Porsche Junior Bastian Buus and Morris Schuring went head-to-head in a gripping duel for the lead over the entire round eleven of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. It was only shortly before the flag that 20-year-old Buus managed to make the decisive move and celebrate his second victory of the season. Trailing Schuring over the line was his Dutch compatriot and series leader Larry ten Voorde. Round twelve of the one-make cup with the 375 kW (510 PS) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup will follow tomorrow, Sunday (10 September 2023) at the Sachsenring.

The right-hand turn at the end of the long start-finish straight offers the best overtaking opportunity on the Sachsenring. And this is exactly where Bastian Buus attacked polesitter Morris Schuring on almost every lap. Several times it seemed that the 20-year-old Dane from the Allied-Racing team would succeed – and he even managed to take the lead for a very short time. Schuring, however, always had an answer – until the penultimate lap. This time Buus dodged to the left and then squeezed past on the right – and finally took his 18-year-old rival by surprise.

“I tried a different overtaking manoeuvre each lap. Only the one that Sascha Maassen told me about actually worked,” said Buus in gratitude to the former Porsche works driver and current Porsche Junior coach. Thanks to his second win of the season, Buus advanced to second overall and closed the gap to championship leader Larry ten Voorde, who finished third. “Tomorrow I start from pole position, then it’s time for the next win,” stated Buus, looking ahead to race twelve of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, which will again be contested at the Sachsenring on Sunday (September 10, 2023).

Understandably, Morris Schuring was disappointed that he was unable to convert his first Carrera Cup pole position into his maiden victory. “I tried everything to fend Bastian off. His moves were really aggressive, and he surprised me with the last one. Of course I’m happy with second place – but I would’ve preferred to win,” commented the Dutchman, who competes for the Swiss team FACH AUTO TECH. Schuring gets his chance for revenge already this weekend: for round twelve of the season on Sunday, he will line up on the front grid row alongside polesitter Buus.

Larry ten Voorde had the best seat in the house to watch the duel unfold between Schuring and Buus. “That was very interesting,” grinned the two-time Carrera Cup champion from the GP Elite team. “Thanks to their duel, I was able to get within striking distance. But ultimately they were both simply faster than me today.”

Between the Dutchman Loek Hartog (Team GP Elite) and Germany’s Alexander Tauscher (Huber Racing), Theo Oeverhaus (CarTech Motorsport Bonk) crossed the finish line in fifth place. This was the German’s fifth win in the Rookie rankings this season. “I focussed on winning the Rookie class and didn’t take any unnecessary risks when fighting for positions,” admitted the classification leader from Osnabrück. His fellow countrymen Vincent Andronaco (Allied Racing) and Janne Stiak (ID Racing) rounded off the Rookie podium.

In contrast to Oeverhaus, Sören Spreng, the current leader in the ProAm classification, missed the podium this time due to a spin. Instead, the top three places went to Ahmad Alshehab from Kuwait, the German Michael Essmann (both CarTech Motorsport Bonk) and Georgi Donchev (ProfilDoors by Huber Racing) from Bulgaria. “It’s important that I was able to slash the gap to Sören,” said winner Alshehab, who ranks second in the overall ProAm standings. “Hopefully I can do that again in the race on Sunday.”

Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland seasonrace 12 on the internet
Round 12 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland will be broadcast live on the internet on Sunday (10 September 2023) from 11.10 am on the one-make cup’s YouTube channel and the Porsche Motorsport Hub (www.porsche.de/pccd).

Results race 11, Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, Sachsenring (D)
1. Porsche Junior Bastian Buus (DK/Allied-Racing), 31:42,305 minutes
2. Morris Schuring (NL/FACH AUTO TECH), +1,270 seconds
3. Larry ten Voorde (NL/Team GP Elite), +3,097 seconds
4. Loek Hartog (NL/Team GP Elite), +8,147 seconds
5. Theo Oeverhaus (D/CarTech Motorsport Bonk), +8,503 seconds
6. Alexander Tauscher (D/Huber Racing), +8,659 seconds

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / Drivers (after 11 races)
1. Larry ten Voorde (NL/Team GP Elite), 233 points
2. Porsche-Junior Bastian Buus (DK/Allied-Racing), 173 points
3. Harry King (UK/Allied-Racing), 166 points
4. Loek Hartog (NL/Team GP Elite), 162 points
5. Morris Schuring (NL/FACH AUTO TECH), 114 points

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / Rookies (after 11 races)
1. Theo Oeverhaus (D/CarTech Motorsport Bonk), 175 points
2. Harri Jones (AUS/Scherer Sport PHX), 159 points
3. Vincent Andronaco (D/Allied-Racing), 155 points

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / ProAm (after 11 races)
1. Sören Spreng (D/GP Elite), 209 points
2. Ahmad Alshehab (KWT/CarTech Motorsport Bonk), 201 points
3. Georgi Donchev (BG/ProfilDoors by Huber Racing), 181 points

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / Teams (after 11 races)
1. Team GP Elite (NL), 410 points
2. Allied-Racing (D), 354 points
3. FACH AUTO TECH (CH), 191 points