2010 FIA GT1 Nürburgring round

Nürburgring

The 2010 FIA GT1 Nürburgring round was an auto racing event held at the Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit, Nürburg, Germany on 27–29 August 2010. It served as the sixth round of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship season and was supported by several series including the GT4 European Cup, ADAC GT Masters, and ATS Formel 3 Cup.

Darren Turner and Tomáš Enge of Young Driver Aston Martin swept the weekend, earning pole position in qualifying and winning both the Qualifying Race and Championship Race.[1]

Qualifying

Teammates Darren Turner and Tomáš Enge each led one of the three qualifying sessions as the No. 7 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin earned pole position in the final session by over 0.4 seconds ahead of the No. 24 Reiter Lamborghini. Championship leaders Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini of the Vitaphone Racing Team qualified fifth.

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. Note that four cars were penalised for using excessive sections of runoff outside the circuit during qualifying. Stewards demoted the No. 3 Swiss Racing, No. 8 Young Driver, No. 34 Hegersport, and No. 38 Münnich entries three grid positions.

Pos No. Driver 1 Team Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Grid
Driver 2
1 7 United Kingdom Darren Turner Germany Young Driver AMR 1:57.479 1:57.182 1:57.155 1
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
2 24 Netherlands Peter Kox Germany Reiter 1:58.402 1:57.792 1:57.596 2
Germany Christopher Haase
3 38 Germany Dominik Schwager Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:57.888 1:57.904 1:57.858 6
Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
4 13 Germany Marc Hennerici Germany Phoenix Racing / Carsport 1:57.742 1:57.764 1:57.916 3
Greece Alexandros Margaritis
5 1 Italy Andrea Bertolini Germany Vitaphone Racing Team 1:58.571 1:57.793 1:58.467 4
Germany Michael Bartels
6 34 Belgium Bert Longin Germany Triple H Team Hegersport 1:58.638 1:57.780 1:57.688 9
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
7 25 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Germany Reiter 1:58.558 1:57.737 1:59.011 5
Germany Frank Kechele
8 8 Denmark Christoffer Nygaard Germany Young Driver AMR 1:58.552 1:57.292 No Time 11
Germany Stefan Mücke
9 23 Germany Michael Krumm United Kingdom Sumo Power GT 1:57.822 1:57.991 7
United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
10 11 Netherlands Xavier Maassen Belgium Mad-Croc Racing 1:57.834 1:58.047 8
Netherlands Jos Menten
11 6 France Nicolas Prost Switzerland Matech Competition 1:58.743 1:58.253 10
Switzerland Neel Jani
12 10 Monaco Clivio Piccione France Hexis AMR 1:58.107 1:58.523 12
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
13 9 France Yann Clairay France Hexis AMR 1:57.171 1:58.642 13
France Frédéric Makowiecki
14 3 Austria Karl Wendlinger Switzerland Swiss Racing Team 1:58.226 1:59.086 16
Switzerland Henri Moser
15 37 Germany Marc Basseng Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 1:57.933 1:59.430 14
Germany Thomas Jäger
16 40 Belgium Maxime Martin Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:58.312 1:59.606 15
Belgium Bas Leinders
17 4 Japan Seiji Ara Switzerland Swiss Racing Team 1:59.008 17
Sweden Max Nilsson
18 2 Portugal Miguel Ramos Germany Vitaphone Racing Team 1:59.037 18
Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
19 22 United Kingdom Warren Hughes United Kingdom Sumo Power GT 1:59.094 19
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
20 33 Germany Altfrid Heger Germany Triple H Team Hegersport 1:59.128 20
Germany Alex Müller
21 12 Finland Mika Salo Belgium Mad-Croc Racing 1:59.202 21
Finland Pertti Kuismanen
22 5 Germany Thomas Mutsch Switzerland Matech Competition 1:59.211 22
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
23 41 Belgium Renaud Kuppens Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team 1:59.300 23
Finland Markus Palttala

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result

Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin 28
2 13 Germany Phoenix Racing / Carsport Germany Marc Hennerici
Greece Alexandros Margaritis
Corvette 28 −10.356
3 24 Germany Reiter Netherlands Peter Kox
Germany Christopher Haase
Lamborghini 28 −20.342
4 25 Germany Reiter Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Germany Frank Kechele
Lamborghini 28 −32.077
5 10 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Aston Martin 28 −36.317
6 5 Switzerland Matech Competition Germany Thomas Mutsch
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Ford 28 −47.167
7 2 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Portugal Miguel Ramos
Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Maserati 28 −52.861
8 6 Switzerland Matech Competition France Nicolas Prost
Switzerland Neel Jani
Ford 28 −58.076
9 8 Germany Young Driver AMR Germany Stefan Mücke
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Aston Martin 28 −58.793
10 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Germany Michael Bartels
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Maserati 28 −1:15.659
11 38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Germany Dominik Schwager
Lamborghini 28 −1:19.473
12 41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Renaud Kuppens
Finland Markus Palttala
Ford 28 −1:21.675
13 33 Germany Triple H Team Hegersport Germany Altfrid Heger
Germany Alex Müller
Maserati 28 −1:41.826
14 3 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Austria Karl Wendlinger
Switzerland Henri Moser
Nissan 28 −1:51.267
15 12 Belgium Mad-Croc Racing Finland Pertti Kuismanen
Finland Mika Salo
Corvette 28 −1:51.801
16 22 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT United Kingdom Warren Hughes
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 28 −1:55.947
17 4 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Sweden Max Nilsson
Japan Seiji Ara
Nissan 27 −1 Lap
18 11 Belgium Mad-Croc Racing Netherlands Xavier Maassen
Netherlands Jos Menten
Corvette 24 −4 Laps
19
DNF
40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Maxime Martin
Ford 5 Damage
20
DNF
23 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
Germany Michael Krumm
Nissan 1 Damage
21
DNF
34 Germany Triple H Team Hegersport Belgium Bert Longin
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Maserati 0 Collision
22
DNF
9 France Hexis AMR France Frédéric Makowiecki
France Yann Clairay
Aston Martin 0 Collision
DNS 37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Thomas Jäger
Lamborghini Did Not Start

Championship Race

Race result

Pos No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 7 Germany Young Driver AMR Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin 30
2 24 Germany Reiter Netherlands Peter Kox
Germany Christopher Haase
Lamborghini 30 −9.547
3 13 Germany Phoenix Racing / Carsport Germany Marc Hennerici
Greece Alexandros Margaritis
Corvette 30 −13.018
4 10 France Hexis AMR Monaco Clivio Piccione
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Aston Martin 30 −14.182
5 8 Germany Young Driver AMR Germany Stefan Mücke
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Aston Martin 30 −15.109
6 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Germany Michael Bartels
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Maserati 30 −16.492
7 9 France Hexis AMR France Frédéric Makowiecki
France Yann Clairay
Aston Martin 30 −19.925
8 22 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT United Kingdom Warren Hughes
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Nissan 30 −24.834
9 34 Germany Triple H Team Hegersport Belgium Bert Longin
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Maserati 30 −25.098
10 3 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Austria Karl Wendlinger
Switzerland Henri Moser
Nissan 30 −40.434
11 40 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Maxime Martin
Ford 30 −45.444
12 2 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Portugal Miguel Ramos
Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Maserati 30 −47.591
13 5 Switzerland Matech Competition Germany Thomas Mutsch
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Ford 30 −48.833
14 25 Germany Reiter Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Germany Frank Kechele
Lamborghini 30 −50.806
15 23 United Kingdom Sumo Power GT United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
Germany Michael Krumm
Nissan 30 −56.250
16 6 Switzerland Matech Competition France Nicolas Prost
Switzerland Neel Jani
Ford 30 −57.773
17 41 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Renaud Kuppens
Finland Markus Palttala
Ford 30 −1:05.491
18 11 Belgium Mad-Croc Racing Netherlands Xavier Maassen
Netherlands Jos Menten
Corvette 30 −1:06.014
19 37 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Thomas Jäger
Lamborghini 30 −1:06.505
20 33 Germany Triple H Team Hegersport Germany Altfrid Heger
Germany Alex Müller
Maserati 30 −1:07.079
21 4 Switzerland Swiss Racing Team Sweden Max Nilsson
Japan Seiji Ara
Nissan 30 −1:51.668
22
DNF
38 Germany All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Netherlands Nicky Pastorelli
Germany Dominik Schwager
Lamborghini 26 Crash
23 12 Belgium Mad-Croc Racing Finland Pertti Kuismanen
Finland Mika Salo
Corvette 25 −5 Laps

References

  1. ^ "FIA GT1 World Championship Nürburgring 2010". Retrieved 2 May 2022.


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