Laptime Performance showed thrilling racing action at the third race weekend of the Porsche Sports Cup Germany at the Red Bull Ring

Halfway through the Porsche Sports Cup Germany season, the third race weekend took place on the picturesquely situated Grand Prix circuit in Spielberg in Styria In addition to regular drivers Tom Nittel and Alexandra Vateva, Marco Daedelow once again competed for the team from near Munich at the Red Bull Ring In the Porsche Endurance Challenge, ATS Wheels and Laptime Performance protégé Vateva drove with her Bulgarian compatriot Pavel Lefterov

The race weekend started chaotically: heavy rainfall flooded the race track on Thursday evening. Laptime Performance was also located in one of the lowest pits, so the team was particularly hard hit. But the vehicles and the equipment survived this unscathed and after some cleaning work, the test day could be started with a little delay on Friday afternoon. "For us, the loss of the important practice time is still annoying, because we haven't tested at the Red Bull Ring yet this year, said team principal Simon Eibl A huge thank you to the entire team at the Red Bull Ring, who worked through the night to make testing possible for us, that's not a matter of course!

Qualifying in the Porsche Sprint Challenge GT3 did not go as planned for Laptime Performance Tom Nittel only qualified seventh on the grid in the class, after starting from the best starting position in all previous races, Alexandra Vateva drove to 17th place in class after some track limit violations Marco Daedelow showed a strong performance with eighth position in qualifying

At the races, we had the problem that it got very warm and we weren't 100% sure about the tyre pressures, so we made sure that we built cars that worked well over the distance In the race, Nittel moved up to fifth position Marco Daedelow also showed a strong performance and finished the race in ninth place Sponsored pilot Vateva was also able to fight her way up a few positions to 16th place

Before the second Sprint Challenge race, the team once again modified the set-up on the Nittel car The conversion paid off in the race The son of former rally driver Uwe Nittel drove to fourth position and improved his lap times again Marco Daedelow was in fifth position for a long time and was involved in spectacular duels But after a spin, which was triggered by a small push from a competitor, he lost a few positions and then had to struggle with overheating tyres and understeer, which is why he also received a track limit penalty In the end, he finished the race in twelfth place

What was totally fascinating and great is Alexandra Vateva's performance in the second race! says Simon Eibl happily She finished the race in eleventh place in class after starting from 23rd position! Completely crazy and a mega good race! She showed great pace and the race was impressive.

In qualifying for the endurance race, Pavel Lefterov finished third overall and second in class At the start, Alexandra Vateva was taken by surprise by some competitors and lost some positions In the Porsche Endurance Challenge race, the problems caused by the flooding on Thursday returned During the storm, the track was washed out and sank during the last race of the weekend For safety reasons, the safety car was first sent out on the track before the race was stopped with the red flag Overall, the car was classified in seventh place The outcome of the race was of course stupid and the two drivers were also very crushed, as they were deprived of the chance for a good result Alex's pace was also right, so that even with Pavel's pace, even more would have been possible

The Porsche Sports Cup Germany continues on the second weekend in August Then the racing series will make a guest appearance at the traditional summer event at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben