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2010 FIA GT1 Nürburgring round

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 EngeofYoung Driver Aston Martin swept the weekend, earning pole position in qualifying and winning both the Qualifying Race and Championship Race.^[1]

Qualifying[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Qualifying Race[edit]

Race result[edit]

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
19 DNF	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Maxime Martin	Ford	5	Damage
20 DNF	23	Sumo Power GT	Peter Dumbreck Michael Krumm	Nissan	1	Damage
21 DNF	34	Triple H Team Hegersport	Bert Longin Alessandro Pier Guidi	Maserati	0	Collision
22 DNF	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[edit]

Race result[edit]

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
22 DNF	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

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