The 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season was the second season of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars complying with Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) GT1 regulations. The championship comprised two titles: GT1 World Champion for Drivers and GT1 World Champion for Teams.[1] Five of the six manufacturers represented in the 2010 championship returned for the second season, however Maserati was not represented and 2010 Teams World Champions Vitaphone Racing Team did not defend their title.[2]
The season commenced at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 25–26 March and ended at the Potrero de los Funes Circuit in Argentina on 4–6 November. The ten event season included an inaugural race at the Ordos International Circuit in China. Germans Lucas Luhr and Michael Krumm of the JR Motorsports team won the World Drivers' Championship after earning four race victories, while Hexis AMR won the Teams' Championship.
- ^ "2011 FIA GT1 World Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). argent.fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "FIA Official Entry List Unveils 10 Teams, 20 cars and 5 Manufacturers for 2011". FIA GT1 World Championship. SRO Group. 2011-03-18. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2011-03-19.