Black Falcon Team IDENTICA and W&S Motorsport celebrate their first PETN wins in 2023 at the season finale
In the final round of the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring 2023 season, two driver teams were able to claim their first victory of the season. After five podium finishes Ben Bünnagel, Noah Nagelsdiek and Gabriele Piana from Black Falcon Team IDENTICA (#102) took first place in Cup 2 at the season finale. Likewise, Philip Miemois and Niclas Wiedmann of W&S Motorsport (#962) rewarded themselves with their first victory in Cup 3 class. The ninth race of the season as part of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) went over a distance of four hours. A total of 28 vehicles competed in the PETN with 13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) in Cup 2 and 15 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS (982) in Cup 3 class.
Black Falcon was also victorious in the Cup 2 AM-Drivers' championship. Mustafa Mehmet Kaya and Mike Stursberg from Black Falcon Team TEXTAR (#103) finished the season finale with victory number five in the Cup 2-AM classification. At NLS9, the duo was supported by PRO-driver and double starter Gabriele Piana. The AM-classification in Cup 3 class was won by the brothers Leonard Oehme, Moritz Oehme and Niklas Oehme from Team Oehme (#944).
That´s a wrap for the second season of the PETN
Another successful season of the PETN is over. Thank you to all partners, teams and drivers and congratulations to our champions this year: Sorg Rennsport (#959) the Cup 3 team champion, who are also ‘PETN overall champions’, with their drivers and champions in the Cup 3 driver´s classification Heiko Eichenberg, Fabio Grosse and Patrik Grütter, Cup 3 AM-champions Stefan Beyer and Carl-Friedrich Kolb, also from Sorg Rennsport, and Cup 2 AM-champions Klaus Abbelen and ‘Jules’ from Frikadelli Racing Team (#111). In the team and driver standings of the Cup 2 class, no championship decision has been reached yet after the last race of the season, as there is still only a provisional race result for NLS8. It depends on the result whether Max Kruse Racing (#100) with Nico Otto or KKrämer Racing (#121) with Christopher Brück and Moritz Kranz become champions in the class. A decision is expected soon. The championship decision in the Cup 2 class will be decided by 0.5 points after 9 events, 42h of pure race time and around 150 points awarded in the top position.
The penultimate event of the season will take place on 18 November with the NLS annual awards ceremony. The winning teams and drivers of the PETN will be honored there. The Porsche Night of Champions in December marks the end of the PETN season.