ADAC GT Zandvoort: Bang for the buck from Emil Frey Racing 🎥
FIRST TWO VICTORIES With a historic double victory at the third round of the ADAC GT Masters season at Zandvoort, Emil Frey Racing catapulted itself into the title fight for the championship.
It was Emil Frey Racing's race weekend. The Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO from Safenwil ended up at the front in both one-hour sprint races with driver changes.
First victory on third race weekend
On Saturday, Austrian Mick Wishofer captured pole position in the number #14 sports car and then gave Emil Frey Racing its first triumph in the international German GT Championship together with his Finnish partner Konsta Lappalainen on the drying Zandvoort circuit, which was initially treacherous with slicks.
On Sunday, Jack Aitken did the same optimal groundwork with the best time in his qualifying session, which the Briton then turned into the second victory for the Swiss racing team with Spaniard Albert Costa Balboa at the wheel of the #63 on the dune circuit on the Dutch North Sea coast.
Revenge is sweet
Aitken/Balboa thus took revenge for the difficult race the day before, which they had finished in twelfth place after an early penalty lap by race control (stripping too early at the rolling start). With a time of1:34.715 minutes, Aitken also set a new lap record for GT3 sports cars at Zandvoort on Sunday.
Towards the end of the second race Wishofer had to retire in the #14 after a puncture.
Jubilation after previous disappointment
Frenchmen Arthur Rougier and Franck Perera also scored valuable points in the #19 car. In the first race, the third duo finished eighth and in the second race they took a well-deserved podium after drama from the Porsche #91 on the last lap.
Jürg Flach, Technical Director: "It was a very strong weekend with a great performance from the whole team. To be on the podium with any car is exceptional and I'm very happy for the whole team. After the disappointing end to the race at Le Castellet (round of the GT World Challenge Endurance Cup, red.), this was highly deserved."
Advance in the championship
The #63 win means Costa Balboa and Aitken are now fourth in the GT Masters standings going into the next round of the season just nine points off the lead, while Rougier and Perera are sixth, just 13 points behind.
Profiteer of the race weekend was Jusuf Owega. Together with Ricardo Feller from Aargau, the German in the Audi R8 LMS evo II GT3 from Montaplast by Land Motorsport clinched fourth place in the first race and defended his sole lead of the standings despite a zero on Sunday.
