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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."
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."
The 2018 ADAC GT Masters was the twelfth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season began on 14 April at Oschersleben and ended on 23 September at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings. Have a look at this overview video.
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 2018. A lot of things are new this season: new cars, new manufactures, new faces. And: a new track in the race calendar. The Autodrom in Most in the Czech Republic hosts the event for the first time. It´s the premiere for the GT cars and the support program ADAC TCR Germany on the track 100 kilometers away from the country´s capital Prague.