2011 ADAC GT Masters explained

The 2011 ADAC GT Masters season was the fifth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 24 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 2 October at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings.^[1] Dino Lunardi and Alexandros Margaritis claimed the championship title.^[2]

Entry list

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+	1	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	1-4, 6-8
		1	Philip Geipel	1-4, 6-8
		2	Ferdinand Stuck	All
		2	Johannes Stuck	All
		24	Marc A. Hayek	All
		24	Peter Kox	All
		25	Tunku Hammam Sulong	1-3
		25	Frank Kechele	1-3
Abt Sportsline	Audi R8 LMS	3	Luca Ludwig	1-6
			Christopher Mies	All
			Christer Jöns	7, 8
		4	Jens Klingmann	All
			Christer Jöns	1-6
			Luca Ludwig	7, 8
Mühlner Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	5	Frank Schmickler	1-4, 6-8
			Charlie Geipel	1-4
			Marc Basseng	5
			Tim Bergmeister	5
			Sean Edwards	6
			Gilles Vannelet	7
			Remo Lips	8
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S	6	Norman Knop	1
			Manuel Lauck	1
			Steve Kirsch	2
			Marcel Leipert	2
			Karim al-Azhari	4
			Martin Ragginger	4
Phoenix Racing Pole Promotion	Audi R8 LMS	7	Andreas Simonsen	All
		7	Christopher Haase	All
		8	René Rast	1-3, 5, 6, 8
			Stefan Landmann	All
			Andrea Piccini	4
			Jimmy Johansson	7
a-workx FROGREEN CO2 neutral	Porsche 911 GT3 R	9	Wolfgang Hageleit	All
			Florian Fritsch	1-4
			Roland Asch	5-8
a-workx Akrapovic		10	Michael Ammermüller	All
a-workx Akrapovic		10	Sebastian Asch	All
Team rhino’s Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+	11	David Mengesdorf	1-4, 6, 8
			Dennis Vollmair	1-4
			Ronnie Bremer	5
			Marcel Leipert	5, 6
			Norman Knop	7
			Mika Vähämäki	7, 8
		12	Oleg Petrishin	All
			Marcel Leipert	1, 3
			Andzej Dzikevic	2
			Martin Karlhofer	4, 5
			Tobias Neuser	6-8
9 Elf Team Dutt	Porsche 911 GT3 R	13	Oliver Dutt	All
			Oliver Strasser	1, 4-8
			Harald Schlotter	2
			Patrick Ortlieb	3
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S	14	Peter Venn	1
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S		Uwe Klee	1
	Audi R8 LMS		Pierre von Mentlen	4
	Audi R8 LMS		Markus Winkelhock	4
FACH AUTO TECH	Porsche 911 GT3 R	15	Daniel Dobitsch	All
		15	Swen Dolenc	All
		16	Otto Klohs	All
		16	Jens Richter	All
NK Racing Team	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	17	Carsten Seifert	1, 2, 4-8
NK Racing Team	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	17	Michael Golz	1, 2, 4-8
Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06.R GT3	18	Toni Seiler	All
		18	Philipp Eng	All
		19	Hans Hauser	1
			Remo Lips	1, 3, 4
			Marius Ritskes	2
			Mike Hezemans	2
			André Lips	3, 4
			Heinz Kehl	5
			Andrina Gugger	5
			Alfredo Sagilari	6-8
			Markus Fux	6
			Christoph Weber	7
			Wolf Silvester	8
		27	Sven Hannawald	All
		27	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
		28	Daniel Keilwitz	All
		28	Diego Alessi	All
Black Falcon	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	20	Kenneth Heyer	All
			Robert Renauer	1-6, 8
			Kuba Giermaziak	7
		21	Jan Seyffarth	1, 3-6, 8
			Oliver Mayer	All
			Uwe Nittel	2
			Thomas Jäger	7
MS-Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	22	David Sigachev	1-4
			Florian Stoll	1-6, 8
			Thomas Jäger	5, 6
			Maximilian Mayer	7
			Francesco Lopez	7
			Renaud Derlot	8
		36	Maximilian Götz	3-8
			Maximilian Mayer	3-6, 8
			Florian Stoll	7
Bleekemolen RacePlanet Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	26	Ronald van de Laar	1-2
	Porsche 911 GT3 R		Michael Bleekemolen	1-2
	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3		Ronald van de Laar	3-8
	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3		Michael Bleekemolen	3-8
Heger Sport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	29	Nicolas Armindo	1
			Stefan Wendt	1
			Kévin Estre	8
			Philipp Frommenwiler	8
		30	Robert Lukas	1
			Jürgen Häring	1
			Sven Heyrowsky	4
			Nicolas Armindo	4, 6
			Andreas Iburg	5
			Andreas Liehm	5
			Stefan Wendt	6
Heico Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	31	Thomas Holzer	All
		31	Carsten Tilke	All
		32	Dominik Baumann	All
		32	Harald Proczyk	All
		33	Christiaan Frankenhout	All
		33	Andreas Wirth	All
Primajob Team Heico		34	Lance David Arnold	All
Primajob Team Heico		34	Andreas Zuber	All
Farnbacher ESET Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	35	Dominik Farnbacher	1, 2, 4-7
			Niclas Kentenich	All
			Marco Seefried	3
			Mario Farnbacher	8
Oliver Mayer	Ferrari 458 Italia	36	Maximilian Götz	1
Oliver Mayer	Ferrari 458 Italia		Maximilian Mayer	1
Maximilian Mayer	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3		Maximilian Götz	2
Maximilian Mayer	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3		Maximilian Mayer	2
Vulkan Racing-Mintgen Motorsport	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	37	Sascha Bert	1-6
			Heiko Hammel	All
			Michael Christensen	7, 8
		59	Christian Bebion	6, 7
			Michael Christensen	6
			Kuno Wittmer	7
Prosperia Team Brinkmann uhc	Audi R8 LMS	39	Danny van Dongen	All
			Arjan van der Zwaan	1-3
			Ardi van der Hoek	4-8
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW Alpina B6 GT3	40	Florian Spengler	All
			Alex Plenagl	1-5
			Andreas Mayerl	6
			Tom Coronel	7
			Andrey Romanov	8
		41	Dino Lunardi	All
		41	Alexandros Margaritis	All
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430 Scuderia	50	Freddy Kremer	1-4
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430 Scuderia	50	Detlef Schmidt	1-4
Haribo Team Manthey	Porsche 911 GT3 R	51	Jochen Krumbach	4
Haribo Team Manthey	Porsche 911 GT3 R	51	Philipp Wlazik	4
WestCoast Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	52	Lars Stugemo	4
			Fredrik Lestrup	4, 6
			Fredrik Larsson	6-8
			Richard Göransson	7, 8
GRT Grasser Racing Team	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	53	Peter Ebner	4, 5
GRT Grasser Racing Team	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	53	Gottfried Grasser	4, 5
Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	54	Christoph Schrezenmeier	5, 6
	Porsche 911 GT3 R	54	Heinrich Kuhn-Weiss	5, 6
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S	55	Dietmar Haggenmüller	5
			Heiner Wackerbauer	5, 6
			Norbert Janz	6
G-Private Racing		56	Jörg Peham	5
G-Private Racing		56	Richard Cvörnjek	5
MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg	Porsche 911 GT3 R	57	Christian Engelhart	5
MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg	Porsche 911 GT3 R	57	Norbert Siedler	5
Novidem Swissracing Team	Audi R8 LMS	58	Pierre von Mentlen	5, 7, 8
Novidem Swissracing Team	Audi R8 LMS	58	Markus Winkelhock	5, 7, 8
Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	BMW Z4 GT3	60	Ricardo van der Ende	7
		60	Duncan Huisman	7
		61	Jeroen den Boer	7
		61	Simon Knap	7
Lambda Performance	Ford GT GT3	62	Nicki Thiim	8
		62	Thomas Mutsch	8
		63	Achim Winter	8
		63	Alexander Müller	8

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	24 April	No. 41 Liqui Moly Team Engstler	No. 41 Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	R1		24 April	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis
	R2		25 April	No. 25 Reiter	No. 2 Reiter
	R2		25 April	Tunku Hammam Sulong Frank Kechele	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck
2	R1	Sachsenring	14 May	No. 3 Team Abt Sportsline	No. 3 Team Abt Sportsline
	R1		14 May	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig
	R2		9 May	No. 25 Reiter	No. 7 Phoenix Racing Pole Promotion
	R2		9 May	Tunku Hammam Sulong Frank Kechele	Christopher Haase Andreas Simonsen
3	R1	Circuit Zolder	10 June	No. 2 Reiter	No. 2 Reiter
	R1		10 June	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck
	R2		11 June	No. 15 FACH AUTO TECH	No. 41 Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	R2		11 June	Daniel Dobitsch Swen Dolenc	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis
4	R1	Nürburgring	9 July	No. 2 Reiter	No. 2 Reiter
	R1		9 July	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck
	R2		10 July	No. 2 Reiter	No. 33 Heico Motorsport
	R2		10 July	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck	Christiaan Frankenhout Andreas Wirth
5	R1	Red Bull Ring	13 August	No. 2 Reiter	No. 57 MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg
	R1		13 August	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck	Christian Engelhart Norbert Siedler
	R2		14 August	No. 22 MS Racing	No. 2 Reiter
	R2		14 August	Thomas Jäger Florian Stoll	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck
6	R1	Lausitzring	3 September	No. 35 Farnbacher ESET Racing	No. 10 a-workx Akrapovic
	R1		3 September	Dominik Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich	Michael Ammermüller Sebastian Asch
	R2		4 September	No. 28 Callaway Competition	No. 22 MS Racing
	R2		4 September	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz	Thomas Jäger Florian Stoll
7	R1	TT Circuit Assen	17 September	No. 3 Team Abt Sportsline	No. 41 Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	R1		17 September	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis
	R2		18 September	No. 3 Team Abt Sportsline	No. 35 Farnbacher ESET Racing
	R2		18 September	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Dominik Farnbacher Niclas Kentenich
8	R1	Hockenheimring	1 October	No. 41 Liqui Moly Team Engstler	No. 41 Liqui Moly Team Engstler
	R1		1 October	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis
	R2		2 October	No. 41 Liqui Moly Team Engstler	No. 8 Phoenix Racing Pole Promotion
	R2		2 October	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis	Stefan Landmann René Rast

Standings

Pos	Driver	OSC		SAC		ZOL		NÜR		RBR		LAU		ASS		HOC		Pts
1	Dino Lunardi Alexandros Margaritis	1	3	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	20	6	2	4	4	1	7	1	Ret	189
2	Ferdinand Stuck Johannes Stuck	24	1	7	5	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	16	DNS	5	5	2	5	164
3	Christopher Mies	4	31	1	3	3	29	Ret	4	5	8	6	7	2	6	Ret	30	133
4	Luca Ludwig	4	31	1	3	3	29	Ret	4	5	8	6	7	3	Ret	28	29	122
5	Dominik Baumann Harald Proczyk	18	16	5	19	16	7	2	3	12	3	9	6	4	2	7	15	110
6	Lance David Arnold Andreas Zuber	5	21	17	23	4	24	24	8	2	7	5	3	32	3	5	8	104
7	Christer Jöns	3	2	2	4	11	Ret	9	5	21	11	10	Ret	2	6	Ret	30	102
8	Jens Klingmann	3	2	2	4	11	Ret	9	5	21	11	10	Ret	3	Ret	28	29	91
9	Christiaan Frankenhout Andreas Wirth	9	5	26	Ret	7	4	3	1	15	24	12	Ret	6	4	29	14	90
10	Niclas Kentenich	20	11	15	9	Ret	8	25	7	11	13	29	2	7	1	6	2	87
11	Florian Stoll	6	6	6	16	14	10	Ret	12	4	5	7	1	10	Ret	14	22	79
12	Philip Geipel Albert von Thurn & Taxis	DNS	DNS	Ret	6	7	2	23	2			17	11	14	Ret	4	4	72
13	Stefan Landmann	8	10	28	2	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	Ret	Ret	25	11	9	3	1	71
14	Christopher Haase Andreas Simonsen	10	25	4	1	5	9	14	19	3	17	14	10	8	13	Ret	13	70
15	René Rast	8	10	28	2	9	Ret			8	Ret	Ret	25			3	1	69
16	Michael Ammermüller Sebastian Asch	11	Ret	3	8	10	27	4	10	7	Ret	1	Ret	16	21	Ret	11	64
17	Diego Alessi Daniel Keilwitz	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	19	2	Ret	21	Ret	18	6	64
18	Dominik Farnbacher	20	11	15	9			25	7	11	13	29	2	7	1			57
19	Thomas Jäger									4	5	7	1	22	8			57
20	Maximilian Götz	31	24	Ret	7	13	11	6	18	14	20	13	8	10	Ret	8	3	38
21	Maximilian Mayer	31	24	Ret	7	13	11	6	18	14	20	13	8	Ret	22	8	3	37
22	Kenneth Heyer	7	7	Ret	DNS	22	3	8	11	16	10	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	31	36
23	Robert Renauer	7	7	Ret	DNS	22	3	8	11	10	10	8	Ret			12	31	36
24	Christian Engelhart Norbert Siedler									1	9							27
26	Mario Farnbacher															6	2	26
26	David Mengesdorf	16	28	16	18	31	5	15	16			11	5			17	7	26
27	David Sigachev	6	6	6	16	14	10	Ret	12									25
28	Nicolas Armindo	17	8					22	17			3	Ret			NC	9	21
29	Stefan Wendt	17	8									3	Ret			NC	9	21
30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sven Hannawald	19	Ret	13	17	21	15	11	29	Ret	4	22	9	18	19	9	16	16
31	Marc A. Hayek Peter Kox	12	Ret	10	12	15	19	5	9	24	15	Ret	18	13	12	15	10	14
32	Oliver Mayer	14	9	19	20	30	14	16	15	13	6	Ret	13	22	8	Ret	25	14
33	Florian Spengler	22	13	8	Ret	6	12	11	Ret	19	18	Ret	16	30	16	24	19	12
34	Alex Plenagl	22	13	8	Ret	6	12	11	Ret	19	18							12
35	Dennis Vollmair	16	28	16	18	31	5	15	16									10
36	Marcel Leipert	29	23	DNS	DNS	24	13					11	5					10
37	Jan Seyffarth	14	9			30	14	16	15	13	6	Ret	13			Ret	25	10
38	Daniel Dobitsch Swen Dolenc	Ret	12	11	13	27	6	13	14	17	12	15	12	29	14	10	17	9
39	Philipp Eng Toni Seiler	15	14	12	11	20	28	7	Ret	Ret	22	18	26	15	Ret	11	Ret	6
40	Mika Vähämäki													19	15	17	7	6
41	Marco Seefried					Ret	8											4
42	Danny van Dongen	23	26	20	10	12	20	10	23	18	26			17	11	19	18	3
43	Frank Schmickler	30	15	9	15	19	16	Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	20	27			2
44	Charlie Geipel	30	15	9	15	19	16	Ret	DNS									2
45	Fredrik Larsson											21	17	9	Ret	13	23	2
46	Richard Göransson													9	Ret	13	23	2
47	Tim Bergmeister	25	27							9	14							2
48	Jimmy Johansson													11	9			2
49	Marc Basseng									9	14							2
50	Ardi van der Hoek							10	23	18	26			17	11	19	18	2
51	Heiko Hammel	13	32	18	14	Ret	17	29	Ret	10	16	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	30	Ret	1
52	Sascha Bert	13	32	18	14	Ret	17	29	Ret	10	16	Ret	21					1
53	Arjan van der Zwaan	23	26	20	10	12	20											1
	Simon Knap													12	18			0
	Jeroen den Boer													12	18			0
	Wolfgang Hageleit	32	Ret	25	Ret	26	22	Ret	31	Ret	25	20	27	23	26	20	12	0
	Roland Asch									Ret	25	20	27	23	26	20	12	0
	Jochen Krumbach Philipp Wlazik							20	13									0
	Oleg Petrishin	29	23	24	24	24	13	DNS	DNS	26	34	28	23	27	24	25	27	0
	Thomas Holzer Carsten Tilke	21	30	14	27	17	18	18	30	20	21	19	15	Ret	Ret	16	20	0
	Renaud Derlot															14	22	0
	Otto Klohs Jens Richter	Ret	20	23	25	29	25	26	25	27	27	25	14	Ret	25	Ret	24	0
	Norman Knop	34	18											19	15			0
	Tom Coronel													30	16			0
	Andreas Mayerl											Ret	16					0
	Fredrik Lestrup							19	17			21	17					0
	Pierre von Mentlen Markus Winkelhock							17	21	23	28			Ret	17	Ret	Ret	0
	Oliver Dutt	28	17	22	21	25	21	Ret	22	22	23	24	19	26	23	22	21	0
	Oliver Strasser	28	17					Ret	22	22	23	24	19	26	23	22	21	0
	Lars Stugemo							19	17									0
	Manuel Lauck	34	18															0
	Michael Bleekemolen Ronald van de Laar	26	19	DNS	DNS	23	23	21	24	28	30	31	20	24	20	23	26	0
	Uwe Nittel			19	20													0
	Andrey Romanov															24	19	0
	Gilles Vannelet													20	21			0
	Jürgen Häring			22	21													0
	Patrick Ortlieb					25	21											0
	Tunku Hammam Sulong Frank Kechele	35	Ret	21	Ret													0
	Thomas Mutsch Nicki Thiim															21	Ret	0
	Florian Fritsch	32	Ret	25	Ret	26	22	Ret	31									0
	Remo Lips	27	22			Ret	NC	27	26									0
	Hans Hauser	27	22															0
	Sven Heyrowsky							22	27									0
	Heinrich Kuhn-Weiss Christoph Schrezenmeier									29	29	30	22					0
	Mike Hezemans Marius Ritskes			Ret	22													0
	Francesco Lopez													22	Ret			0
	Tobias Neuser											28	23	27	24	25	27	0
	Christian Bebion											23	Ret	25	Ret			0
	Michael Christensen											23	Ret	Ret	Ret	30	Ret	0
	Andrzej Dzikevic			24	24													0
	Michael Golz Carsten Seifert	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS			Ret	DNS	31	33	26	24	Ret	DNS	27	28	0
	Jürgen Häring	25	27															0
	Richard Cvörnjek Jörg Peham									25	32							0
	Kuno Wittmer													25	Ret			0
	Freddy Kremer Detlef Schmidt	33	29	27	26	28	26	28	28									0
	Andre Lips					Ret	NC	27	26									0
	Alfredo Saligari											Ret	Ret	28	Ret	26	Ret	0
	Ronnie Bremer									26	34							0
	Wolf Silvester															26	Ret	0
	Heiner Wackerbauer									33	36	27	Ret					0
	Norbert Janz											27	Ret					0
	Christoph Weber													28	Ret			0
	Andrina Gugger Heinz Kehl									30	31							0
	Andreas Iburg Andreas Liehm									32	35							0
	Karim Al Azhari Martin Ragginger							Ret	32									0
	Dietmar Haggenmüller									33	36							0
	Sean Edwards Markus Fux											Ret	Ret					0
	Kuba Giermaziak													Ret	Ret			0
	Andrea Piccini							Ret	DNS									0
	Uwe Kleen Peter Venn	DNS	DNS															0
	Steve Kirsch			DNS	DNS													0
	Peter Ebner Gottfried Grasser							DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS							0
	Martin Karlhofer							DNS	DNS									0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Duncan Huisman Ricardo van der Ende													31	10			0
Pos	Driver	OSC		SAC		ZOL		NÜR		RBR		LAU		ASS		HOC		Pts

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Results 2011. ADAC GT Masters. ADAC. 13 September 2013.
Web site: ADAC GT Masters 2011. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 13 September 2013.