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Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Preview Round 2, Misano
No rest for the BLACK FALCON GT department: After the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, the second race weekend (28 - 30 June) of the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe in Misano, Italy, is already on the agenda this week. BLACK FALCON competes as usual with the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 and the drivers Maro Engel (DE) and Luca Stolz (DE), who already won the first race of the season at the season opener in the British Brands Hatch on Sunday and finished second on Saturday. The team travels to the Misano World Circuit as the leader in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe driver and team standings. For BLACK FALCON, the race at Misano is a premiere: the Meuspath team has not yet participated in a race on the 4.226 km long track on the Adriatic coast.
During all race weekends of the Blancpain GT World Challenge there will be two sprint races over one hour each. Prior to this, two 20-minute qualifying sessions, one for each driver, decide on the starting positions for races 1 and 2. During the races, a 10-minute time window opens at halftime for a mandatory pit stop including driver change. The results of the races, together with those of the Endurance Cup, are included in the Blancpain GT Series overall standings to determine an overall champion from sprint and endurance races.
Event Schedule (All times CET)
Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Misano
Friday, June 28th
13:40 - 15:00 1. Free practice
17:30 - 18:50 2. Free practice
Saturday, June 29th
14:30 - 14:50 1st Qualifying *
15:00 - 15:20 2nd Qualifying *
19:45 - 20:45 1st race *
Sunday, June 30th
14:00 - 15:00 2nd race *
* Livestream: https://blancpain-gt-series.com
TV broadcasting, live streaming and social media
For all qualifying sessions and races, an extensive live streaming service including live timing is available on the official Blancpain GT Series website, YouTube and Facebook channel. Further information about Team BLACK FALCON is available daily on the team's social media channels:
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Second overall place and two class victories for BLACK FALCON at the Nürburgring 2019 24 Hour Race
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24h-Race Nürburgring - Race Report
BLACK FALCON achieved second place overall at the 47th edition of the 24h race at the Nürburgring. Maximilian Buhk (DE), Hubert Haupt (DE), Thomas Jäger (DE) and Luca Stolz (DE) finished third overall with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in an action-packed race, but the result was subsequently corrected by the organising ADAC in favour of BLACK FALCON with the disqualification of the Porsche starting number 911, which had been second up to then. In the SP10 class, Marek Böckmann (DE), Yannick Mettler (CH), Tobias Müller (DE) and Tristan Viidas (EST) won with the Mercedes-AMG GT4 #70. The quartet fought an exciting duel for the class lead for almost the entire duration of the race. BLACK FALCON even celebrated a double victory in the V6 class production cars: Alexander Akimenkov (RU), Ronny Lethmate (DE), Carlos Rivas (LU) and Vasilii Selivanov (RU) won with the Porsche 991 Carrera #133, their team mates Christoph Hoffmann (DE), Carsten Palluth (DE), Tobias Wahl (DE) and Robert Woodside (GB) crossed the finish line in an identical car with the #132 in second place. In the SP7 class Peter Ludwig (US), Maik Rosenberg (DE), "Takis" (CH) and Dennis Trebing (US) finished third. The AMG GT4 #46 by Stefan Karg (DE), Mustafa Mehmet Kaya (TR), Reinhold Renger (DE) and Mike Stursberg (DE) finished sixth in the SP8T after a collision through no fault of their own. The two Mercedes-AMG GT3 with start numbers 2 and 6 were eliminated prematurely due to accidents.
24h Race Nürburgring – Preview
BLACK FALCON competes in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring with a massive line-up of eight cars: The team from Meuspath for the first time enters three factory-supported Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the strongest class SP9. Furthermore, the team deploys a Mercedes-AMG GT4 in the SP10 class for GT4 vehicles and another AMG GT4 in the more powerful SP8T class for the 47th edition of the endurance classic. In the SP7 class, BLACK FALCON sends a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup MR II into the race to fight for class victory. In addition, two Porsche 991 Carrera production cars in the V6 class compete for the fifth V6 class victory in a row for BLACK FALCON. The biggest motor race in the world takes place this coming weekend (22/23 June) on the 25.378 km long combination of the Grand Prix circuit and the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. Up to 200,000 fans are expected for the 24-hour marathon, creating a party atmosphere around the circuit. The race is broadcasted live for 25 hours on RTL Nitro and around the clock on the Internet.
Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland – Preview Round 3
This weekend BLACK FALCON will participate in the third race weekend of the Porsche Carrera Cup season 2019 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. As usual, David Kolkmann (#5), Carlos Rivas (#6) and Tim Zimmermann (#50) will compete for BLACK FALCON in the fifth and sixth rounds of the season. Out of the grid is Sören Spreng, who cancelled his participation in the Carrera Cup for personal reasons. This weekend Philipp Sager will take over the cockpit duties from him in the 485 hp Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with starting number 4. The Austrian competes in the Porsche Supercup this season and intends to use the weekend to prepare for the Supercup race at the Red Bull Ring in three weeks' time.
Blancpain GT Series – Race Report Round 4
Both BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 finished in the top 15 at the third round of the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, the Paul Ricard 1000kms. The six-hour marathon event was twice the length of a standard Blancpain event, and saw the 49 entries race into the darkness. BLACK FALCON had qualified well and were on course for a strong result before a puncture dropped their Pro-class entry out of the points, frustrating what had been a strong run backed up by brave strategy in a race interrupted by several caution periods.
