Alexandros Margaritis (GR) and team mate Dino Lunardi (F) from LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler further consolidated their leading position in the nine-brand strong ADAC GT Masters.

After the two BMW ALPINA drivers were forced to forego a champagne shower recently at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, the Greek-German duo celebrated their third victory of the season on Saturday in northern Holland. Margaritis and Lunardi started the race from second position behind the ABT Audi of Christopher Mies (D) and Christer Jöns (D). A mistake at the start by pole sitter Jöns was beautifully exploited by Margaritis to put himself at the head of the field. After 34 laps the 'bright green' BMW ALPINA took the chequered flag an impressive 6.5 seconds ahead of Mies/Jöns and the second ABT Audi duo of Luca Ludwig/Jens Klingmann.

Unlucky in Sunday's race

However, the leaders were unlucky in Sunday's turbulent race: the ALPINA duo got into a spin on the rain-soaked track and dropped from second to seventh position. Team Farnbacher ESET Racing's Niclas Kentenich (D) and Dominik Farnbacher (D) were more at home in the conditions. Starting from 13th on the grid in the Ferrari 458 GT3 the victorious team also overpowered the surprise leading HEICO Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of Harald Proczyk (A)/Dominik Baumann (A). The two Austrians were the first to switch to rain tyres during an early safety car stage and were thus moved from the back to the front of the field. Lance David Arnold (D)/Andreas Zuber (A) sailed to their first podium finish of the season behind their HEICO team mates. Margaritis/Lunardi head the standings with 164 points before the finale at Hockenheim.

With 50 points still on offer and only 28 points behind the second placed pairing of Johannes and Ferdinand Stuck (A/A) in the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini still have a realistic chance of taking title honours. The Audi drivers Christopher Mies (133 points) and brand team mate Luca Ludwig (122 points) are also still in the race.