NLS
Preparations for the Nurburgring 24 Hours stepped up last weekend with two Qualifiers on the Nordschleife. Both counted for the NLS and were won by the same car, albeit with different drivers!
Sven Muller and Tim Heinemann took their Falken Motorsports Porsche to victory on Saturday. Falken scored a 1-2 on the road, but a penalty for overtaking under yellow flags dropped the second car to fifth, and promoted Manthey EMA Porsche pairing Thomas Preining and Ayhancan Guven to second.
Nico Menzel and Martin Ragginger took over the #44 Falken 911 GT3-R on Sunday and doubled its weekend tally, this time leading home the Rowe Racing BMW of Maxime Martin, Raffaele Marciello and Marco Wittmann.
BARNARD GOES QUICKEST
Formula 2 driver Taylor Barnard topped the rookie session for McLaren ahead of the Misano E-Prix, having set a 1m18.762s with his final effort, which left the Briton 0.154 seconds clear of DS Penske’s Robert Shwartzman. A full day of rookie running will take place on the Monday after the Berlin E-Prix double-header in May.
CYAN STICKS WITH QUARTET
Lynk & Co works team Cyan Racing has stuck with an unchanged line-up for this season’s TCR World Tour, which kicks off at Vallelunga this weekend. Tin-top world champions Yann Ehrlacher and Thed Bjork (the Swede’s 13th year at the team!) are joined by Santiago Urrutia and Ma Qing Hua in the squad’s four-car line-up. A field of 20 is set for Vallelunga, with 11 regulars joined by nine national contenders.
CORNISH HASTY IN S
