2011 FIA GT1 Sachsenring round

Following a penalty handed to the Corvette of Exim Bank Team China, the No. 37 Münnich Lamborghini of Nicky Pastorelli lead the field at the start, quickly getting a clear hold on first ahead of Clivio Piccione's Hexis Aston Martin. Entering Turn 1, Antoine Leclerc's Belgian Racing Ford tipped the Marc VDS Ford into a spin. Facing backwards, Marc Hennerici was then collected by the second Belgian car of Christoffer Nygaard. With both cars unable to get moving again, the safety car was dispatched for a full course caution to gather the field at the end of the first lap. The safety car was recalled at the start of Lap 4 and Pastorelli resumed his lead of the race. A lap later Nicky Catsburg in the Exim Corvette started to make a pass for seventh place on the JR Motorsports Nissan of Michael Krumm in the first sequence of corners, but spun into the gravel after getting ahead of Krumm exiting Turn 3, stranding the car in the gravel trap.

After the restarting the race in 12th place, Marc VDS's Frédéric Makowiecki began to make his way through the field, passing five cars on track in the next ten laps. As Makowiecki challenged Young Driver's Alex Müller for fifth place into Turn 3 the two made contact and Müller spun his car around, resuming at the back of the field, while Makowiecki continued to race on without being slowed by the incident. At the front of the field, Piccini closed on the rear of Pastorelli and began to challenge for the race lead, followed closely by Darren Turner in third. On Lap 18, the pit window opened and the top three all made their pit stops at the end of that lap. Hexis made the quickest pit stop of the three, allowing Stef Dusseldorp to exit the pits first, followed by Young Driver's Stefan Mücke. Münnich Motorsport suffered a problem with their tire challenge, slowing their pit stop and losing Dominik Schwager three positions as he returned to the track. Enrique Bernoldi briefly held the race lead for Sumo Power for one lap before making his pit stop, handing the lead to Makowiecki. Marc VDS brought the Ford into the pits as the last car to make a pit stop and Maxime Martin was able to exit in the race lead, but he was immediately challenged by Dusseldorp into Turn 1. After Martin defended the race lead he was able to pull away from Dusseldorp, while Warren Hughes had taken over third place after the completion of all pit stops.

With twenty minutes remaining in the race, Max Nilsson went wide in Turn 9 and hit the safety barriers, retiring on the spot. Yann Clairay of Belgian Racing attempted to challenge Markus Winkelhock for tenth place, but spun on his own in Turn 4 and fell to 12th. In the closing five minutes of the race, Mücke caught Hughes to challenge for third place and passed for the position. Further behind them, Christian Hohenadel and Schwager challenged Peter Dumbreck's Nissan for fifth position, but Schwager braked too late for Turn 1 while attempting to pass Dumbreck and went into the gravel trap, eventually falling to seventh. Hohenadel then took over the challenge to Dumbreck and successfully passed him on the final lap of the race. Martin cross the finish line 6.6 seconds ahead of Dusseldorp, followed by Hughes and Mücke, and finally Hohenadel and Dumbreck completed the final two positions for championship points.

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	41	Marc VDS Racing Team	Maxime Martin Frédéric Makowiecki	Ford	43
2	3	Hexis AMR	Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp	Aston Martin	43	−6.683
3	8	Young Driver AMR	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin	43	−20.166
4	20	Sumo Power GT	Enrique Bernoldi Warren Hughes	Nissan	43	−24.041
5	4	Hexis AMR	Christian Hohenadel Andrea Piccini	Aston Martin	43	−33.083
6	22	JR Motorsport	Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook	Nissan	43	−34.907
7	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Nicky Pastorelli Dominik Schwager	Lamborghini	43	−38.325
8	21	Sumo Power GT	David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	43	−39.884
9	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini	43	−39.884
10	7	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Aston Martin	43	−40.376
11	23	JR Motorsport	Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	Nissan	43	−48.863
12	5	Swiss Racing Team	Karl Wendlinger Peter Kox	Lamborghini	43	−48.991
13	10	Belgian Racing	Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc	Ford	43	−51.058
14 DNF	6	Swiss Racing Team	Max Nilsson Jiří Janák	Lamborghini	25	Accident
15 DNF	11	Exim Bank Team China	Mike Hezemans Nick Catsburg	Corvette	4	Spun
16 DNF	9	Belgian Racing	Vanina Ickx Christoffer Nygaard	Ford	0	Collision
17 DNF	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici	Ford	0	Collision

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	4	Hexis AMR	Christian Hohenadel Andrea Piccini	Aston Martin	42
2	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Nicky Pastorelli Dominik Schwager	Lamborghini	42	−2.523
3	8	Young Driver AMR	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin	42	−4.218
4	20	Sumo Power GT	Enrique Bernoldi Warren Hughes	Nissan	42	−22.861
5	21	Sumo Power GT	David Brabham Jamie Campbell-Walter	Nissan	42	−23.547
6	11	Exim Bank Team China	Mike Hezemans Nick Catsburg	Corvette	42	−23.867
7	22	JR Motorsport	Peter Dumbreck Richard Westbrook	Nissan	42	−24.287
8	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici	Ford	42	−25.272
9	23	JR Motorsport	Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	Nissan	42	−26.477
10	10	Belgian Racing	Yann Clairay Antoine Leclerc	Ford	42	−29.419
11	3	Hexis AMR	Clivio Piccione Stef Dusseldorp	Aston Martin	42	−55.554
12 DNF	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock	Lamborghini	19	Puncture
13 DNF	41	Marc VDS Racing Team	Maxime Martin Yann Clairay	Ford	9	Puncture
14 DNF	9	Belgian Racing	Vanina Ickx Christoffer Nygaard	Ford	2	Damage
15 DNF	5	Swiss Racing Team	Karl Wendlinger Peter Kox	Lamborghini	0	Collision
16 DNF	7	Young Driver AMR	Tomáš Enge Alex Müller	Aston Martin	0	Collision
17 DNF	6	Swiss Racing Team	Max Nilsson Jiří Janák	Lamborghini	0	Collision

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