\n Lausitzring. Schubert Motorsport achieved top-ten results at
\n the third race weekend of the DTM season at the Lausitzring (GER),
\n securing valuable points in the championship. Marco Wittmann (GER)
\n finished fifth and eighth in the #11 Schaeffler BMW M4 GT3 EVO in
\n the two races, while Kelvin van der Linde (RSA) took tenth place on
\n Saturday and ninth place on Sunday in the #3 Shell BMW M4 GT3 EVO.
\n The BMW M2 Cup celebrated its debut in the Lausitz with a double
\n victory for Michael Schrey (GER). In the ADAC GT Masters, brothers
\n Juliano and Sandro Holzem (both GER) won their first race, and
\n Leyton Fourie (RSA) and Tim Zimmermann (GER) took the overall lead.\n<\/p>\n
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The two DTM races were hard work for Team Schubert. This time, the
\n pace wasn\u2019t enough for top starting positions, but once again Wittmann
\n and his crew managed to stage a major comeback on Saturday. After a
\n rain shower, Wittmann gambled on slicks as the track dried and was
\n rewarded with a charge from 18th on the grid to fifth place. On
\n Sunday, he finished eighth. Ahead of his home races at the Norisring
\n (GER) in two weeks, Wittmann sits fourth in the drivers\u2019 standings
\n with 71 points. Kelvin van der Linde also gained several positions in
\n both races, finishing tenth and ninth. He is eighth overall with 54
\n points. Thanks to four top-ten results, Schubert Motorsport has taken
\n the lead in the team standings with 119 points.<\/p>\n
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\n BMW M2 Cup: Double victory at the debut.
\n
BMW M Motorsport veteran Michael Schrey (GER) was the man of the
\n weekend at the BMW M2 Cup\u2019s debut as part of the DTM support
\n programme. In the #2 BMW M2 Racing car from Hofor Racing by Bonk
\n Motorsport, he drove from pole position to victory in both races. The
\n other podium places went to the young guns. On Saturday, Moritz
\n Groneck (GER) from Team ME Motorsport finished second ahead of Niklas
\n Hirsch (GER, Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport). On Sunday, second and
\n third places went to Christopher Holst (SUI, ME Motorsport) and Tatu
\n Siipola (FIN, FK Performance Motorsport). The remaining season events
\n will take place at the Norisring, N\u00fcrburgring, Sachsenring, and
\n Hockenheimring (all GER).<\/p>\n
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\n ADAC GT Masters: First victory for the Holzem brothers.
\n
In the ADAC GT Masters, the BMW M4 GT3 EVO won both races at the
\n Lausitzring. On Saturday, Juliano and Sandro Holzem celebrated their
\n first victory with the #56 BMW M4 GT3 EVO from Schubert Motorsport.
\n Leyton Fourie and Tim Zimmermann completed the BMW M Motorsport
\n one-two finish in the #11 BMW M4 GT3 EVO from FK Performance
\n Motorsport. In Sunday\u2019s race, the German-South African duo went one
\n better and celebrated the win, which also meant taking the lead in the
\n drivers\u2019 standings. At the halfway point of the season, FK Performance
\n Motorsport leads the team standings.<\/p>\n
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\n Quotes after the race weekend:\n<\/p>\n
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\n Bj\u00f6rn Lellmann (Head of Customer Racing at BMW M Motorsport):
\n \u201cFrom BMW M Motorsport\u2019s perspective, the weekend at the
\n Lausitzring had a lot to offer. In the DTM, we struggled with pace,
\n but thanks to great strategy and strong pit stops from Team Schubert,
\n we still achieved solid results. Things went fantastically in the ADAC
\n GT Masters. Congratulations to FK Performance Motorsport and Schubert
\n Motorsport for their victories in both races \u2013 amazing! Last but not
\n least, our BMW M2 Cup celebrated a great debut. Congratulations to
\n Michael Schrey, who deservedly won both races with his experience.
\n Behind him, we saw entertaining racing from the youngsters \u2013 it was a
\n lot of fun! I am convinced that we will have a very good first season.
\n Many thanks to the ADAC for the organisation!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n Torsten Schubert (Team Principal, Schubert Motorsport):
\n \u201cI think we made the best of the opportunities we had here at
\n the Lausitzring. We scored solid points with both cars in both races,
\n and as a result, we have even taken the lead in the team standings. We
\n also remain within striking distance of the top in the drivers\u2019
\n standings. On Sunday, Kelvin van der Linde had much fresher tyres than
\n Marco Wittmann at the end and was therefore able to get past him. It\u2019s
\n unfortunate that he received a five-second penalty afterwards. A
\n special congratulations this weekend goes to Sandro and Juliano
\n Holzem, who won their first race in the ADAC GT Masters in our car on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n Marco Wittmann (#11 Schaeffler BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Race 1: 5th
\n place, Race 2: 8th place): \u201cThe summary of the weekend is
\n mixed. Our weakness this season remains qualifying, where we can\u2019t get
\n as much out of the car as our competitors. That means we have to take
\n more risks in the races. On Saturday, the gamble with slicks on a
\n drying track worked perfectly. Fifth place was a great result. On
\n Sunday, we really suffered with the older tyres in the heat. I think
\n we got almost the maximum out of this weekend, but the goal is always
\n the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n Kelvin van der Linde (#3 Shell BMW M4 GT3 EVO, Race 1: 10th
\n place, Race 2: 9th place): \u201cIt was a tough weekend. Our
\n pace in both races wasn\u2019t where it was at the Red Bull Ring and
\n Zandvoort. The heat made the races even harder but we fought and
\n scored important points in both races. That was the main thing this
\n time. Now I\u2019m looking forward to the Norisring \u2013 another track I have
\n to learn with the BMW M4 GT3 EVO.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lausitzring. Schubert Motorsport achieved top-ten results at the third race weekend of the DTM season at the Lausitzring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20955],"tags":[6213,21879,34378,21881,25040],"class_list":["post-40705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw","tag-bmw","tag-bmw-m-motorsport","tag-bmw-m2-cup","tag-customer-racing","tag-gt-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}