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Added on the 04/05/2018 09:15:10 - Copyright : Auto Moto EN
The ADAC GT Masters is getting hot! Starting signal/ of the second half of the season at the legendary Nürburgring with the races seven and eight. More than 20,000 spectators watch not only the league of super sports cars but also heated duels in the ADAC frame series Formula 4 and TCR Germany.
"The ADAC GT Masters weekend at Zandvoort produced some interesting news snippets. A look in our notebook. Maiden victory: Marco Mapelli became the ninth driver to register a first win in the Super Sports Car League during the current campaign. He follows in the footsteps of Philip Ellis, Max Hofer, Andrea Caldarelli, Jeffrey Schmidt, Stefan Mücke, Marvin Kirchhöfer, Filip Salaquarda and Indy Dontje. Variety: In ten ADAC GT Masters races so far this season, no fewer than nine different driver pairings have lifted the winners' trophy. First-time winners this year are Ezequiel Perez Companc and Marco Mapelli (Zandvoort) and the partnership of Robert Renauer and Mathieu Jaminet. Podium comeback: For the first time this season, both Audi R8 LMS cars entered by Montaplast by Land-Motorsport finished in the Top Three on Saturday. Sheldon and Kelvin van der Linde were runners-up , with Jake Dennis and Christopher Mies in third. ""This result has done us all a power of good,"" said team principal Christian Land. ""After our podium in the season opener, we've had to contend with setbacks ever since. But now we are back on the podium. The hard work has paid off."""
News snippets from the two-day ADAC GT Masters tests at Oschersleben, an opportunity for the teams to gear up for the new season.
Nurburgring. Lamborghini was unbeatable in the ADAC GT Masters at the Nürburgring: After Christian Engelhart (32 / Starnberg) and Mirko Bortolotti (29 / I) dominated in the Saturday race, the victory went to their team mates Rolf Ineichen (41 / CH) and Franck in the Sunday race Perera (35 / F). The second position went to Porsche duo Timo Bernhard (38 / Homburg / Saar) and Klaus Bachler (28 / A, both Küs Team75 Bernhard) for the second time this season, narrowly defeating championship leader Patric Niederhauser (27 / CH) and Kelvin van der Linde (23 / ZA, both HCB-Rutronik Racing) in the best Audi R8 LMS. "Wow, what a great weekend for our team", cheered premier winner Perera. "Yesterday the victory and the pole position of our team-mates and now we succeeded in the same - just great."
Most: In pleasant early summer weather, the Corvette C7 GT3-R pairing of Markus Pommer (28, GER) and Marvin Kirchhöfer (25, GER, both Callaway Competition) outclassed the rest of the field to win Sunday's ADAC GT Masters race and notch up a second victory of the season.
The title defense operation has begun: last year's champion Robert Renauer (34 / Manchehofen) and his new team-mate Thomas Preining (20 / A, both Precote Herberth Motorsport) lead the table after their victory in the Sunday race of the ADAC GT Masters opener in Oschersleben. The Porsche drivers won the second of 14 races of the season in front of the Audi drivers Ricardo Feller (18 / CH) and Dries Vanthoor (21 / B, both Montaplast by Land-Motorsport) and Rolf Ineichen (40 / CH) and Franck Perera (34th) / F, both Orange1 by GRT Grasser) in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo. "Definitely a very good kick-off weekend," says Sieger Renauer. "The season could not have started much better for us."
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