– The pole position for the 57th Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy (here in the livestream!) goes to the KCMG-Mercedes #47 (Kobayashi/Krohn/Pittard/Liberati; 1st). David Pittard set two laps under eight minutes in the early phase of qualifying and ultimately secured the best time in 7:52.393 minutes. (Result)
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He narrowly missed Max Verstappen’s qualifying best time from the second NLS round of 7:51.751 minutes, although conditions were naturally different than three weeks ago. “Second race with the car and pole position straight away. Mega,” says the pole sitter.
“We found a small window at the start of the session. But the long wait after the lap was real torture. With the AMG, you shouldn’t attack too hard, but rather drive cleanly. It’s an interesting car that I fought against for a long time. Now I’m driving it myself.”
The best times were achieved in the early phase of the 90-minute session. The track was in good condition from the start, which four vehicles used to set a time under eight minutes.
In addition to the pole sitter, these were the Schubert-BMW #77 (Wittmann/Eng/Frijns; 2nd), the KKrämer-Audi #33 (Vazquez-Garcia/Leib/di Martino; 3rd), and the Gamota-BMW #23 (Zsigo/Kranz/Jahn; 4th).
However, a question mark hangs over the KKrämer-Audi’s participation in the race, as it stranded on the Döttinger Höhe with a lot of steam later in qualifying. According to team boss Karsten Krämer, a water hose had burst; the team is now in a race against time.
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After the initial best times, there was no longer a chance for times under eight minutes because there were several Code 60 zones. In particular, the impact of a Porsche Cayman into the tire wall at Hatzenbach resulted in lengthy work.
The work was finished ten minutes before the end. However, due to the impact and the repair work, water stored in the tire stacks had flowed onto the track, causing more vehicles to slip at that spot immediately after the release. Thus, there was no longer any possibility for improvements.
The Konrad-Lamborghini #7 (Paul/Lefterow/Stalidzane; 5th) was one of the few cars that still managed an improvement in the final minutes, followed by the Black-Falcon-Porsche #5 (Kaya/Arrow/Stursberg; 6th), the Falken-Porsche #44 (Bachler/Leuchter; 7th), the Max-Kruse-Audi #75 (D. Fugel/M. Fugel/Leuchter; 8th), the Renazzo-Lamborghini #786 (Nana/Breuer/”Schmidtmann”/Mutsch; 9th), and the new Juta-Audi #9 (Blank/Kaffer/Großmann; 10th).
Several well-known vehicles missed the opportunity to set a fast lap on a clear track. These include the Manthey-Porsche #911 (Campbell/Güven; 15th) “Grello” and the HRT-Ford #65 (Olsen/Vervisch/Mies/Kolb; 19th). The Ford Mustang GT3 had a problem with the fuel pump and had to return to the pits again after it was replaced due to a fuel leak. Only at the very end did Christopher Mies drive another lap under Code 60.
The race also saw the competitive debut of the HWA EVO.R, which is now facing the field for the first time after a long testing phase. The two tributes to the Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II of the early 1990s finished in positions 26 and 28 with times of just over 8:20 minutes.
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The start of the race is traditionally at 12:00.
