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DTM: Timo Scheider fastest in morning warm-up from Oschersleben
FIA GT3: ProSpeed Porsche take their first win Portugal

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT

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DTM: Timo Scheider fastest in morning warm-up from Oschersleben

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 04:30 AM PDT

DTM,Timo Scheider,Oschersleben

Timo Scheider (Audi) set the pace in warm-up of the DTM at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. He completed the 3.969 kilometres long lap in the region near Magdeburg in 1:22.635 minutes and thus was 0.173 seconds faster than second-placed Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz). Spengler will be starting from second place on the front row of the grid into the eighth season round, Scheider will be in fourth place on the starting grid at 14.00 h.

Behind Scheider and Spengler, Maro Engel (Mercedes-Benz) and Mike Rockenfeller (Audi) ended up third and fourth with their 2008-spec cars in the 30 minutes’ warm-up on Sunday morning. Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz), who will be starting from pole position into the race, was classified seventh in warm-up behind Oliver Jarvis and Alexandre Prémat (both Audi). Three more Audi drivers, Mattias Ekström, Miguel Molina and Martin Tomczyk, completed the top ten.

The ARD will be broadcasting the eighth DTM season round from Oschersleben live from 13.45 h. The race will start at 14.00 h and will cover 50 laps (184.8 kilometres).

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DTM: Timo Scheider sets fastest time in warm-up

FIA GT3: ProSpeed Porsche take their first win Portugal

Posted: 18 Sep 2010 10:06 AM PDT

Marco Holzer and Paul Van Splunteren,Prospeed Competition

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Marco Holzer and Paul Van Splunteren took a historic first win in the FIA GT3 European Championship for themselves and their Prospeed Competition team. Marco Holzer took the chequered flag in the Porsche 911 GT3 R at the end of the action packed 33-lap race 5.8 seconds ahead of championship leader Christian Hohenadel in the Callaway Competition Corvette Z06R who in turn finished 26 seconds ahead of his championship rival Mike Parisy in the Graff Racing Corvette.

At the start of the first 60-minute race of the weekend the Callaway Corvette of Daniel Keilwitz was mobbed at the start by the two Porsches of Paul van Splunteren and Gilles Vannelet (Mühlner Motorsport) with Vannelet taking the lead on the opening lap ahead of van Splunteren and Keilwitz. At the first turn the United Autosports Audi of Zak Brown was an early casualty, spinning down the field and causing several following cars to take avoiding action.

On lap two Gilles Vannelet continued to hold the lead as van Splunteren came under pressure from the recovering Callaway Corvette. For several laps the Prospeed Porsche kept the Corvette at bay and it wasn’t until lap 11 that Keilwitz finally made his move at Turn one to take second place. Further back the 4th placed Chad Racing Ferrari of Giacomo Petrobelli was being tracked by the nr77 Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport BMW Z4 of Csaba Walter and after several abortive attempts the Hungarian finally made his passing move stick at the first corner on lap 13.

On lap 14 the pit window opened and many of the cars decided to pit early as Vannelet and Keilwitz continued to circulate at the front of the field and by lap 17 the gap was down to just 0.4 seconds. On lap 18 the Corvette pitted with Keilwitz handing over to Christian Hohenadel. The German emerged from the pits just as the nr61 Prospeed Porsche flashed pass, to move back ahead of the Callaway Competition car. On lap 19 Gilles Vannelet pitted from the lead to hand over to Niki Lanik but the Austrian emerged from the pits in 3rd place behind Holzer and Hohenadel.

While the two leaders pulled ahead, Lanik started to drop back into the clutches of the following cars, being passes by the nr77 BMW Z4 of Claudia Hürtgen for third and then the nr60 Prospeed Porsche, the nr16 Graff Racing Corvette and nr87 Chad Racing Ferrari. A lap later Hürtgen came into the pits for a second time with a puncture, promoting Markus Paltalla in the nr60 Prospeed car into 3rd. However he was soon demoted when Diego Alessi swept past Parisy’s Corvette and Paltalla’s Porsche in quick succession only to be given a drive through penalty for exceeding the track limits.

As Marco Holzer and Christian Hohenadel continued to circulate at the front the battle for third was hotting up with Mike Parisy eventually getting the better of his rivals after several laps of hard, but clean racing.

At the flag it was Marco Holzer who scored his first FIA GT3 European Championship win, with Christian Hohenadel moving ever closer to the 2010 drivers crown. Mike Parisy finished in 3rd place to keep his, and Joakim Lambotte’s title challenge alive for another day.

Paul Van Splunteren
Nr61 Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R
“The start was slow. I think the guys wanted to use their torque. I think I got a very good getaway, I was in the right gear, and I could immediately go right and pass the Corvette in front of me. But also, the other Porsche went on the outside, so that was even better. After the first corner, I ended up in second place, and the other Porsche was in 1st place. That went on for a while, and I had to watch my mirror, which I almost did too much. The other Porsche got away, as he had a clean track ahead of him. It wasn’t a very eventful race. I had to let the Corvette go at one point, but I thought it was better to keep on fighting. I went into the pits and my wonderful teammate took over.”

Marco Holzer
Nr61 Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R
“When I came out, the Corvette was ahead of me, but I was on the straight and he was only coming out of the pits, so he was slower, but I made the right decision, even though it was slippery there, and came out first. The next lap I saw the Porsche at the right side of the pit exit and I knew I was first. The car was fantastic today, I did really good lap times, and Paul did a really fantastic job at the start. I’m really happy. The new Porsche GTR is a fantastic car and much better than last year’s. The car works even very well at high temperatures. I’m a little bit unhappy about my qualifying for tomorrow, as I’m P5, but you can see what can happen at the start, and maybe I have a good start tomorrow and we’ll see then.”

Daniel Keilwitz
Nr101 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06R GT3
”It wasn’t a good start for me. I tried to start off slowly and use my torque, as Paul said. Maybe I was too late on the throttle, or maybe the others were too early, I don’t know. It wasn’t a good start for me. I was in third after the start. I tried not to push so hard to save the tyres for Christian. After I saw that I could get good lap times and at the end of my stint, I was faster than the Porsche and overtook him. Our pitstop wasn’t very good, but we’re very happy with this result. It was a very important victory for the championship. We must save points now. We’re happy, and will try to get points tomorrow too.”

Christian Hohenadel
Nr101 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06R GT3
“First of all, as Daniel mentioned, I think we lost two seconds in the pits, and Marco overtook me immediately at the exit. The goal was not to win the race, but was to get a safe race and collect as many points as possible.”

Joakim Lambotte
Nr16 Graff Racing Corvette Z06R
“The start wasn’t that good. I made a good start, but at the first corner there was a little crash in front of me and I had to brake and I lost two positions. The start was okay. The car was great. I was 7th when I pitted, as I’d had a tough fight with a Porsche and a Ferrari, who were so much faster than us in the straight. They were really slowing us down in the rest of the track. I was in front, I made some small mistakes, but our top speed was too low, it was not possible for me to pass them. So I tried to save the tyres for Mike and hope for the best. It’s a great result for us. We’re now in a good 2nd position. We’ve made a small gap on the BMW. The championship’s going to be hard. I’m very proud of all my team because we had a big accident on our car in the French GT championship, and they didn’t sleep for 3 days and did a huge job on our car. So I think they deserve this podium.”

Mike Parisy
Nr16 Graff Racing Corvette Z06R
“It was a very good race for me, very difficult too. Since the beginning of the weekend, all is new for us, the track, the car. It’s a difficult track, and we have to work a lot. We didn’t have any information concerning the setup or anything. It’s a very good job for the team, for us. In the championship, we’re at a strong second place, so tomorrow will be more difficult. But I think we can improve and try to keep our place. I would like to congratulate my team for all the work they did.”