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.

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

Races

Qualifying Race

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

Championship Race

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

References

External links

Nürburgring GT1 Race in France – FIA GT1 World Championship