Third win of the season in amateur stakes for Porsche driver Swen Dolenc (FACH AUTO TECH): In the seventh race of the season at the Nürburgring, Dolenc, driving a Porsche 911 and placed second in the amateur rankings, cut the deficit on Kristian Poulsen (Young Driver AMR, Aston Martin V12 Vantage) to just three points.

At the start of the race, though, it was still Poulsen who led from Dolenc and Corvette driver Toni Seiler (Callaway Competition). The Danish driver maintained the upper hand, leading in the amateurs' championship, right up until the change of drivers when, unfortunately, contact with Diego Alessi's Corvette cost the 36-year-old victory. Poulsen was given a drive-through penalty as a result of the contact with Alessi, which meant that the Aston Martin, which was driven in the second half of the race by Christopher Nygaard, dropped back behind the FACH Porsche. Martin Ragginger, Dolenc's team-mate put in a strong performance in the second half of the race to stay ahead of the Aston Martin, securing victory for amateur driver Dolenc.

"Unfortunately, I dropped down the field a bit in the initial phases of the race and then had to avoid another competitor which cost me some places," said Dolenc afterwards. "I fought back, though, and the car felt very good. My team-mate Martin Ragginger then had a strong race in the second half. But it's a pity that we missed going into the Top Ten in the overall standings."

Rene Bourdeaux (Team GT3 Kasko) was placed third in another Porsche 911 GT3 R and so for the first time this season finished on the amateur drivers' podium. "A long overdue podium," was the comment after the race by the relieved Munich-based driver, who shares the drive in the Porsche with Alfred Renauer.

Remo Lips finished fourth in his Callaway Corvette ahead of the mixed doubles, Andrina Gugger/Otto Klohs, in their Porsche 911 GT3 R prepared by FACH AUTO TECH. Toni Seiler had some bad luck: his team-mate Frank Kechele went into the second half of the race on slicks, which turned out to be the wrong choice in the end, and the two-time amateur champion from Switzerland eventually finished in sixth place.