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VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring - Race Report Round 7
The seventh round of the VLN Endurance Championship had a lot of action in store for BLACK FALCON. In changing weather conditions the team from Meuspath celebrated two class victories, a second and a third place. The team was successful with Mustafa Mehmet Kaya (TR) and Yannick Mettler (CH) at the wheel of the Knuffi Mercedes-AMG GT4 #152 in the SP8T and Alexander Akimenkov (RU), Ronny Lethmate (DE) and Vasilii Selivanov in the Porsche 991 Carrera #395 of the BLACK FALCON Team TEXTAR in the class V6. The crew of the IDENTICA Mercedes-AMG GT4 #162 made sure of a real heartbeat final with one of the narrowest finishes in VLN history: On the way to the finish line, the AMG GT4 fought an acceleration duel with a BMW M4 GT4 and finished second in the SP10 class, just 0.019 seconds behind. The Porsche 991 GT3 Cup MR II #57 and its pilots Peter Ludwig (US) and Maik Rosenberg (DE) contributed the fourth podium place of the day with third place in the SP7 class to the team's excellent result.
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Race Report Round 5, Barcelona
After an eventful weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, BLACK FALCON and the drivers Maro Engel (DE) and Luca Stolz (DE) finished runner-up in the Blancpain GT Series driver and team standings. At the season finale of the Endurance Cup, Engel, Stolz and Yelmer Buurman (NL) in the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 fought a thrilling duel for the day's victory and the championship with the #563 Lamborghini of the FFF Racing Team until three minutes before the end of the race, before a collision with an Audi put an end to the title hopes. The team of the #6 Mercedes-AMG GT3, Patrick Assenheimer (DE), David Fumanelli (IT) and Hubert Haupt (DE), took second place in the Silver Cup class and thus the fourth podium place in the fifth race. In addition, the trio also delivered a strong performance and finished in seventh place overall. With this result, Assenheimer and Haupt secured second place in the Silver Cup Championship of the Endurance Cup.
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany – Preview Round 15 & 16, Sachsenring
At the eighth race weekend of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany at the Sachsenring, BLACK FALCON races three Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. For Carlos Rivas (LU, #6) the last two races of the season are about the AM championship. The Luxemburgian leads the table by 1.5 points and can therefore become champion on his own. David Kolkmann (DE, #5) currently ranks tenth in the overall standings. With two good results Kolkmann could jump to seventh place in the drivers' standings. Tim Zimmermann (DE, #50) travels to the Sachsenring with a good memory. Last year he celebrated his first podium place in Germany's fastest one-make cup on the 3.6 km long track.
Showdown in Barcelona
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Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Preview Round 5, Barcelona
This coming weekend (28./29.09.) the big season finale of the Blancpain GT Series is on the agenda at Barcelona. BLACK FALCON travels to the Circuit de Catalunya with great ambitions and two Mercedes-AMG GT3. As usual, Yelmer Buurman (NL), Maro Engel (DE) and Luca Stolz (DE) will start in the blue AMG GT3 #4, while in the sister car entered in the Silver Cup class Gabriele Piana will miss out due to an overlap. His place in the green AMG GT3 #6 will be taken by David Fumanelli (IT), who will share the car with the regular drivers Patrick Assenheimer (DE) and Hubert Haupt (DE).
Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Race Report Round 5, Hungaroring
BLACK FALCON has achieved two podium places in the season finale of the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe at the Hungaroring. Maro Engel (DE) and Luca Stolz (DE) took second place in the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the penultimate race of the championship on Saturday afternoon. The tenth and last race of the season on Sunday was finished by the BLACK FALCON AMG GT3 in third place and thus provided the closest of all possible championship decisions: Engel and Stolz scored exactly the same amount of points as the leaders, who eventually won the championship instead of the BLACK FALCON duo due to the number of race wins. However, Engel and Stolz regained the lead in the Blancpain GT Series overall championship at the Hungaroring, which will host its season finale at the end of September with a 3-hour race in Barcelona.
