Friday 25 March 2011

Nissan JR Motorsports edge tight pre-qualifying


Nissan JR Motorsport pairing Richard Westbrook and Peter Dumbreck emerged triumphant in an extremely tight battle in pre-qualifying which saw the top four separated by less than one tenth of a second.

The No 37 All-Inkl Lamborghini of Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli had held top spot after 30 minutes of running, but were demoted at the halfway stage as the Nissan of Westbrook and Dumbreck made its charge - edging out the Lamborghini by just 0.038s.

Basseng and Winkelhock then came under pressure from the No 41 Marc VDS Ford GT of Maxime Martin and Frederic Makowiecki, breaking into the top three for the first time this weekend. Martin fell agonisingly short however, finishing little more than three thousandths of a second down the road in third.

All-Inkl's second Lamborghini, piloted by Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock, then completed an extraordinarily close top four as they recorded a 1:52.858s best - meaning eight hundredths of a second covered the first four runners.

The No 8 Aston Martin of Stefan Mucke and Darren Turner, pacesetters in free practice, finished fifth fastest ahead of Corvette Exim Bank Team China, meaning all five marques were represented in the top six finishers.

There was bad news for the no 40 Ford GT Marc VDS of Bas Leinders and Marc Hennerici, which was unable to complete a lap after the team opted to change the engine following free practice. Aston Martin's No 4 Hexis car was also unable to register a lap during the 80 minutes.

Info: FIA GT1 World Championship/.Acreditated and Autorized Media Press.

Pre-Qualifying
PosCarClassDriversCarTimeLapsGapAvg
speed
1 22 GT1 Peter Dumbreck / Richard Westbrook Nissan GT-R 01:52.777 24 70
2 37 GT1 Nicky Pastorelli / Dominik Schwager Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 01:52.815 21 0.038 71
3 41 GT1 Maxime Martin / Frederic Makowiecki Ford GT Matech 01:52.846 27 0.069 71
4 38 GT1 Markus Winkelhock / Marc Basseng Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 01:52.858 25 0.081 70
5 8 GT1 Stefan Mücke / Darren Turner Aston Martin DB9 01:53.082 16 0.305 70
6 11 GT1 Mike Hezemans / Nicky Catsburg Corvette Z06 01:53.170 19 0.393 69
7 7 GT1 Alex Müller / Tomas Enge Aston Martin DB9 01:53.308 18 0.531 70
8 20 GT1 Enrique Bernoldi / Ricardo Zonta Nissan GT-R 01:53.373 23 0.596 69
9 23 GT1 Lucas Luhr / Michael Krumm Nissan GT-R 01:53.585 28 0.808 71
10 5 GT1 Karl Wendlinger / Peter Kox Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 01:53.668 24 0.891 70
11 21 GT1 David Brabham / Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan GT-R 01:53.815 24 1.038 70
12 47 GT1 Michael Rossi / Jaime Camara Corvette Z06 01:54.389 23 1.612 67
13 3 GT1 Clivio Piccione / Stef Dusseldorp Aston Martin DB9 01:54.685 20 1.908 70
14 10 GT1 Martin Matzke / Milos Pavlovic Ford GT Matech 01:54.921 19 2.144 69
15 6 GT1 Max Nilsson / Jiri Janak Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 01:55.199 28 2.422 68
16 9 GT1 Antoine Leclerc / Fabien Giroix Ford GT Matech 01:55.564 28 2.787 68


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