Fourth win of the season and table lead extended: In the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, Porsche Junior Laurin Heinrich (Germany/SSR Huber Racing) continues to be in good form. On the Circuit Zandvoort (Netherlands), the Würzburg driver won the seventh race of the season on Saturday. “It's difficult to overtake on this narrow track. That's why I immediately put the pressure on at the start and was rewarded. It was a hectic race, but I was able to use the safety car phases to bring my tires back into the optimum temperature window,” says Heinrich. Second and third place in the ADAC GT Masters race went to Larry ten Voorde (Netherlands/Team GP Elite) and Bastian Buus (Denmark/Allied Racing).

The start of the race with 31 of the 375 kW (510 hp) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup was eventful. Several vehicles collided in the first corner, which led to an interruption of several minutes. Shortly after the restart, Heinrich took the lead after passing pole setter ten Voorde on the inside lane. Despite two safety car phases, the 20-year-old showed himself to be in command and was the first to cross the finish line after 14 laps. Ten Voorde was unable to put the man in front under significant pressure – the 25-year-old followed 0.6 seconds behind Heinrich in his home race. “Unfortunately I didn't get off to a good start at the restart, that was the deciding factor. In the race, I was able to keep up with Laurin Heinrich, but I couldn't find an opportunity to overtake,” analyzed ten Voorde.

Buus was delighted with his third podium finish of the season. “My goal was to finish among the top three, so I'm happy with the result. In the meantime I was able to get close to Larry ten Voorde. But in the end I didn't want to lose my place on the podium through an ill-considered manoeuvre," says the Dane. Lucas Groeneveld (GP Elite) from the Netherlands and rookie Alexander Tauscher (Allied-Racing) finished fourth and fifth – for both these are their best results so far in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. Jukka Honkavuori (Finland/ID Racing) saw the checkered flag in sixth place, but received a time penalty of 30 seconds after the race for a jump start. After a great fight back, Loek Hartog (Netherlands/Black Falcon) secured sixth place after moving from 16th place. starting position went into the race. His compatriot Max van Splunteren (Team GP Elite) finished seventh ahead of Lorcan Hanafin (Great Britain/Fach Auto Tech).

Kim Hauschild (HRT Performance) was initially in the lead in the ProAm classification. However, the German had to park his cup vehicle early in the pits after a puncture. As a result, Jan-Erik Slooten (Germany/IronForce Racing by Phoenix) won ahead of his compatriots Sören Spreng (Black Falcon) and Christof Langer (Fach Auto Tech) on the 4.259-kilometer track on the North Sea coast.

With his victory, Heinrich leads the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland after seven of 16 races with 153 points. Defending champion ten Voorde follows in second (112 points) ahead of Buus (98 points). Round eight of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland begins on Sunday at 2:40 p.m. local time and will be shown live on NITRO on German free TV. The RTL Deutschland channel will broadcast from Zandvoort from 2:15 p.m. Fans can also follow the race via live stream on RTL+, the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Facebook and YouTube channels and the Porsche Motorsport Hub.

Race result 7th round, Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland
1st Laurin Heinrich (Germany/SSR Huber Racing)
2nd Larry ten Voorde (Netherlands/Team GP Elite)
3rd Bastian Buus (Denmark/Allied-Racing)
4. Lucas Groeneveld (Netherlands/GP Elite)
5. Alexander Tauscher (Germany/Allied-Racing)
6. Loek Hartog (Netherlands/Black Falcon)
7. Max van Splunteren (Netherlands/Team GP Elite)
8. Lorcan Hanafin (Great Britain/ Fach Auto Tech)
9. Michael Ammermüller (Germany/SSR Huber Racing)
10. Lukas Ertl (Germany/CarTech Motorsport by Nigrin)