Final push in the ADAC GT Masters: the four-way battle for the championship is hotting up in the Eifel. Mercedes-Benz, Corvette and BMW ALPINA chase title favourites Porsche. Championship leader Christian Engelhart has secured the first match point at the Nürburgring on his way to the title in his Porsche 911. He leads the overall standings with a 25-point lead on his closest rivals Sebastian Asch and Maximilian Götz in the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Engelhart's team-mate Nick Tandy has a chance of winning the title on paper, but in reality his chances are slim. Since the British driver had to miss both Nürburgring races during the ADAC Truck-Grand-Prix weekend, the reigning Carrera Cup champion is ranked third in the championship table and is giving his Porsche colleague his full backing. For former Formula 1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen, this is his second home race of the season. The Corvette driver lives in Neuss and has a top Nürburgring specialist at his side: with four wins, team-mate Andreas Wirth is the most successful ADAC GT Masters driver in the Eifel. Frentzen is visited by former IBF world middleweight boxing champion and reigning WBO world super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham.
Formel ADAC
The Formel ADAC is heading for the final straight. The three races at the Nürburgring could decide who wins the championship. Swedish teenager Gustav Malja leads the standings ahead of the penultimate race weekend for the ADAC Formula academy. He has a 25-point lead on Marvin Kirchhöfer. Malja has already won a race in the Eifel this year and intends continuing his winning streak. ADAC Sports Foundation protégé Kirchhöfer is still waiting for his first Eifel victory but has shown that he feels comfortable at the Nürburgring: the Lotus driver finished on the podium in all three races during the ADAC Truck-Grand-Prix weekend. Jason Kremer, who hails from nearby Bonn, is looking forward to his second home race this season. Placed third in the overall standings, he achieved his first two pole positions in the Formel ADAC and then secured his first win of the season in July at the Nürburgring.
ATS Formel-3-Cup
Races 22 to 24 in the ATS Formel-3-Cup are on the programme this weekend at the Nürburgring. Veteran Jimmy Eriksson heads the overall standings with a comfortable lead of 86 points on rookie Lucas Auer. The nephew of ten-time grand prix winner Gerhard Berger secured his first victory in a major race during the previous race weekend at the Lausitzring and edged out Japanese driver Kimiya Sato in the standings, moving into second place. Auer has a chance on paper of winning the championship in his debut season in the ATS Formel-3-Cup and good prospects of achieving success in the rookie stakes. The Austrian driver leads the table for newcomers to the series ahead of Australian Mitchel Gilbert.
ADAC PROCAR
The two penultimate ADAC PROCAR races of the season are in prospect at the Nürburgring. The champion in Division 1 has already been decided. After his double victory at the Lausitzring, Jens Weimann becomes champion in the Super 2000 race car class before season end. He has got big-name competitors to join his team for the races in the Eifel: last year's winner Johannes Leidinger takes the wheel in the second Thate BMW. Further excitement is building in the Division 2 title fight. Championship leader Guido Thierfelder can wrap up the championship at his home race in the Eifel. Nils Mierschke is in second place behind Thierfelder but is only six points clear of Lausitzring double winner Lennart Marioneck.
MINI TROPHY
The penultimate race weekend of the MINI TROPHY 2012 season could see the championship decided before the end of the season. Jürgen Schmarl is the overall leader as the eleventh and twelfth race in the 'lifestyle' competition in the Eifel gets underway. Thomas Tekaat in hot pursuit might be able to close the gap to just seven points and Ralf Martin, who is just 27 points adrift from P1, is still within striking distance. Cora Schumacher, wife of ex-Formula 1 and current DTM driver Ralf Schumacher is also racing again at the Nürburgring and aiming to achieve decent results in her 211bhp MINI John Cooper Works. The ADAC Masters Weekend has a special highlight in store for fans: if you arrive at the track in a MINI, then you have the chance to drive in Sunday's MINI Corso parade around the race track.
New: Mobile Live timing
With the new mobile Live timing at www.adac.de/motorsport, fans can easily access all the results in real time, whether at home, in the car or spectating at the track. Free, mobile Live timing is available for all popular mobile browsers meaning that the results of all sessions from the five different race series in the ADAC Masters Weekend can now be viewed live on any mobile device, Smartphone or tablet. Every fan can set up his very own personal database with the original timing that the teams use always to hand.