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| Audi R8 over taking Porsche 911 GT3 R at the first corner |
With the 24 Heures du Mans at the circuit de la Sarthe starting today, F1 qualifying at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, MotoGP qualifying at Silverstone, you may be forgiven for thinking that that's enough motorsport for one day.
You would be mistaken though! - With 2 weeks until the ADAC 24 hour at the Nürburgring, it was the last opportunity for preparation and testing on the Eifel circuit before hand, and also an opportunity for success for some smaller teams, due to the factory teams sitting out this round, due to driver/team commitments at Le Mans.
With this, the Porsche 911 GT3 R of Eifel favourite Sabine Schmitz / Klaus Abbelen secured pole, with a time of 8m20s, just ahead of the Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS of of Mattias Ekström/Timo Schieder / Frank Stippler.
However at the first corner, Ekström took the lead and pulled away throughout his stint - being 20 seconds ahead after 5 laps, and this was a pattern which continued throughout the race, no matter who was driving.
Also running were Aston Martin with their V12 Zagato, hoping for better success than the last race, where they didn't make it past the first two laps.
This time it did, with both cars making it to the finish - securing P2 and P3 in the SP8 class, admittedly out of only 4 runners.
The race was ended early, under red flag, due to the onset of heavy rain at 15:52 CEST.
With Phoenix Racing's R8 LMS winning overall, this means so far in 2011, in 5 VLN races, there have been 5 winners... with BMW, Mercedes, Ferrari and Porsche sharing the honours thus far.
All is set for it to continue to build up as an exciting season!
Top 10 finishers:
| Pl. | Nr. | Kl. | Sponsor Bewerber Fahrer, Ort | Fahrzeug Lizenznummer | Rd. | Gesamtzeit Schnitt | Rückstand Intervall | Schnellste Schnitt | in Rd. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | SP9 | B PHOENIX RACING F Ekström Mattias, Schweden F Scheider Timo, Kempten i.A. F Stippler Frank, Bad Münstereifel | Audi R8 LMS S197807147199 A1670 IB1039089 | 24 | 3:30:49.154 166.452 | 8:24.575 173.866 | 17 | |
| 2 | 30 | SP9 | S MSC Adenau e.V. im ADAC F Abbelen Klaus, Barweiler F Schmitz Sabine, Barweiler | Porsche 911 GT3 R IC1049933 IC1051485 | 24 | 3:32:21.108 165.251 | 1:31.954 1:31.954 | 8:27.913 172.723 | 1 |
| 3 | 80 | CUP2 | B Manthey Racing F Kohler Wolfgang, Aldingen F Kräling Frank, Winterberg F Menzel Christian, Kelberg | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 997 IC1107982 IC1054618 IC1061155 | 24 | 3:36:07.563 162.365 | 5:18.409 3:46.455 | 8:32.316 171.239 | 17 |
| 4 | 91 | CUP2 | B Verva Racing Team F Rosina Stefan, Slowakei F Giermaziak Jakub, Polen | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 997 SK167 PL00611 | 24 | 3:37:14.344 161.533 | 6:25.190 1:06.781 | 8:36.199 169.951 | 21 |
| 5 | 111 | SP8 | B Gazoo Racing F Iida Akira, Japan F Oshima Kazuya, Japan F Ishiura Hiroaki, Japan | Lexus LF-A J133989200220 J859818930520 J835349570920 | 24 | 3:37:46.216 161.139 | 6:57.062 31.872 | 8:34.416 170.540 | 7 |
| 6 | 84 | CUP2a | B Schnabl Engineering GmbH & Co. KG F Ragginger Martin, Österreich F Wendt Stefan, Papenburg | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 997 A1050 IC1067626 | 23 | 3:31:08.597 159.272 | 1 Runde 1 Runde | 8:36.520 169.845 | 2 |
| 7 | 108 | CUP2 | F Engelhart Christian, Kösching F Lauda Mathias, Österreich F Mayerl Andreas, Österreich | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 997 IC1075458 A1118 A1183 | 23 | 3:32:17.538 158.410 | 1 Runde 1:08.941 | 8:35.769 170.092 | 22 |
| 8 | 76 | CUP2 | B Rheydter Club für Motorsport F Otto Jörg, Grevenbroich F Becker Peter, Grevenbroich | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 997 IC1049377 IC1049073 | 23 | 3:32:24.692 158.321 | 1 Runde 07.154 | 8:53.253 164.516 | 2 |
| 9 | 301 | SP3T | B LMS Engineering F Rosenberg Maik, Attendorn F Krognes Christian, Norwegen F Akata Emin, Friedrichshafen | VW Scirocco IC1113893 N31791 IC1098107 | 23 | 3:33:36.499 157.434 | 1 Runde 1:11.807 | 8:51.334 165.110 | 23 |
| 10 | 90 | CUP2 | F Neuffer Philipp, Stuttgart F Huber Reinhard, Albaching F Babini Merlo Carlo, Schweiz | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 997 IC1134102 IC1046869 CH1407 | 23 | 3:33:58.097 157.169 | 1 Runde 21.598 | 8:44.771 167.175 | 17 |
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