Instead of the hoped-for breakthrough in the third ADAC GT Masters race weekend at the Sachsenring there was the bitterest disappointment of the season so far for Andreas Wirth.

On the roller coaster in Saxony the Heidelberger was not competitive in his Callaway Corvette with teammate Christian Hohenadel, and experienced their most difficult race weekend of the season. The end result was a disappointing 19th place after anything but a smooth first run. In the second run Wirth and Hohenadel dropped out after technical difficulties just 5 minutes before the checkered flag.

"The Corvette was extremely difficult to drive  this weekend - in dry as well as wet conditions," said Andreas Wirth. "The team has been painstakingly trying to remedy the problems, but the cause seems lie with the tires. In addition, it seems the competition have significantly more power than we do. Compared to last year we are a bit heavier, but Audi for example may, however, take 20% larger air restrictors compared to a year ago. Although we were slightly faster than last year, the other manufacturers are more than a second faster. "

"We have now experienced three extremely disappointing race weekends in which we were not competitive in most cases. Now the ADAC GT Masters goes into a two-month summer break. We will use this time to collaborate extensively with our partners, sponsors, and the team as we continue working toward our commitment and goal for the season. "

The ADAC GT Masters resume racing after the summer break at one of Andreas' favorite tracks - the Nrburgring - August 2 - 4.

The ADAC GT Masters Series will be broadcast live and full-length in 2013 on Cable 1 (Kabel1 www.kabeleins.de) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and we will do our best to provide updates throughout the race weekends via Facebook and Twitter to his fans from around the world.