Many celebrities at and on the race track The ADAC GT Masters sportscars, the first World Championship car race in the Sachsenring’s long history, exciting wheel-to-wheel battles in two single-seater classes and touring car action with the ADAC PROCAR and MINI Challenge – the packed motorsport package of the ADAC Masters Weekend attracted 45,000 spectators to the traditional Sachsenring. There were also many famous names mingling with the many enthusiastic spectators: Saxony’s Culture and Sports Minister Prof. Dr. Roland Wöller made sure he did not miss the motorsport highlight as well as TV stars Wolfgang Fierek ("Ein Bayer auf Rügen”) and Erol Sander ("Mordkommission Istanbul”). Erol Sander would like to have driven himself, Cora Schumacher didActor Erol Sander, who also has a racing licence thanks to his previous racing exploits in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup, was impressed by the large selection of sportscars in the ADAC GT Masters and FIA GT1 World Championship: "It’s a lot of fun to see the many men’s toys in a race. The only downside is that I would have preferred to sit in the cockpit myself.” MINI driver Cora Schumacher, wife of DTM driver Ralf Schumacher, expressed her respect for her fellow racing drivers. "The corners here really do require a lot of courage. Congratulations to the drivers who charge through without lifting off.” In her first races at the Sachsenring she finished 14th and 15th. Victory in the lifestyle racers went to Fredrik Lastrup (S) and Nico Bastian (D). The local matador from Saxony Steve Kirsch finished third and fourth. ADAC GT Masters: Audi teams set the pace at the SachsenringFour Rings, two wins: the Sachsenring was Audi land in 2011. In Saturday’s ADAC GT Masters race pole sitters and ABT duo Luca Ludwig/Christopher Mies (Bonn/Heiligenhaus) won from their team mates Christer Jöns/Jens Klingmann (Ingelheim/Leimen). The Porsche pair of Sebastian Asch/Michael Ammermüller (Ammerbuch/Pocking) completed the podium in a race that started turbulently: Mercedes driver Robert Renauer (Jedenhof) was an innocent victim in an accident at the start which saw him roll the car. He was uninjured while his gull wing sportscar was so badly damaged that racing on Sunday was not possible. The second race was declared a "wet race” when rain fell just before the start. Despite this several team choose slick tyres. Oschersleben winner Alex Margaritis (GR) selected rain tyres for his BMW-Alpina. As a result he forced his way from seventh to first and pulled away. However, after team mate Dino Lunardi (F) had taken over the car the green racer rolled to a halt with a technical defect. An Audi phalanx formed again at the head of the field on the drying track. Andreas Simonsen/Christopher Haase (S/Kirchleus) won ahead of their Phoenix Racing Pole Promotion team mates René Rast/Stefan Landmann (Steyerberg/A). Third and fourth places went to the Abts Ludwig/Mies and Jöns/Klingmann. Best non-Audi drivers were the Stuck brothers Johannes and Ferdinand (A) who were fifth in a Reiter-Lamborghini ahead of their team mates Philip Geipel/Albert von Thurn und Taxis (Plauen/Regensburg). The Corvette duo Sven Hannawald/Heinz-Harald Frentzen who were surrounded by autograph hunters throughout the entire weekend finished 13th and 17th. Independent of the finishing positions Sachsenring debutant Frentzen: "The races were a lot of fun.” ATS Formula 3 Cup: wins for Stanaway and BachlerNew Zealander Richie Stanaway (NZ) defended his championship lead during the third ATS Formula 3 Cup race weekend. In the first race around the Sachsenring he celebrated his fourth victory of the season, a day later he was fourth. Last year’s 19-year old Formel ADAC champion can thank the generous support of rival teams that he could even race. His team was lent parts to repair the Dallara-Volkswagen badly damaged in qualifying. The Dane Marco Sörensen was second in both races and now also holds second place in the standings only four points behind. Klaus Bachler wandered grinning through the paddock: after finishing third on the previous day the Austrian celebrated his first Formula 3 victory in the second race.Formel ADAC: Sven Müller is man of the weekendSven Müller (Bingen) catapulted himself to the top of the Formel ADAC championship standings with a second place and two victories at the Sachsenring event. The dethroned leader Emil Bernstorff (GB) finished fifth, second and fourth on the so called roller-coaster track. Third in the standing is Pascal Wehrlein (Worndorf). The ADAC Stiftung Sport supported driver won Saturday’s race but retired from the second race. In the third race he staged an impressive fight back, which saw him carve his way through the field from 24th to fifth. The Russian Artem Markelov who was third twice was also strong. Dennis Lind (DK) clinched a podium position in the final race after finishing second.

ADAC PROCAR: new names in the winners list Although Johannes Leidinger (Nalbach), the winner of both races at the opening event, defended his ADAC PROCAR championship lead the BMW driver was winless at the Sachsenring. In the first race he had to give best to fellow BMW driver Jens Weimann (Preetz). In the second race Honda man Peter Rikli (CH), who started from third on the grid, finished ahead of Leidinger. In Division 2 Guido Thierfelder (Troisdorf) in his Peugeot worked his way to within three points of leader Nils Mierschke (Fränkisch-Crumbach). The Citroën driver took second and third places at the Sachsenring. Ulrike Krafft (Lauffen) took the unofficial title of fastest lady after taking two podium positions for third and second in her Division in a Ford. FIA GT1 World Championship: three Germans on home event podiumAt the sole FIA GT1 World Championship event on German soil local matadors had the podium well in their hands. In the "Championship Race” at the Sachsenring, the fourth round of season, Christian Hohenadel from Saarland won together with team mate Andrea Piccini (I). As a result the Aston Martin duo prevented the Saxony based team All inkl.com Münnich Motorsport from taking victory with Munich born Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli (I). Stefan Mücke (Berlin) and Darren Turner (GB) were third in the Aston Martin fielded by the Paderborn based team Young Driver AMR. German colours were represented on winner’s podium after the qualification race on the previous day: Maxime Martin/Frédéric Makowiecki (B/F) took victory in a Ford while Mücke/Turner celebrated third place. Second was the Aston Martin pair of Stef Dusseldorp/Clivio Piccione (NL/MC).TV coverage on kabel eins and SPORT1TV highlights of the events at the Sachsenring are shown by "kabel eins” (16 May, 00.05) and also "SPORT1” (18 May, 23.30 and 21 May, 11.45). "SPORT1” also broadcasts the World Championship race highlights.