International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 Rundown 00:00 - 00:12 Intro 00:12 – 00:42 The wait is over. At the Lausitzring, the ADAC GT Masters start a very unusual season. The opening of the 14th edition of the league of super sports cars takes place without spectators and under strict conditions. 33 super sports cars with a total of more than 18,000 horsepower will form the starting field for the first of seven events in 2020. In addition, the partner series ADAC TCR Germany and ADAC Formula 4 will also resume racing. 00:42 – 00:45 bumper ADAC GT Masters 00:46 starting grid ADAC GT Masters race 1 3rd #32 TEAM WRT: Charles Weerts/ Dries Vanthoor 2nd #71 T3-HRT-Motorsport: Maximilian Paul/ Niels Langeveld 1st #22 TOKSPORT WRT: Luca Stolz/ Maro Engel 01:12 start, first lap #7 Alfred Renauer from P4 to P1, #99 Robert Renauer on P3 01:48 slomo start 02:08 battle between #7 A. Renauer and #22 Stolz, crash, Renauer drops back to P15 P1 now #22 Stolz, P2 #99 R. Renauer, P3 #92 Ammermüller 02:34 slomo of crash, #7 A. Renauer in midfield 02:50 #77 Pommer tries to overtake #93 Ammermüller, looses car, crashes into #99 R. Renauer safety car Renauer and Pommer out of race 03:15 slomos of crash 03:41 safety car in, after restart #17 Klaus Bachler goes on P1 04:20 1 / 8 International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 replay: onboard #22 Stolz, #17 Bachler overtakes 04:35 pit window openes, pit-stop leader #17 Bachler out, Simona De Silvestro in, gets back on track, #22 grabs P1 back 05:10 positions after pit window: P1 #22 Maro Engel, P2 #92 Christian Engelhart, P3 #17 De Silvestro, P4 #29 Christopher Mies De Silvestro under pressure from Mies 05:44 battle between #29 Mies and #17 De Silvestro ends with incident: contact between both cars who turn around, Mies drops back to P19, De Silvestro to P20 05:55 slomo of incident 06:10 leaders #22 Engel and #92 Engelhart with a gap of 12.8 sec. 06:25 battle for P5: #Maximilian Götz vs. #63 Franck Perera, Perera overtakes after Götz´ mistake 06:54 chequered flag / end race 1 1st #22 TOKSPORT WRT: Luca Stolz/ Maro Engel 2nd #92 SSR PERFORMANCE: Christian Engelhart/ Michael Ammermüller 3rd #28 MONTAPLAST BY LAND MOTORSPORT: Christopher Haase/ Maximilian Hofer 07:01 – 07:16 Maro Engel (#22 Germany) - english 07:16 Celebration 07:22 bumper ADAC GT Masters 07:25 starting grid GT Masters race 2 1st #32 TEAM WRT: Charles Weerts, Dries Vanthoor 2nd #22 TOKSPORT WRT: Luca Stolz, Maro Engel 3rd #99 PRECOTE HERBERTH MOTORSPORT: Robert Renauer, Sven Müller 07:49 #32 Vanthoor and #99 Müller with good start 2 / 8 International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 08:20 onboard start #22 Maro Engel positions after lap 1: P1 #32 Vanthoor, P2 #22 Engel, P3 #99 Müller Vanthoor extends his lead 08:37 #10 Nick Yelloly touches the wall and leaves track, out of race 08:49 #77 Jeffrey Schmidt overtakes #17 De Silvestro, #71 Niels Langeveld and #20 Boccolacci 09:38 #32 Vanthoor leads the race with more than 8 seconds 09:55 pitstop-window openes #22 Engel/Stolz change cockpit 10:15 leader with pit stop: #32 Dries Vanthoor out, Charles Weerts in, #32 keeps the lead 10:35 onboard #77 Pommer overtakes #11 Erhart, grabs P7 10:45 #31 Niederhauser overtakes #30 Ineichen 11:04 #72 Schöll and #36 Dienst with contact, Schöll turns around in gravel - safety car 11:17 restart, #32 Weerts keeps the lead #22 Stolz under pressure from #99 Renauer 11:40 4 cars in one corner, close battle beteween #17 Bachler, #7 Asch, #36 Dienst and #20 Wishofer 12:12 slomo of battle 12:46 #31 Niederhauser passes #29 Schramm, goes on P7 12:54 Chequered flag / end race 2 1st #32 TEAM WRT: Charles Weerts, Dries Vanthoor 2nd #22 TOKSPORT WRT: Luca Stolz, Maro Engel 3 / 8 International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 3rd #99 PRECOTE HERBERTH MOTORSPORT: Robert Renauer, Sven Müller 13:04– 13:12 Charles Weerts (#32 Belgium) - english 13:12 driver classification 13:21 celebration 13:25 bumper ADAC Formel 4 13:28 starting grid ADAC Formula 4 race 1 3rd #52 Jack Crawford (Van Amersfoort Racing) 2nd #87 Oliver Bearman (Van Amersfoort Racing) 1st #17 Jonny Edgar (US Racing) 13:47 start ADAC Formula 4 race 1 #52 Jack Crawford looses P1 at start, drops back to P5 14:10 contact between #52 Crawford and #87 Bearman, Bearman with damaged tyre 14:19 battle for P3: #52 Crawford and #58 Seppänen, #6 Smal coming out of pitlane, Crawford off the track 14:41 chequered flag / end race 1 1st #17 Jonny Edgar (US Racing) 2nd #29 Joshua Dürksen (ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.) 3rd #58 Elias Seppänen (US Racing) 15:00 celebration 15:06 bumper ADAC Formel 4 15:09 starting grid ADAC Formula 4 race 2 3rd #87 Oliver Bearman (US Racing) 2nd #17 Jonny Edgar (US Racing) 1st #52 Jak Crawford (Van Amersfoort Racing) 4 / 8 International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 15:22 start ADAC Formula 4 race 2 good start from #52 Crawford, keeps the lead #87 Oliver Bearman drops back to P8 15:37 #87 Oliver Bearman and #5 Lobanenko with contact, #7 Knopp off the track 15:50 ranking after three laps: P1: #52 Crawford, P2: #27 Edgar P3: Bernier 15:57 #7 Knopp leaves the track for second time 16:11 close battle between #52 Crawford and #27 Edgar for P1 16:40 lap 16: #17 Edgar attacks #52 Crawford on home straight, overtakes and grabs the lead 16:54 #77 Tim Tramnitz overtakes #4 Bernier and grabs P3 17:23 chequered flag / end race 2 1st #17 Jonny Edgar (US Racing) 2nd #52 Jak Crawford (Van Amersfoort Racing) 3rd #77 Tim Tramnitz (US Racing - CHRS) 17:32 classification race 2 17:37 - 17:43 Jonny Edgar (#17, Great Britain) - english 17:43 celebration 17:46 bumper ADAC Formel 4 17:49 starting grid ADAC Formula 4 race 3 3rd #95 Vlad Lomko (US Racing) 2nd #87 Oliver Bearman (US Racing) 1st #58 Elias Seppänen (US Racing) 5 / 8 International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 17:49 Start ADAC Formula 4 race 3 18:13 leader #95 Lomko drops back after touching the wall (slomo) fight for P1: #58 Seppänen vs. #17 Edgar 18:25 rain starts, safety car comes out 18:30 red flag, end of race result race 3 1st #58 Elias Seppänen (US Racing) 2nd #4 Victor Bernier (R-ACE GP) 3rd #6 Kirill Smal 18:35 podium 18:45 bumper ADAC TCR Germany 19:14 starting grid ADAC TCR Germany race 1 3rd #13 Antti Buri (Engstler Motorsport) 2nd #98 Jan Seyffert (HP Racing International) 1st #97 Nico Gruber (Engstler Motorsport) 19:10 start race 1 good start from #97 Gruber, goes from P3 to P1 19:35 onboard #13 Buri 19:44 #7 Mike Halder vs. #98 Seyffert, Halder goes on P3 20:21 #17 Albert Legutko in gravel, safety car comes out 20:35 6 / 8 International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 re-start, #13 Buri and #97 Gruber fighting for P1 good move from #7 Mike Halder, overtakes #13 Buri and goes on P2 21:20 duel between #53 Michelle Halder and #55 Fugel, fighting for P10 21:45 chequered flag / end race 1 1st #97 Nico Gruber (Engstler Motorsport) 2nd #7 Mike Halder (ADAC Sachsen e.V.) 3rd #13 Antti Buri (Engstler Motorsport) 21:51 - 22:10 Nico Gruber (#97, Austria) - english 22:09 celebration 22:14 bumper ADAC TCR Germany starting grid ADAC TCR Germany race 2 3rd #7 Mike Halder (ADAC Sachsen e.V.) 2nd #53 Michelle Halder (Profi Car Team Halder) 1st #8 Rene Kircher (OETTINGER Sportsystems) 22:17 start ADAC TCR Germany race 2, lap 1 23:21 #88 Dominik Fugel and #7 Mike Halder overtaking #53 Michelle Halder 23:42 #53 Michelle Halder gets passed by #2 Harald Proczyk and #13 Buri 23:51 #7 Mike Halder out of race 24:01 #97 Gruber overtakes #8 Kircher, goes on P5 24:18 #100 Guido Naumann out of race 24:23 battle for P6: #8 Kircher vs #98 Seyffert 24:36 7 / 8 International Highlight ADAC GT Masters – Lausitzring, July 31th – August 2th 2020 #55 M. Fugel vs. #51 Salminen 24:50 #53 Michell Halder vs. #97 Gruber 25:02 chequered flag / end race 2 1st #88 Dominik Fugel (ADAC Sachsen e.V.) 2nd #2 Harald Proczyk (HP Racing international) 3rd #13 Antti Buri (Engstler Motorsport) 25:15 driver classification 25:18 - 25:40 Dominik Fugel (#88, Germany) - english 25:41 celebration 25:44 bumper ADAC GT Masters 25:46 Outro It was a special start into a special season. From the Lausitzring the ADAC GT Masters moves on to the Nürburgring from 14th to 16th August. 26:00 END 8 / 8 .