2011 FIA GT1 : Perfect Weekend in Beijing for Young Driver Aston Martin

2011 FIA GT1 - Beijing Winners : Stefan Mücke / Darren Turner #8 Young Driver AMR - Aston Martin DB9

The Young Driver Aston Martin team completed a stunning double in a dramatic ninth round of the championship in Beijing. The combination of Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke in the No.8 car took the chequered flag in the Championship Race to record their first victory of the 2011 season. The result crowned a perfect two days for the German squad after Tomas Enge and Alex Muller in the No.7 car had taken the honours in the Qualifying Race earlier in the day.

2011 FIA GT1 - Beijing Winners : Stefan Mücke / Darren Turner #8 Young Driver AMR - Aston Martin DB9

It meant that Young Driver took the maximum 43 points in Beijing to climb to the top of the teams' standings. Turner and Mucke also move to second in thedrivers' table.

Third place for Lucas Luhr and Michael Krumm in the No.23 JRM Nissan GT-R consolidated their lead of the drivers' championship.

The race started and ended under the safety after a heavy downpour before the start made for treacherous conditions at the Goldenport circuit. The rate of attriition was high with only nine of the 18 starters running at the chequered flag.

It was looking like an Aston Martin 1-2-3 for the second consecutive race. The No.4 Hexis car of Andrea Piccini (Christian Hohenadel) was leading the race with six minutes left but like so many before him, Piccini pirouetted the car into the gravel at T7.

Enge in the No.7 had started the Championship Race from pole but there was a three-way shuffle at the pit stop. Turner in the No.8 got out ahead of Enge's co-driver Muller while Piccini in the Hexis No.4 leapfrogged them both to grab the lead before his mishap.

The No.41 Marc VDS Ford GT (Maxime Martin and Bertrand Baguette), the Qualifying Race pole-sitter, staged a great fightback through the field from 14th place to finish fifth (10 points).

Marc Basseng (Markus Winkelhock) in the No.38 car spun into the gravel at T1 soon after the start while Dominik Schwager parked the sister No.37 All-Inkl car at T13 under the same safety car just 15 minutes into the race.

The driver title ambitions of Basseng and Winkelhock took a big blow. Luhr and Krumm now head the standings on 131 points from Turner and Mucke on 120. The All-Inkl pair slipped to third on 101. Eleven drivers have a mathematical chance of taking the crown at the season-ending round 10 in San Luis.

In the teams' championship, the German Lamborghini squad dropped to fourth (182) behind Young Driver (224), JRM Racing (216) and Hexis (195).

Nico Verdonck (Exim Bank Team China Corvette No.12) and Enrique Bernoldi (Sumo Power No.20 Nissan GT-R) provided great entertainment in a heated squabble over fifth place in the closing stages.

The honours eventually went to Verdonck even though Bernoldi crossed ahead of him af the flag. The stewards ruled Bernoldi's overtaking move under the safety car was illegal and relegated him to sixth.

Bernoldi's demotion handed the Team China car fifth place - welcome cheer for home fans.

Ho-Pin Tung and Jeroen Den Boer in the No.11 Team China Corvette were running 11th, just out of the points, before Den Boer became yet another casualty with eight minutes left.

Tomorrow the spotlight shifts to Beijing's iconic Olympic Park where the Beijing GT1 World Supercars event takes place.

The GT1 race cars will take part in a demonstration street race on a street circuit layout that runs between the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube. It promises to be a spectacular climax to GT1 World's successful tour of China.

Championship Race-result
Pos	Car	Class	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	Avg speed
1	8	GT1	Stefan Mücke / Darren Turner	Aston Martin DB9	1:00:23.990	42
2	7	GT1	Tomas Enge / Alex Müller	Aston Martin DB9	1:00:24.962	42	0.972
3	23	GT1	Lucas Luhr / Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R	1:00:25.583	42	1.593
4	41	GT1	Maxime Martin / Bertrand Baguette	Ford GT Matech	1:00:26.716	42	2.726
5	12	GT1	Michael Rossi / Nico Verdonck	Corvette Z06	1:00:26.945	42	2.955
6	20	GT1	Nicky Catsburg / Enrique Bernoldi	Nissan GT-R	1:00:27.377	42	3.387
7	22	GT1	Richard Westbrook / Peter Dumbreck	Nissan GT-R	1:00:27.713	42	3.723
8	21	GT1	Jamie Campbell-Walter / David Brabham	Nissan GT-R	1:00:28.828	42	4.838
9	47	GT1	Manuel Lauck / Benjamin Leuenberger	Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S	1:00:30.150	42	6.160
10	4	GT1	Christian Hohenadel / Andrea Piccini	Aston Martin DB9	52:20.286	37	8:03.704
11	11	GT1	Ho-Pin Tung / Jeroen den Boer	Corvette Z06	59:58.753	37	25.237
12	40	GT1	Marc Hennerici / Bas Leinders	Ford GT Matech	39:29.013	25	20:54.977
13	10	GT1	Antoine Leclerc / Yann Clairay	Ford GT Matech	33:24.021	21	26:59.969
14	48	GT1	Christopher Brück / Jonathan Kennard	Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S	28:45.028	18	31:38.962
15	37	GT1	Dominik Schwager / Nicky Pastorelli	Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S	11:34.378	7	48:49.612
16	9	GT1	Jonathan Hirschi / Christoffer Nygaard	Ford GT Matech	6:43.611	4	53:40.379
17	3	GT1	Stef Dusseldorp / Clivio Piccione	Aston Martin DB9	4:56.860	3	55:27.130
18	38	GT1	Marc Basseng / Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S	5:00.706	3	55:23.284

FIA GT1 World Championship for Drivers
Pos	Class	Driver	Nat	R1		R2		R3		R4		R5		R6		R7		R8		R9		R10		Total
Pos	Class	Driver	Nat	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Total
1	GT1	Lucas Luhr		4			2	6	25		2	6	25		8	8	25		2	3	15			131
1	GT1	Michael Krumm		4			2	6	25		2	6	25		8	8	25		2	3	15			131
2	GT1	Darren Turner			10		6	3	18	4	15			1		4	18		10	6	25			120
2	GT1	Stefan Mücke			10		6	3	18	4	15			1		4	18		10	6	25			120
3	GT1	Markus Winkelhock		1	15	8	25		8				10	8	18		4		4					101
3	GT1	Marc Basseng		1	15	8	25		8				10	8	18		4		4					101
4	GT1	Christian Hohenadel			12		18		4	2	25			2	10	1	10		12	4	1			101
4	GT1	Andrea Piccini			12		18		4	2	25			2	10	1	10		12	4	1			101
5	GT1	Alex Müller			8	4	15					8	18			6	15			8	18			100
5	GT1	Tomas Enge			8	4	15					8	18			6	15			8	18			100
6	GT1	Maxime Martin		8	4	2	4	1		8				4	12	2	8	8	25		12			98
7	GT1	Clivio Piccione		2	25	1	8			6		2	12		4			3	15	2				80
7	GT1	Stef Dusseldorp		2	25	1	8			6		2	12		4			3	15	2				80
8	GT1	Dominik Schwager						2	12		18	1	1	6	25		2	1	8					76
8	GT1	Nicky Pastorelli						2	12		18	1	1	6	25		2	1	8					76
9	GT1	David Brabham			2			4	15		10			3	15		12	4	6		4			75
9	GT1	Jamie Campbell-Walter			2			4	15		10			3	15		12	4	6		4			75
10	GT1	Peter Dumbreck		6	18			8		1	6				2	3		6	18		6			74
10	GT1	Richard Westbrook		6	18			8		1	6				2	3		6	18		6			74
11	GT1	Frédéric Makowiecki		8	4	2	4			8						2	8	8	25					69
12	GT1	Enrique Bernoldi		3					6	3	12	3	6				6	2			8			49
13	GT1	Mike Hezemans			1	6	10		2		8	4	15											46
14	GT1	Nicky Catsburg			1	6	10		2		8						6	2			8			43
15	GT1	Peter Kox			6	3	12		10															31
15	GT1	Karl Wendlinger			6	3	12		10															31
16	GT1	Bertrand Baguette												4	12						12			28
17	GT1	Warren Hughes								3	12	3	6											24
18	GT1	Andreas Zuber										4	15											19
19	GT1	Michaël Rossi																						17
20	GT1	Bas Leinders					1		1		4		8		1				1					16
20	GT1	Marc Hennerici					1		1		4		8		1				1					16
21	GT1	Nico Verdonck																			10			10
22	GT1	Ricardo Zonta		3					6															9
23	GT1	Dimitri Enjalbert													6		1							7
24	GT1	Antoine Leclerc									1		4											5
25	GT1	Markus Palttala											4											4
26	GT1	Christoffer Nygaard											2							1				3
27	GT1	Benjamin Leuenberger																			2			2
27	GT1	Manuel Lauck																			2			2
27	GT1	Vanina Ickx											2											2
27	GT1	Yann Clairay						1			1													2
28	GT1	Jonathan Hirschi																		1				1
29	GT1	Michaël Rossi	?												6		1							0
29	GT1	Michael Rossi	?																		10			0
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
Pos	Class	Team	Nat	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Q	R	Total
1	GT1	Young Driver AMR			18	6	23	3	18	4	15	8	18	1		10	33		10	14	43			224
2	GT1	JR Motorsports		10	18	1	4	14	25	1	12	6	25		12	11	25	6	20	3	23			216
3	GT1	Hexis AMR		2	37	2	28		4	8	26	3	15	2	16	1	11	3	27	6	4			195
4	GT1	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport		1	16	8	25	2	20		18	2	14	14	43		6	1	12					182
5	GT1	Sumo Power GT		3	2			4	21	3	22	4	8	3	15		18	6	6		16			131
6	GT1	Marc VDS Racing Team		8	4	3	8	1	2	8	6		10	4	14	2	8	8	26					112
7	GT1	Swiss Racing Team			6	4	12		10															32
8	GT1	Belgian Racing					1		1		2	1	10		1					1				17
Pos	Class	Team	Nat	R1		R2		R3		R4		R5		R6		R7		R8		R9		R10