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Alex Muller and Tomas Enge lead Young Driver Aston Martin one-two in Beijing rain

The Young Driver Aston Martin squad scored a decisive one-two finish in the GT1 World Championship qualifying race at Beijing's Goldenport track on Saturday morning, with Alex Muller and Tomas Enge heading home the sister car of Darren Turner/Stefan Mucke in heavy rain

The decisive moment of the race came during the mandatory pitstop cycle, when Mucke stalled in the pits as he attempted to rejoin, handing a huge lead to Enge.

The polesitting Marc VDS Ford GT of Bertrand Baguette had led in the early laps before skating off the circuit in the soaking-wet conditions, which handed the lead to Turner, and brought out the safety car.

Another huge moment during the pitstops occurred when the title-contending All-Inkl Lamborghini of Markus Winkelhock and Marc Basseng was handed a drive-through penalty for an infringement, forcing it to relinquish second place, dropping it to 12th. The duo's title rival, the points-leading JRM Nissan of Michael Krumm/Lucas Luhr, surged through to finish fourth from 16th on the grid after a great opening stint from Krumm. It was the only non-Aston in the top five.

The Hexis duo of Christian Hohenadel/Andrea Piccini made it three Astons on the podium, with the sister car of Clivio Piccione/Stef Dusseldorp recovering from its lowly starting position to finish fifth.

The race finished under a safety car, after Ho-Pin Tung spun off in his Exim Bank Chevrolet Corvette.

Results - 46 laps:

Pos  Drivers                  Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Enge/Muller              Young Driver Aston    1h01m41.408s
 2.  Mucke/Turner             Young Driver Aston        + 1.089s
 3.  Hohenadel/Piccini        Hexis Aston               + 1.673s
 4.  Luhr/Krumm               JRM Nissan                + 2.177s
 5.  Dusseldorp/Piccione      Hexis Aston               + 2.859s
 6.  Hirschi/Nygaard          Belgian Ford              + 3.166s
 7.  Westbrook/Dumbreck       JRM Nissan                + 4.455s
 8.  Rossi/Verdonck           Exim Corvette             + 4.974s
 9.  Schwager/Pastorelli      All-Inkl Lamborghini      + 5.931s
10.  Catsburg/Bernoldi        Sumo Power Nissan         + 6.401s
11.  Campbell-Walter/Brabham  Sumo Power Nissan         + 7.188s
12.  Basseng/Winkelhock       All-Inkl Lamborghini      + 7.531s
13.  Lauck/Leuenberger        DKR Lamborghini           + 8.833s

Retirements:

     Tung/den Boer            Exim Corvette              39 laps
     Hennerici/Leinders       Marc VDS Ford              15 laps
     Martin/Baguette          Marc VDS Ford               3 laps
     Kennard/Bruck            DKR Lamborghini             0 laps
     Leclerc/Clairay          Belgian Ford                0 laps

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