). "Slovakia Ring to Host FIA GT3 Event in August". Planet Le Mans.
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