With their third win of the season, the Porsche duo took the lead in the "Super Sports Car League". Luca Stolz and Maro Engel, of Toksport WRT secured second place in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 and thus remain in the title race, third place went to Mercedes-AMG brand colleagues Philip Ellis and Raffaele Marciello of Knaus-Team HTP-Winward). Defending champions Patric Niederhauser and Kelvin van der Linde of Rutronik Racing in the Audi and Porsche driver Robert Renauer of Precote Herberth Motorsport are still in the chase for the title. The title opponents are only separated by twelve points. "Today we managed a perfect race", cheered winner Ammermüller at the finish. “Our Porsche was just great today. Thanks to today's performance, we can go into tomorrow's race with confidence. "

Pole-setter Ammermüller maintained his top position at the start, while Luca Stolz overtook Max Hofer's Audi, who also started from the front row, into second place. Ammermüller then pulled away slightly. After twelve laps, his lead was just under 1.2 seconds when the race after a collision between Audi drivers Niels Langeveld (32 / NL, T3-HRT-Motorsport) and Nikolaj Rogivue (24 / CH, Aust Motorsport) for around 20 Minutes was interrupted. After the restart, Ammermüller was able to pull out another lead on pursuers Stolz. When the two front runners came in for their mandatory pit stops on lap 22, the Porsche driver was more than two seconds ahead of his closest rival. Ammermüller's team-mate Engelhart stayed in front even after the driver change and maintained the lead right through to the finish. Even a short safety car phase to rescue Dorian Boccolacci's Mercedes-AMG (22 / F, Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing) did not disturb the Porsche driver.

With a lead of 3.887 seconds, he was the first to see the checkered flag. It was the third triumph of the season for the winning duo. With 168 points, Ammermüller and Engelhart take the lead in the standings before the final race on Sunday. For Ammermüller it was the fifth victory in the "League of Super Sports Cars", for partner Engelhart it was already the 15th. With 168 points, Ammermüller and Engelhart take the lead in the standings before the final race on Sunday. For Ammermüller it was the fifth victory in the "League of Super Sports Cars", for partner Engelhart it was already the 15th. With 168 points, Ammermüller and Engelhart take the lead in the standings before the final race on Sunday. For Ammermüller it was the fifth victory in the "League of Super Sports Cars", for partner Engelhart it was already the 15th.

With Maro Engel and Luca Stolz, two other title candidates finished second on the podium. The Toksport WRT pilots are now third overall and with 25 points still to be awarded, they are twelve points behind the top of the table. Her Mercedes-AMG brand colleagues Philip Ellis and Raffaele Marciello of Knaus-Team HTP-Winward) finished third just 0.6 seconds behind and took their first podium place of the season.

Max Hofer and Christopher Haase of Montaplast by Land Motorsport started the race from second place and were in third place until the driver change. At the stop they lost another position and in the end had to be content with fourth place. Porsche driver Robert Renauer of Precote Herberth Motorsport, who shares the car with Mathieu Jaminet came home in fifth place, the Rutronik Racing R8 LMS duo crossed the line in sixth place.

Ricardo Feller and Stefan Mücke of BWT Mücke Motorsport finished seventh in another R8 LMS. Feller secured the race victory in the Pirelli Junior classification. Lamborghini driver Tim Zimmermann of GRT Grasser Racing Team, who finished fifth in the class, remains leader in the junior classification.

Kus Team 75 Bernard drivers Klaus Bachler and Simona De Silvestro finished eighth in their Porsche ahead of Alfred Renauer and Sebastian Asch of the Precote Herberth Motorsport Porsche. The top 10 were completed by Mercedes-AMG drivers Indy Dontje and Maximilian Götz of Mann-Filter-Team HTP-Winward.

Victory in the Pirelli Trophy classification went to Audi driver Rolf Ineichen of Team WRT) for the fifth time this season.

Michael Ammermüller (SSR Performance, Porsche 911 GT3 R): “We had a great car and already selected a good strategy in qualifying. In the race itself, I got off to a good start, was able to defend pole position and push hard. After the restart, the conditions on the track were difficult, there were many slippery sections. In a successful pit stop, I was able to hand over to Christian. ”

Christian Engelhart (SSR Performance, Porsche 911 GT3 R):“Michael did great preparatory work in qualifying and in the first half of the race. When I took over the vehicle, I even had some room for improvement. There were a few incidents during the race and the track was very slippery in many places. Here I first had to find the limit on my first laps. Then I could drive home the race. We can go into the final run with a lot of self-confidence, we are well prepared and have a good car. We have good chances for tomorrow's race. "