A strong showing for Aston Martin all round with all four cars in the points.
Enge and Turner took both race wins and pole position in round six of the championship. Starting from pole, Turner dominated the race before handing over to Enge, who controlled the pace from the front.
Peter Kox and Christopher Haase steered the Reiter Lamborghini No.24 to their best finish of the season ahead of the Phoenix Racing/Carsport Corvette No.13 of Marc Hennerici and Alex Margaritis after a race-long battle between the two cars.
At the start it was Turner who held the inside line to maintain his lead from pole, followed by Hennerici in the Corvette and Kox in the Lamborghini. Further back there was a collision between the No.33 Triple H Maserati of Altfrid Heger and the No.41 Ford GT of Renaud Kuppens with both cars spinning off to the inside of the exit of turn one.
At the end of the opening lap Turner led by 0.6 seconds ahead of Hennerici with Kox holding station behind the leading pair. Hexis Aston Martin's Clivio Piccione caught and passed the No.25 Reiter Lamborghini of Ricardo Zonta to take fifth place at the start of the second lap.
Piccione then caught the No.5 Matech Competition Ford of Thomas Mutsch, pressurising the German in an effort to move up another place. At the chicane on lap four they touched and Mutsch was forced to cut the corner but retained his fourth place in the process.
Xavier Maassen in the Mad-Croc Corvette was also a spinner at the chicane on the same lap but rejoined further down the field.
Piccione continued to challenge Mutsch for the place and lap seven went down the inside of the Ford on the run into turn one.
Zonta tried to follow but Mutsch turned into the corner and there was a collision that spun the Ford through 180 degrees and delayed the Lamborghini allowing Andrea Bertolini in the No.1 Vitaphone Maserati to move ahead of both drivers. The No.12 Mad Croc Racing Corvette of Mika Salo pitted on lap seven with brake problems.
As the pit window approached Turner held a 6.5 second lead over Hennerici and Kox. Hennerici pitted on lap 13, with Turner following a lap later. The Phoenix Racing Corvette had a slower stop than the Reiter Lamborghini and Haase found himself ahead of the Corvette.
Further back Frederic Makowiecki had moved his Hexis AMR Aston up from 22nd on the grid into the top 10 at the pit stops before coming in to hand over to Yann Clairay on lap 15.
After all the cars had pitted, Enge, now at the wheel of the No.7 Aston had stretched the lead to 13 seconds from Haase in the Reiter Lamborghini and Alex Margaritis in the Phoenix Racing Corvette.
On lap 21 it looked like the fickle Nurburgring weather might come into play as rain was reported on parts of the circuit and some of teams readied Michelin wets. However in the end the rain held off until after the race.
At the finish Enge who crossed the line to taking the first Championship Race win of the year for Aston Martin, with Christopher Haase and Alex Margaritis claiming the other podium positions.
The No.10 Hexis AMR Aston Martin of Jonathan Hirschi finished fourth after a strong performance. The No.8 Young Driver Aston of Stefan Mucke was fifth - the first time all four cars have scored Championship points in a single race this season.
All of the manufacturers except Corvette have taken Championship Race wins this year.
Nurburgring - Championship Race Pos Car Class Drivers Car Time Laps Gap Avgspeed
1 7 GT1 Turner / Enge Aston Martin DB9 1:00:59.709 30 0.000 248 2 24 GT1 Kox / Haase Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 1:01:09.256 30 9.547 245 3 13 GT1 Hennerici / Margaritis Corvette Z06 1:01:12.727 30 13.018 251 4 10 GT1 Piccione / Hirschi Aston Martin DB9 1:01:13.891 30 14.182 252 5 8 GT1 Nygaard / Mücke Aston Martin DB9 1:01:14.818 30 15.109 250 6 1 GT1 Bertolini / Bartels Maserati MC12 1:01:16.201 30 16.492 248 7 9 GT1 Makowiecki / Clairay Aston Martin DB9 1:01:19.634 30 19.925 253 8 22 GT1 Hughes / Campbell-Walter Nissan GT - R 1:01:24.543 30 24.834 253 9 34 GT1 Longin / Pier Guidi Maserati MC12 1:01:24.807 30 25.098 248 10 3 GT1 Wendlinger / Moser Nissan GT - R 1:01:40.143 30 40.434 252 11 40 GT1 Martin / Leinders Ford GT 1:01:45.153 30 45.444 244 12 2 GT1 Ramos / Bernoldi Maserati MC12 1:01:47.300 30 47.591 248 13 5 GT1 Mutsch / Westbrook Ford GT Matech 1:01:48.542 30 48.833 247 14 25 GT1 Zonta / Kechele Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 1:01:50.515 30 50.806 246 15 23 GT1 Krumm / Dumbreck Nissan GT - R 1:01:55.959 30 56.250 258 16 6 GT1 Prost / Jani Ford GT Matech 1:01:57.482 30 57.773 248 17 41 GT1 Kuppens / Palttala Ford GT 1:02:05.200 30 1:05.491 246 18 11 GT1 Maassen / Menten Corvette Z06 1:02:05.723 30 1:06.014 251 19 37 GT1 Basseng / Jäger Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 1:02:06.214 30 1:06.505 247 20 33 GT1 Heger / Müller Maserati MC12 1:02:06.788 30 1:07.079 246 21 4 GT1 Ara / Nilsson Nissan GT - R 1:02:51.377 30 1:51.668 253 22 38 GT1 Schwager / Pastorelli Lamborghini Murcielago 670 R-S 53:45.271 26 7:14.438 249 23 12 GT1 Salo / Kuismanen Corvette Z06 1:01:55.406 25 55.697 245
