NEWS // GROSJEAN WINS FIRST FIA GT1 RACE @ YAS MARINA

Romain Grosjean and his teammate, Thomas Mutsch, dominated the opening round of the new FIA GT1 World Championship at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. At the wheel of the Matech Ford GT1, Mutsch led from pole position until he was brought in for an unusually early pitstop. When Grosjean re-enetered the race, the former Renault F1 driver found himself with a narrow lead over Marc Hennerici in the second place Phoenix/Carsport Chevrolet. But with new tires underneath him, Grosjean was able to pull away from the Z06 Corvette and would go on to finish more than 20 seconds ahead of Hennerici when the checkered flag fell after one hour of racing.

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FIA GT1 Championship - Round 1 @ Yas Marina // Complete Results:

1. Grosjean/Mutsch Matech Ford 1h01m14.892s
2. Zuber/Hennerici Phoenix Corvette + 23.061s
3. Hezemans/Piccini Phoenix Corvette + 26.485s
4. Bertolini/Bartels Vitaphone Maserati + 34.075s
5. Zonta/Daniel Reiter Lamborghini + 49.496s
6. Ramos/Bernoldi Vitaphone Maserati + 53.059s
7. Bobbi/Longin Triple H Maserati + 1m00.565s
8. Haase/Kox Reiter Lamborghini + 1m12.694s
9. Margaritis/Heger Triple H Maserati + 1m24.473s
10. Müller/Maassen Mad Croc Corvette + 1m26.254s
11. Turner/Enge AMR Aston Martin + 1m26.848s
12. Campbell-Walter/Hughes Sumo Power Nissan + 1m28.174s
13. Leinders/Martin Marc VDS Ford + 1m37.634s
14. Moser/Wendlinger Swiss Nissan + 1m59.534s
15. Salo/Kuismanen Mad Croc Corvette + 2m01.150s
16. Krumm/Dumbreck Sumo Nissan + 1 lap
17. Basseng/Jäger Münnich Lamborghini + 4 laps
18. Piccione/Hirschi AMR Aston Martin + 6 laps
19. Makowiecki/Dumas AMR Aston Martin + 13 laps
20. Pastorelli/Schwager Münnich Lamborghini + 16 laps
21. Ara/Nilsson Swiss Nissan + 27 laps

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Editorial: Justin W. Coffey