26/06/2011

ADAC 24h 2011 @ Nürburgring: Report after 16 hours

Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 RSR sparking as its splitter bottoms out on landing at Pflanzgarten


After 16 hours, Manthey Porsche continue to lead from the front with their #18 911 GT3 RSR. Closely following them is the #32 Mercedes SLS of Heico motorsport, and the #1 factory BMW M3 GT.

The #32 Mercedes is somewhat hampered by the loss of its front splitter, in an accident with an Audi in the night, this meaning that it is suffering from high tire wear, and a lot of understeer.

Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG currently running 7th.


As night turned to dawn, and then into fully fledged daylight, it was a welcome sight to see so many cars still running, although some wearing a few bruises from battles during the night!

BMW still in with a chance to defend their title. Running 3rd


Interesting facts:
  • Farnbacher Ferrari back up to 12th now
  • Raeder Motorsport Audi TT RS in 14th is highest placed front wheel drive car
  • Team "stuck" - Reiter engineering Lamborghini is up to 16th
  • Highest placed Golf24 is #235 in 33rd place

Top 10 after 16 hours:

1: #18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Lieb/Bernhard/Dumas/Luhr)
2: #32 Heico Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG (Arnold/Margartis/Brück/Frankenhout)
3: #1 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT (Müller/Farfus/Alzen/Lamy)
4: #15 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ( Stippler/Hennerici/Haase/Winkelhock)
5: #14 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS (Basseng/Fässler/Piccini/Stippler)
6: #16 ABT Sports Line Audi R8 LMS ( Ekström/Scheider/Werner/Abt)
7: #22 Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG ( Heyer/Jäger/Bleekmolen/Seyffarth)
8: #8 Haribo Team Manthey Porsche GT3 R (Westbrook/Menzel/Sturgsberg/Riegel)
9: #4 Team Schubert BMW Z4 (Hartung/Viebahn/Coronel/Hürtgen)
10: #12 Wochenspiegel Team Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 MR ( Weiss/Kainz/Jacobs/Krumbach)

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ADAC 24h 2011 @ Nürburgring: Report after 12 hours

Manthey Porsche GT3 R which spun at Weirseifen


As the half way point approached, attrition resulted in more retirements - the #76 Schubert z4, succumbing to accident damage after a collision in pflanzgarten with an SLS, eliminating it from the running.

Further back the Farnbacher Ferrari had begun its slow climb back toward the front, reaching first in class (SP8) by 2am, but still down in 20th odd place.

Heico Mercedes SLS AMG running well


Mercedes were being affected a little too - with the highly fancied Mamerow SLS crashing out on the gong of midnight.

Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is leading after 12 hours


At the front though, by a few minutes, the Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 RSR was establishing itself as the leader, and seemed to have enough in reserve to combat the pace threat from Audi, Mercedes and BMW.

Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS is up to 2nd


Top 10 overall after 12 hours (half way point):

1: #18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Lieb/Bernhard/Dumas/Luhr)
2: #15 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ( Stippler/Hennerici/Haase/Winkelhock)
3: #32 Heico Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG (Arnold/Margartis/Brück/Frankenhout)
4: #16 ABT Sports Line Audi R8 LMS ( Ekström/Scheider/Werner/Abt)
5: #1 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT (Müller/Farfus/Alzen/Lamy)
6: #14 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS (Basseng/Fässler/Piccini/Stippler)
7: #8 Haribo Team Manthey Porsche GT3 R (Westbrook/Menzel/Sturgsberg/Riegel)
8: #12 Wochenspiegel Team Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 MR ( Weiss/Kainz/Jacobs/Krumbach)
9: #10 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (Gindorf/Kohler/Scharmach/Wlazik)
10: #26 Frikadelli Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (Abbelen/Schmitz/Kentenich/Bergmeister)

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ADAC 24h 2011 @ Nürburgring: Report after 8 hours

Manthey Porsche 911  doing battle with a Mercedes SLS

What a difference 4 hours can make! Well actually what a difference a few minutes can make - just after 8pm, the Farnbacher Ferrari came into the pits with a suspension problem - handing the lead to the Porsche Hybrid.

The Hybrid's held on the lead wasn't for long though - it suffered a gear box issue around 8:40, and lost 9 laps, whilst it was being repaired.

#32 Heico Mercedes SLS is running 2nd currently

Since then there has been a tussle at the front between various Mercedes SLS AMGs, and the Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.

#18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is currently leading.

The Manthey car looks the stronger, but lost 30 seconds due to the fuel being turned off when it came in to pit.

What should also not be overlooked is the three Audis in P4-P6, waiting to pounce on any trouble ahead.

Audi R8 LMS are placed in P4-P6. This one #16 Phoenix Racing, is 4th


Interesting Facts:

  • Only the top 7 are on the lead lap
  • Each of the top 4 cars, is a different make (Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Audi)
  • Stucks are up to 10th!
  • Golf GT 24s have dropped back - closest one is about 2 laps behidn the leaders


#76 Schubert BMW Z4 is running 3rd


Top 10 overall after 8 hours:


1: #18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Lieb/Bernhard/Dumas/Luhr)
2: #32 Heico Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG (Arnold/Margartis/Brück/Frankenhout)
3: #76 Team Schubert BMW Z4 (Sandström/Milner/Larsson/Hürtgen)
4: #16 ABT Sports Line Audi R8 LMS ( Ekström/Scheider/Werner/Abt)
5: #15 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ( Stippler/Hennerici/Haase/Winkelhock)
6: #14 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS (Basseng/Fässler/Piccini/Stippler)
7: #1 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT (Müller/Farfus/Alzen/Lamy)
8: #12 Wochenspiegel Team Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 MR ( Weiss/Kainz/Jacobs/Krumbach)
9: #8 Haribo Team Manthey Porsche GT3 R (Westbrook/Menzel/Sturgsberg/Riegel)
10: #34 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 (Stuck/Stuck/Stuck/Rostek)

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25/06/2011

ADAC 24h 2011 @ Nürburgring: Report after 4 hours

Farnbacher Ferrari F458 Italia leads after 4 hours


We are now a sixth of the way into the 2011 ADAC 24h Rennen on the Nürburgring, and I'm exhausted already!

The lead has been bouncing backwards and forwards - with 6 changes of the lead within the first 90 minutes! 

This year, by the time the cars came off the GP Strecke, rather than it being the Manthey car which had leapt through the field, it was just Mamerow in his #30 Mercedes SLS passing the Ferrari F458 for the lead.

Mamerow Mercedes leading from Ferrari, Porsche, Audi, BMW at the start


There were some changes further back, with for example Claudia Hürtgen leaping forward to 5th ovverall in the #76 Schubert BMW Z4, in the tricky conditions.

Despite a little bit of lingering drizzle, a dry line soon formed, and the lap times started tumbling, in this, the BMW M3 GTs took initial advantage, charging forward, with the #7 car taking the lead after 4 laps, with the #1 car running in 2nd behind it.

Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R has now retired, as Olaf Manthey favours his RSR for the race instead.

At this point the #11 Manthey Porsche GT3 R was running in 3rd, but was unable to break free in the front, and so after 13 laps it was retired - confirming suspicions that with the 'red' wing mirrors switching to the #18 Porsche GT3 RSR for the race indicated that the RSR would be Olaf Manthey's favourite car for the race. (it was the plan to run both cars for the first stint to see which one had the chance of doing the best).

The weather continued to improve as afternoon descended into evening, and the lead continued to flip back and forth between cars. Currently the Ferrari just leads out from the #9 Porsche GT3 R Hybrid with a margin of about 30 seconds.

The top 10 is below, but first a couple of Interesting facts on the race so far:

  • 15 cars are still on the lead lap
  • 4 Brands in the top 10 (Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes, Audi)
  • Highest placed BMW is a Z4 in 11, with the quickest M3 now in 12th
  • Best Golf GT 24 is in 16th
  • The Stuck Lamborghini is in 17th
  • Evo Journalists Dickie Meaden (#5 Aston Martin V12 Zagato) and Chris Harris (#56 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) are 31st and 32nd respectively, and just a couple of seconds apart!
  • The experimental P4/5 Competizone  is 43rd, 2 laps behind the leaders.
Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid is running 2nd


After 25 laps, and 4 hours the top 10 for the race is as follows:

1: #2 Farnbacher Ferrari F458 (Farnbacher/Melo/Simonsen/Seefried)
2: #9 Porsche Team Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid (Bergmeister/Leitz/Holzer/Long)
3: #18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (Lieb/Bernhard/Dumas/Luhr)
4: #30 Mamerow Racing Mercedes SLS AMG (Mamerow/Hahne/Kaffer)
5: #16 ABT Sports Line Audi R8 LMS ( Ekström/Scheider/Werner/Abt)
6: #14 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS (Basseng/Fässler/Piccini/Stippler)
7: #22 Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG ( Heyer/Jäger/Bleekmolen/Seyffarth)
8: #32 Heico Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG (Arnold/Margartis/Brück/Frankenhout)
9: #15 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ( Stippler/Hennerici/Haase/Winkelhock)
10: #8 Haribo Team Manthey Porsche GT3 R (Westbrook/Menzel/Sturgsberg/Riegel)



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Porsche Carrera World Cup: Rast romps to victory!

René Rast flying through the mini Karussel

René Rast scored a home victory at the Nürburgring in the inaugural Porsche Carrera World Cup, which is serving as the warm up event to this year's ADAC 24h Rennen.

Rast being challenged by Siedler

He led from the start, and despite coming under some close challenges, kept it on the black stuff, and impressed with some quick times, despite the treacherous conditions.

Conditions were treacherous - lots of cars were sliding!

A full writeup up will come later - now we need to head out to ready ourselves for the 24h itself... and it has just started raining again!

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