The 2011 FIA GT1 Beijing round was an

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event held at the

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on 8–10 September, and was the ninth round of the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season. It was the FIA GT1 World Championship's second race held in China, a week after the Ordos round as well as at the Goldenport Park. This was a stand-alone event with no support races.

Background

Ordos Championship Race winner

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was at the

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and was replaced by

Bertrand Baguette Bertrand Baguette (born 23 February 1986) is a Belgian professional racing driver. In 2013, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class and the FIA WEC LMP2 class title. In 2017, he won the final running of the Suzuka 1000km in Super GT. ...

who had previously raced for Marc VDS in 2011 at the Navarra round.

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replaced

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in the No. 9 Belgian Racing Ford GT alongside regular

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returns to Exim Bank Team China replacing

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in the No. 12 car. Like Baguette, he had previously raced for the Chinese team at Navarra behind the wheel of the No. 11 car. Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr went into this weekend as championship leaders in the Drivers Championship, twelve points ahead of All-Inkl drivers Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock. In the Teams Championship, JR Motorsport] remained on top with a five-point lead over second place Hexis AMR and All-Inkl.com another three points behind Hexis.

Qualifying

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.

Races

Qualifying Race

Race result

Championship Race

Race result

References

External links

Beijing GT1 Race in China – FIA GT1 World Championship
{{Sportscar Race Report , Year_of_race = 2011 , Sportscar_Series = FIA GT1 World Championship , Previous_race_in_season = 2011 FIA GT1 Ordos round, Ordos , Next_race_in_season = San Luis

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