The 2011 FIA GT3 European Championship season was the sixth season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season commenced on May 8 at Algarve and ended on October 16 at Zandvoort. The season featured six double-header rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of 60 minutes. Most of the events were support races to the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season.

Calendar

On December 10, 2010, the FIA World Motor Sport Council announced the 2010 calendar in co-ordinance with the FIA GT1 World Championship.^[1] On 30 May 2011, the round in Smolensk was dropped from the schedule.^[2] On 21 July, a replacement round at the Slovakiaring was announced.^[3]

Rnd	Circuit	Date
1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal	8 May
2	Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom	5 June
3	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain	3 July
4	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	17 July
5	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	21 August
6	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	16 October

Entries

2011 sees a new manufacturer in the series with Mercedes-Benz joining the GT3 grid with their SLS-AMG sports cars. Ferrari have replaced the F430 with the brand new 458 Italia. The F430 is still eligible to race in this year's season, as is the Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R and BMW Alpina B6 GT3 that competed last year. The only car switch from a team has come from Graff Racing who have switched from racing a Corvette last year to the new Mercedes-Benz SLS. There are also a few new teams on the entry list from round one mostly from the new cars that Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz have produced.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Tyres
Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	1	Paul van Splunteren	All	M
				Maxime Soulet
			2	Jan Heylen	All
				Petri Lappalainen
Graff Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8	3	Philippe Giauque	1–5	M
				Mike Parisy	All
				Grégoire Demoustier	6
			4	Joakim Lambotte	1–5
				Gary Hirsch	1–2
				Grégoire Demoustier	3–5
				Philippe Giauque	6
				Thomas Jäger
JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	5	Edouard Gravereaux	4	M
				Nicolas Marroc
Need for Speed Team Schubert	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	6	Abdulaziz Al-Faisal	All	D M
				Edward Sandström
			7	Claudia Hürtgen	All
				Csaba Walter
Team LMP Motorsport	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	8	Dimitri Enjalbert	1–2	M
				Bernard Delhez
				Frédéric Gabillon	3
				Jean-Charles Battut	3
				Jean-Charles Miginiac	4
				Grégory Guilvert
				Edouard Mondron	6
				Gael Castelli
			9	Maxime Martin	All
				Gaël Lesoudier
Gravity Charouz Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8	11	Tomáš Kostka	1–2	M
				Leonid Machitski	All
				Jarek Janiš	3–5
				Štefan Rosina	6
			12	Jan Stoviček	All
				Jakub Knoll
Fischer Racing	Ford GT GT3	Ford Cammer 5.0 L V8	13	Markus Palttala	1–2, 4–6	M
				Paulo Bonifácio	1
				Stéphane Lémeret	2
				James Emmett	4
				Martin Matzke	5
				Jesse Krohn	6
			14	Mikko Eskelinen	All
				Christoffer Nygaard
Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	15	Jérôme Demay	All	M
				Dino Lunardi
			16	Pierre Hirschi	All
				Grégory Guilvert	1, 6
				Michaël Rossi	2
				Lionel Mazars	3
				Marc Sourd	4
				Adrien Tambay	5
MTECH Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	20	Luca Pirri	1–2	M
				Paul Rees	1
				Michael Lyons	2
				Jan Danis	5
				Zdeno Mikulasko
			21	Matt Griffin	All
				Duncan Cameron
United Autosports	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	22	Mark Patterson	All	D M
				Joseph Osborne
			23	Zak Brown	All
				Matt Bell
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	24	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	3–6	M
				Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
			25	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	1–2
				Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
				Nico Pronk	4
				Eugenio Amos
				Anton Kiaba	5
				Štefan Rosina
				Max Nilsson	6
				Henry Zumbrink
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	32	Didier André	All	M
				David Hallyday	1
				Tobias Neuser	2–3
				Gary Chalandon	4
				Jirko Malchárek	5
				Gregory Franchi	6
			33	Enzo Ide	All
				Gregory Franchi	1–5
				Christopher Haase	6
Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	35	Jeroen de Boer	All	M
				Hoevert Vos
			36	Nick Catsburg	All
				Harrie Kolen
Scuderia Vittoria	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	38	Giacomo Petrobelli	3	M
				Carlos Iaconelli
				Michael Lyons	6
				Filip Salaquarda
Team Cine Cascade	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	39	Jean-Claude Lagniez	6	M
				Julien Briché
Paulo Pinheiro	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8	43	Paulo Pinheiro	1	M
				Roger Green
Heico Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8	44	Brice Bosi	All	M
				Dominik Baumann
			45	Patrick Hirsch	All
				Filip Sladecka	1–5
				Christiaan Frankenhout	6
Aevitae Bleekemolen Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	46	Ronald van de Laar	6	M
				Dennis van de Laar
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	50	Francesco Castellacci	All	M
				Federico Leo
			51	Daniel Brown	All
				Glynn Geddie
Ombra Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	52	Yannick Mallegol	4	M
				Jean-Marc Bachelier

Results and standings

Race results

Rnd.	Race	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	R1	Algarve	No. 50 AF Corse	No. 6 Need for Speed Team Schubert	No. 6 Need for Speed Team Schubert
			Francesco Castellacci Federico Leo	Edward Sandström Abdulaziz Al-Faisal	Edward Sandström Abdulaziz Al-Faisal
	R2		No. 3 Graff Racing	No. 3 Graff Racing	No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
			Philippe Giauque Mike Parisy	Philippe Giauque Mike Parisy	Gregory Franchi Enzo Ide
2	R1	Silverstone	No. 50 AF Corse	No. 36 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	No. 50 AF Corse
			Francesco Castellacci Federico Leo	Harrie Kolen Nick Catsburg	Francesco Castellacci Federico Leo
	R2		No. 36 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	No. 36 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	No. 35 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport
			Harrie Kolen Nick Catsburg	Harrie Kolen Nick Catsburg	Hoevert Vos Jeroen de Boer
3	R1	Navarra	No. 50 AF Corse	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
			Francesco Castellacci Federico Leo	Albert von Thurn und Taxis Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	Albert von Thurn und Taxis Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
	R2		No. 36 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	No. 36 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
			Harrie Kolen Nick Catsburg	Harrie Kolen Nick Catsburg	Gregory Franchi Enzo Ide
4	R1	Paul Ricard	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 36 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
			Albert von Thurn und Taxis Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	Harrie Kolen Nick Catsburg	Albert von Thurn und Taxis Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
	R2		No. 3 Graff Racing	No. 9 Team LMP Motorsport	No. 1 Prospeed Competition
			Philippe Giauque Mike Parisy	Maxime Martin Gaël Lesoudier	Paul van Splunteren Maxime Soulet
5	R1	Slovakiaring	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 3 Graff Racing	No. 44 Heico Motorsport
			Albert von Thurn und Taxis Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	Philippe Giauque Mike Parisy	Dominik Baumann Brice Bosi
	R2		No. 25 Reiter Engineering	No. 25 Reiter Engineering	No. 3 Graff Racing
			Anton Kiaba Štefan Rosina	Anton Kiaba Štefan Rosina	Philippe Giauque Mike Parisy
6	R1	Zandvoort	No. 44 Heico Motorsport	No. 38 Scuderia Vittoria	No. 1 Prospeed Competition
			Dominik Baumann Brice Bosi	Michael Lyons Filip Salaquarda	Paul van Splunteren Maxime Soulet
	R2		No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
			Christopher Haase Enzo Ide	Christopher Haase Enzo Ide	Christopher Haase Enzo Ide

Championships

Championship points will be awarded to the first ten positions in each race. Entries must complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver Team ALG SIL NAV PRI SLO ZAN Total R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1= Francesco Castellacci AF Corse DNS 2 1 11 7 Ret 2 4 2 21 9 4 111 1= Federico Leo AF Corse DNS 2 1 11 7 Ret 2 4 2 21 9 4 111 2 Mike Parisy Graff Racing 4 Ret 3 8 16 3 4 Ret 11 1 8 3 102 3 Enzo Ide Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 1 20 Ret 6 1 12 3 15 22 17 1 100 4= Brice Bosi Heico Motorsport Ret 3 12 Ret 4 7 6 Ret 1 10 5 2 95 4= Dominik Baumann Heico Motorsport Ret 3 12 Ret 4 7 6 Ret 1 10 5 2 95 5 Philippe Giauque Graff Racing 4 Ret 3 8 16 3 4 Ret 11 1 15 5 93 6= Jeroen den Boer Faster Racing by DB Motorsport 3 11 5 1 3 9 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 8 84 6= Hoevert Vos Faster Racing by DB Motorsport 3 11 5 1 3 9 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 8 84 7= Maxime Martin Team LMP Motorsport Ret 7 2 3 21 5 9 2 4 12 25 Ret 81 7= Gaël Lesoudier Team LMP Motorsport Ret 7 2 3 21 5 9 2 4 12 25 Ret 81 8= Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Reiter Engineering Ret 4 11 15 1 12 1 Ret Ret 16 3 12 77 8= Albert von Thurn und Taxis Reiter Engineering Ret 4 11 15 1 12 1 Ret Ret 16 3 12 77 9 Gregory Franchi Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 1 20 Ret 6 1 12 3 15 22 18 Ret 75 10= Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Need for Speed Team Schubert 1 Ret 4 6 2 13 Ret 5 17 9 13 13 75 10= Edward Sandström Need for Speed Team Schubert 1 Ret 4 6 2 13 Ret 5 17 9 13 13 75 11= Claudia Hürtgen Need for Speed Team Schubert 2 5 6 EX 15 17 Ret 6 3 3 12 10 75 11= Csaba Walter Need for Speed Team Schubert 2 5 6 EX 15 17 Ret 6 3 3 12 10 75 12= Paul van Splunteren Prospeed Competition 12 14 18 10 Ret Ret 5 1 19 5 1 Ret 71 12= Maxime Soulet Prospeed Competition 12 14 18 10 Ret Ret 5 1 19 5 1 Ret 71 13 Patrick Hirsch Heico Motorsport 5 8 13 9 5 10 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 6 57 14= Nick Catsburg Faster Racing by DB Motorsport DNS DNS 7 2 10 2 12 16 Ret 7 7 11 55 14= Harrie Kolen Faster Racing by DB Motorsport DNS DNS 7 2 10 2 12 16 Ret 7 7 11 55 15 Filip Sladecka Heico Motorsport 5 8 13 9 5 10 Ret Ret 5 Ret 37 16= Jérôme Demay Saintéloc Racing 11 17 14 7 9 4 3 Ret 16 11 16 17 35 16= Dino Lunardi Saintéloc Racing 11 17 14 7 9 4 3 Ret 16 11 16 17 35 17 Joakim Lambotte Graff Racing 6 Ret 9 5 Ret 11 7 Ret Ret 6 34 18 Grégoire Demoustier Graff Racing Ret 11 7 Ret Ret 6 8 3 33 19 Leonid Machitski Gravity Charouz Racing Ret Ret 19 17 13 21 15 8 8 2 11 24 26 20 Jaroslav Janiš Gravity Charouz Racing 13 21 15 8 8 2 26 21 Christopher Haase Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 17 1 25 22= Matt Griffin MTECH Motorsport 13 12 8 Ret 11 6 11 7 7 17 24 14 24 22= Duncan Cameron MTECH Motorsport 13 12 8 Ret 11 6 11 7 7 17 24 14 24 23 Christiaan Frankenhout Heico Motorsport 4 6 20 24 Gary Hirsch Graff Racing 6 Ret 9 5 20 25 Michael Lyons MTECH Motorsport 10 Ret 19 Scuderia Vittoria 2 Ret 26 Filip Salaquarda Scuderia Vittoria 2 Ret 18 27= Jan Heylen Prospeed Competition 16 9 17 12 12 8 8 Ret 9 13 Ret 7 18 27= Petri Lappalainen Prospeed Competition 16 9 17 12 12 8 8 Ret 9 13 Ret 7 18 28= Glynn Geddie AF Corse 8 Ret Ret 4 14 18 20 Ret 13 24 14 18 16 28= Daniel Brown AF Corse 8 Ret Ret 4 14 18 20 Ret 13 24 14 18 16 29= Mikko Eskelinen Fischer Racing 7 Ret 16 13 Ret 15 10 Ret Ret 8 DNS DNS 11 29= Christoffer Nygaard Fischer Racing 7 Ret 16 13 Ret 15 10 Ret Ret 8 DNS DNS 11 30 Thomas Jäger Graff Racing 15 5 10 31= Markus Palttala Fischer Racing 14 Ret 23 DSQ 17 15 Ret 19 6 9 10 31= Jesse Krohn Fischer Racing 6 9 10 32 Štefan Rosina Reiter Engineering 6 Ret 8 Gravity Charouz Racing 11 24 33 Didier André Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Ret 6 24 18 16 12 Ret 23 18 Ret 8 34= David Hallyday Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Ret 6 8 34= Anton Kiaba Reiter Engineering 6 Ret 8 35= Carlos Iaconelli Scuderia Vittoria 8 Ret 4 35= Giacomo Petrobelli Scuderia Vittoria 8 Ret 4 36= Mark Patterson United Autosports Ret 18 15 14 18 14 14 9 14 14 19 21 2 36= Joseph Osborne United Autosports Ret 18 15 14 18 14 14 9 14 14 19 21 2 37= Matthew Bell United Autosports 10 10 21 16 19 20 Ret 11 12 Ret 20 20 2 37= Zak Brown United Autosports 10 10 21 16 19 20 Ret 11 12 Ret 20 20 2 38= Jan Stoviček Gravity Charouz Racing 17 16 25 19 17 19 19 13 10 20 Ret 22 1 38= Jakub Knoll Gravity Charouz Racing 17 16 25 19 17 19 19 13 10 20 Ret 22 1 39= Yannick Mallegol Ombra Racing 18 10 1 39= Jean-Marc Bachelier Ombra Racing 18 10 1 40 Luca Pirri MTECH Motorsport Ret DNS 10 Ret 1 41 Gary Chalandon Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 16 12 0 42 Greg Guilvert Saintéloc Racing 18 13 21 16 0 Team LMP Motorsport DNS 14 43 Pierre Hirschi Saintéloc Racing 18 13 22 20 20 16 21 EX Ret 15 21 16 0 44 Paulo Bonifácio Fischer Racing 14 Ret 0 45 Jean-Charles Miginiac Team LMP Motorsport DNS 14 0 46= Dimitri Enjalbert Team LMP Motorsport 15 15 26 Ret 0 46= Bernard Delhez Team LMP Motorsport 15 15 26 Ret 0 47 James Emmett Fischer Racing 17 15 0 48= Adrien Tambay Saintéloc Racing Ret 15 0 48= Max Nilsson Reiter Engineering Ret 15 0 48= Henry Zumbrink Reiter Engineering Ret 15 0 49 Lionel Mazars Saintéloc Racing 20 16 0 50 Tomáš Kostka Gravity Charouz Racing Ret Ret 19 17 0 51= Edouard Gravereaux JMB Racing Ret 17 0 51= Nicolas Marroc JMB Racing Ret 17 0 52= Jan Danis MTECH 18 18 0 52= Zdeno Mikulasko MTECH 18 18 0 53 Tobias Neuser Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 24 18 0 54= Dennis Van de Laar Aevitae Bleekemolen Racing 23 19 0 54= Ronald Van de Laar Aevitae Bleekemolen Racing 23 19 0 55= Paulo Pinheiro Paulo Pinheiro Ret 19 0 55= Roger Green Paulo Pinheiro Ret 19 0 55= Martin Matzke Fischer Racing Ret 19 0 56 Michaël Rossi Saintéloc Racing 22 20 0 57 Marc Sourd Saintéloc Racing 21 EX 0 58= Julien Briche Team Cine Cascade 22 23 0 58= Jean-Claude Lagniez Team Cine Cascade 22 23 0 59 Jirko Malchárek Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Ret 23 0 60 Stéphane Lemeret Fischer Racing 23 DSQ 0 — Paul Rees MTECH Motorsport Ret DNS 0 — Jean-Charles Battut Team LMP Motorsport Ret DNS 0 — Frédéric Gabillon Team LMP Motorsport Ret DNS 0 — Nico Pronk Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0 — Eugenio Amos Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Manufacturer Car ALG SIL NAV PRI SLO ZAN Total R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Heico Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 44 Ret 3 12 Ret 4 7 6 Ret 1 10 5 2 167 45 5 8 13 9 5 10 Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 6 2 Need for Speed Team Schubert BMW 6 1 Ret 4 6 2 13 Ret 5 17 9 13 13 159 7 2 5 6 EX 15 17 Ret 6 3 3 12 10 3 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport BMW 35 3 11 5 1 3 9 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 8 151 36 DNS DNS 7 2 10 2 12 16 Ret 7 7 11 4 Graff Racing Mercedes-Benz 3 4 Ret 3 8 16 3 3 Ret 11 1 8 3 149 4 6 Ret 9 5 Ret 11 7 Ret Ret 6 15 5 5 AF Corse Ferrari 50 DNS 2 1 11 7 Ret 2 4 2 21 9 4 131 51 8 Ret Ret 4 14 18 20 Ret 13 24 14 18 6 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 32 Ret 6 24 18 16 12 Ret 23 18 Ret 113 33 9 1 20 Ret 6 1 13 3 15 22 17 1 7 Prospeed Competition Porsche 1 12 14 18 10 Ret Ret 5 1 19 5 1 Ret 95 2 16 9 17 12 12 8 8 Ret 9 13 Ret 7 8 Team LMP Motorsport Aston Martin 8 15 15 26 Ret Ret DNS DNS 14 83 9 7 Ret 2 3 21 5 9 2 4 12 25 Ret 9 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini 24 1 12 1 Ret Ret 16 3 12 51 25 Ret 4 11 15 DNS DNS 6 Ret Ret 15 10 Saintéloc Racing Audi 15 11 Ret 14 7 9 4 3 Ret 16 11 16 17 39 16 18 13 22 20 20 16 21 EX Ret 15 21 16 11 Gravity Charouz Racing Mercedes-Benz 11 Ret Ret 19 17 13 21 15 8 8 2 11 24 31 12 17 16 25 19 17 19 19 13 10 20 Ret 22 12 Fischer Racing Ford 13 14 Ret 23 DSQ 17 15 Ret 19 6 9 23 14 7 Ret 16 13 Ret 15 10 Ret Ret 8 DNS DNS 13 MTECH Motorsport Ferrari 20 Ret DNS 10 Ret 18 18 11 21 13 12 8 Ret 11 6 11 7 7 17 24 14 14 United Autosports Audi 22 Ret 18 15 14 18 14 14 9 14 14 19 21 9 23 10 10 21 16 19 20 Ret 11 12 Ret 20 20

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate