2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours explained

The 2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours was the opening race of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on March 25, 2007. Over 22,000 paying spectators plus another 1,000 VIPs attended the race in person.

This raced marked the first time Lamborghini scored an overall victory in an international racing series, with the All-Inkl.com Racing Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT taking the win.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	7	All-Inkl.com Racing	Christophe Bouchut Stefan Mücke	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		69
					Lamborghini 6.0L V12
2	GT1	19	PSI Experience	Luke Hines Philipp Peter	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		69
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
3	GT1	4	PK Carsport	Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R		69
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
4	GT1	23	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Jamie Davies Fabio Babini	Aston Martin DBR9		69
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
5	GT1	5	Carsport Holland Phoenix Racing	Mike Hezemans Jean-Denis Délétraz	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		69
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
6	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels^† Thomas Biagi	Maserati MC12 GT1		69
					Maserati 6.0L V12
7	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Christian Montanari	Maserati MC12 GT1		69
					Maserati 6.0L V12
8	GT1	17	Barwell Motorsports	Jonny Kane Jonathan Cocker	Aston Martin DBR9		68
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
9	GT1	33	Jetalliance Racing	Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Aston Martin DBR9		68
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10	GT2	50	AF Corse Motorola	Toni Vilander Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430 GT2		68
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
11	GT1	22	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Giorgio Mondini Ferdinando Monfardini	Aston Martin DBR9		68
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
12	GT1	8	All-Inkl.com Racing	Jos Menten Peter Kox	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		67
					Lamborghini 6.0L V12
13	GT2	51	AF Corse Motorola	Gianmaria Bruni Stéphane Ortelli	Ferrari F430 GT2		67
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
14	GT2	62	Scuderia Ecosse	Tim Mullen Tomáš Enge	Ferrari F430 GT2		67
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
15	GT1	36	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Robert Lechner	Aston Martin DBR9		66
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
16	GT1	16	JMB Racing	Joe Macari Ben Aucott	Maserati MC12 GT1		66
					Maserati 6.0L V12
17	GT2	74	Ebimotors	Emanuele Busnelli Marcello Zani	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		66
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
18	GT2	63	Scuderia Ecosse	Chris Niarchos Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2		65
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
19	GT2	99	Tech9 Motorsport	Leo Machitski Sean Edwards	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		65
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
20 DNF	G2	101	Belgian Racing	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff		41
					Alfa Romeo 3.6L V6
21 DNF	GT1	11	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	Andrea Bertolini Andrea Piccini	Maserati MC12 GT1		31
					Maserati 6.0L V12
22 DNF	GT1	12	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	Giambattista Giannoccaro Alessandro Pier Guidi	Maserati MC12 GT1		30
					Maserati 6.0L V12
23 DNF	GT2	69	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Gerold Ried Marc Basseng	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR		5
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DSQ^‡	GT2	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	Emmanuel Collard Matteo Malucelli	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		68
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6

† – Michael Bartels was excluded from the results for driving less than 35 minutes.

‡ – #97 BMS Scuderia Italia was excluded from the results for failing post-race inspection due to a lower than legal ride height.

Statistics

• Pole Position – #1 Vitaphone Racing Team – 1:31.339
• Average Speed – 147.92 km/h

External links

• Official FIA GT website – Race Results