4Th Round Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup – Nürburgring Nordschleife Double Victory for VELTINS Lechner Racing at the Porsche Carrera World Cup

Norbert Siedler 4th Round Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup – Nürburgring Nordschleife Double Victory for VELTINS Lechner Racing at the Porsche Carrera World Cup

At the legendary Nordschleife of the Nürburgring René Rast and Norbert Siedler secured a double victory for the Team VELTINS Lechner Racing. With the race win René Rast improves to second position in the driver standings of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. Norbert Siedler now covers fourth rank.

“That was an unbelievable race, and best of all - we have clinched the best Qualifying Result possible number of points 1. N. Siedler 8:35.809 min this weekend”, team boss 2. R. Rast + 0.403 sec Walter Lechner rejoices after the double victory at 3. K. Giermziak + 0.663 sec the Porsche Carrera World 4. N. Tandy + 3.002 sec Cup at the Nürburgring. 5. N. Thiim + 3.834 sec 6. C. Engelhart + 4.756 sec Already in the qualifying 7. S. Edwards + 5.366 sec the two drivers from the team VELTINS Lechner Race Result Racing dominated the session. With a lap-time of 1. R. Rast 1:00:48.621 min 8:35.809 minutes Norbert 2. N. Siedler + 1.997 sec Siedler secured his first 3. L.D. Arnold + 3.654 sec pole position of the current 4. S. Edwards + 18.001 sec Norbert Siedler and René Rast on their Way to the double victory season. “That’s really 5. K. Estre + 33.436 sec unbelievable. It’s only the 6. J. Bleekemolen + 37.048 sec third time I am here on the Nordschleife and of all things I claim my first pole position of the season at this difficult circuit. 7. P. Huisman + 42.184 sec Thanks to my team for the brilliant car I had today. My Porsche was setup perfect. Now I hope that I am able to pull away in the race right after the start”, the Austrian shone. His team mate René Rast was not really satisfied. “Second place in the grid is not bad, but without running into the traffic it could have been the pole today.” Driver Standings

1. S. Edwards 68 Pts. At the start of the race on the 25 kilometres long Nürburgring Nordschleife the track conditions were not as good as the 2. R. Rast 63 Pts. day before. Rain made the most difficult race track of the world even more demanding. However, it obviously were conditions, with which the Lechner team mates got along really good. “This was one of the best races I have ever had”, 3. N. Tandy 54 Pts. says René Rast. Right after the start I could claim the lead and I was able to defend it until the chequered flag came out. 4. N. Siedler 53 Pts. Congratulations to my team mate Norbert Siedler, who with his second rank secured a double victory for VELTINS 5. J. Bleekemolen 48 Pts. Lechner Racing”, commented the German, who after his brilliant victory improved to second position in the driver 6. K. Giermaziak 42 Pts. standings of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. 7. C. Engelhart 41 Pts.

“At the beginning of the weekend I didn’t even dare to dream about a second rank at the Nürburgring Nordschleife”, Team Standings Norbert Siedler was happy after the six laps of the race for the Porsche Carrera World Cup, at which about 100 vehicles were at the start. “At the end I tried to pass René, but at one attempt I came slid over the wet grass and had to let him pull 1. Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit 114 Pts. away. Nevertheless, a great result for me and the complete team.” 2. Veltins Lechner Racing 112 Pts. 3. Konrad Motorsport 94 Pts. “We are really really happy and I have to give compliments to both of my drivers as well as to our racing engineer Franz 4. Verva Racing 67 Pts. Maier. A double win in such a historical race event, whit drivers from 25 nations at the start in 6 different championships 5. Hermes Attempto Racing 54 Pts. means a lot to me”, says team owner Walter Lechner. The perfect result reflects also in the team standings of the Porsche 6. Team Bleekemolen 52 Pts. Mobil 1 Supercup. VELTINS Lechner Racing improves to second rank. 7. Konrad Motorsport Austria 22 Pts.

The next round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup takes place in two weeks. In the context of the FIA Formula 1 Championship the fifth round of the Supercup takes place in Silverstone, England. Schedule Porsche Supercup

08.05. Istanbul (TUR) 22.05. Barcelona (ESP) 29.05. Monaco (MON) 25.06. NBR-Nordschleife (GER) 10.07. Silverstone (GBR) 24.07. Nürburgring (GER) 31.07. Budapest (HUN) 28.08. Spa-Francorchamps (BEL) 11.09. Monza (ITA)

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