Marek Böckmann went fastest in qualifying for race two of ADAC GT4 Germany at the Nürburgring. Evenly matched field with cars from four manufacturers making up the top four.
Prosport Racing will start Sunday’s ADAC GT4 Germany race at the Nürburgring from the front of the grid. Marek Böckmann (28/Lautersheim) impressed in the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 in qualifying, stopping the clock at 1:32.338 minutes to secure pole position for the team from nearby Wiesemscheid at its home event. “When I saw the time on the display, I did not initially think it would be good enough. Generally speaking, the times set on Saturday were a bit faster,” said Böckmann, who starts alongside Anton Paul Abée (28/Hamburg). “As such, I was actually rather surprised when my engineer informed me that we were on pole. And I’m delighted now.”
Second place, 0.450 seconds slower than Böckmann, went to the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 of Raphael Rennhofer (18/AUT) and Emil Heyerdahl (23/NOR, both Wimmer Werk Motorsport), with Heyerdahl at the wheel for qualifying. Starting the race behind them in third place will be the BMW M4 GT4 of Gabriele Piana (38/ITA) and Berkay Besler (25/TUR, both FK Performance Motorsport), who missed out on pole by 0.613 seconds. In fourth place, 0.639 seconds off the pole time, were championship leaders Enrico Förderer (18/Leuterod) and Jay Mo Härtling (22/Sprockhövel, both SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm) in a Mercedes-AMG GT4. As such, the top four positions in qualifying were occupied by cars from four different manufacturers.
Rounding out the top five were Philip Wiskirchen (21/Euskirchen) and Tim Reiter (26/Ostfildern, both ME Motorsport) in another BMW. Sunday’s ADAC GT4 Germany race starts at 15:15 and will be shown live on television on both Sky Sport Mix and Sport1. “Our car is fast over one lap, but we are currently working on our pace over the full distance. With this in mind, the first thing I need to do is to stay in front at the start,” said Böckmann, looking ahead. “My goal is to hand the car over to my team-mate in first place.”
