2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours

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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.

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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).

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1GT17 Flag of Germany.svg All-Inkl.com Racing Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 69
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
2GT119 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg PSI Experience Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Hines
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 69
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
3GT14 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg PK Carsport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anthony Kumpen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bert Longin
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R M 69
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
4GT123 Flag of Italy.svg Aston Martin Racing BMS Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Davies
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Babini
Aston Martin DBR9 P 69
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
5GT15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carsport Holland
Flag of Germany.svg Phoenix Racing
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike Hezemans
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Denis Délétraz
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 69
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
6GT11 Flag of Germany.svg Vitaphone Racing Team Flag of Germany.svg Michael Bartels
Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Biagi
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 69
Maserati 6.0L V12
7GT12 Flag of Germany.svg Vitaphone Racing Team Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Ramos
Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg Christian Montanari
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 69
Maserati 6.0L V12
8GT117 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barwell Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Cocker
Aston Martin DBR9 M 68
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
9GT133 Flag of Austria.svg Jetalliance Racing Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Sharp
Aston Martin DBR9 M 68
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10GT250 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Motorola Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 68
Ferrari 4.0L V8
11GT122 Flag of Italy.svg Aston Martin Racing BMS Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giorgio Mondini
Flag of Italy.svg Ferdinando Monfardini
Aston Martin DBR9 P 68
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
12GT18 Flag of Germany.svg All-Inkl.com Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Menten
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT M 67
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
13GT251 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Motorola Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Ortelli
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 67
Ferrari 4.0L V8
14GT262 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scuderia Ecosse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Mullen
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 67
Ferrari 4.0L V8
15GT136 Flag of Austria.svg Jetalliance Racing Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
Flag of Austria.svg Robert Lechner
Aston Martin DBR9 M 66
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
16GT116 Flag of Monaco.svg JMB Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Macari
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Aucott
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0L V12
17GT274 Flag of Italy.svg Ebimotors Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Busnelli
Flag of Italy.svg Marcello Zani
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 66
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
18GT263 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scuderia Ecosse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Niarchos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Kirkaldy
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 65
Ferrari 4.0L V8
19GT299 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tech9 Motorsport Flag of Russia.svg Leo Machitski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Edwards
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 65
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
20
DNF
G2101 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bas Leinders
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Renaud Kuppens
Gillet Vertigo Streiff M 41
Alfa Romeo 3.6L V6
21
DNF
GT111 Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Playteam Sarafree Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bertolini
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Piccini
Maserati MC12 GT1 P 31
Maserati 6.0L V12
22
DNF
GT112 Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Playteam Sarafree Flag of Italy.svg Giambattista Giannoccaro
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi
Maserati MC12 GT1 P 30
Maserati 6.0L V12
23
DNF
GT269 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Gerold Ried
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 5
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DSQGT297 Flag of Italy.svg BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 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.

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