No fewer than four Super Sports Cars celebrated their debut in the "League of Super Sports Cars" at the start of the ADAC GT Masters season in the Oschersleben Motorsport Arena. The newcomers from Aston Martin, Chevrolet, McLaren and Nissan were not good enough to finish on the podium at the season opener, but all four cars showed good potential. The season opener was also a learning weekend for Aston Martin (Young Driver AMR), Chevrolet (YACO Racing powered by Jochen Schweizer) and Nissan (Schulze Motorsport), as all three teams only received their cars shortly before the start of the season.

The most successful team were Aston Martin on their ADAC GT Masters comeback with the new V12 Vantage GT3. Christoffer Nygaard and Christian Poulsen finished the first race in the point, which gave Poulsen the victory in the Amateur class. In the second race, stop-go penalties prevented both V12 Vantage cars from a possible points finish. Johannes Stuck, driving with his brother Ferdinand, left the Motorsport Arena without scoring any points, but nevertheless drew a positive conclusion. "We have improved in every practice and race and made progress. The cars feel very good, so we can now look forward to Zandvoort."

The ADAC GT Masters debut of the McLaren did not go smoothly. Molitor Racing suffered a setback in Qualifying after the MP4-12C GT3 of Erwin Stückle/Patrick Huisman could not be repaired after an accident during practice. The second British car of Karsten Molitor's team, driven by Alex Smith and Christian Ott finished tenth in the race thanks to good tactics, earning McLaren's first point in the ADAC GT Masters. Gemballa Racing also had a turbulent debut. In the first race Sacha Bert and Luca Ludwig gambled on strategy by starting on wet weather tyres, and after an extra stop to change tyres just missed out on the points in eleventh. In the second race, the McLaren duo incurred a time penalty after contact with a competitor ended the race prematurely for the black and blue Gembella GT3. "For the next race in Zandvoort, we hope to change the Balance of Performance, as under the current levels, we are not competitive", said Bert, hoping for better luck in the Netherlands.

Not scoring points, but rather finishing was the plan at YACO Racing powered by Jochen Schweizer. The aim of the team, entering two Chevrolet Camaro cars, was partially achieved as Charlie Geipel and Achim Winter finished the first race in 29th place. In the second race, the duo struggled as much as their team mates with teething problems of the Camaro. Team boss Uwe Geipel was not completely dissatisfied after the weekend: "In both races I was impressed by some of the fast lap times set by our drivers. That makes me very optimistic for the next race in Zandvoort."

Schulze Motorsport brought a GT car with the same imposing dimensions as YACO Racing. The Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 is one of the biggest super sports cars in the field. The team from near Leipzig only received the Nissan for the first time in the race week as it was delivered directly to the Motorsport Arena. The dress rehearsal with the new Nissan on the Wednesday before the race at Oschersleben was clouded with teething problems on the GT-R, but over the course of the weekend, Schulze Motorsport got the first Japanese supercar in the ADAC GT Masters more and more under control. This was evident in the second race. Starting from 37th the Schulze brother, Tobias and Michael, drove to finish 23rd in the race. "My sons have driven mainly in long distance races in recent years and have now adjusted back to the sprint race," says team boss Wolfram Schulze with optimism for the next race.

"The car has great potential, and now it is up to us to show that at the next race", said Camaro team boss Uwe Geipel after the first two races: a statement that the team bosses of the other newcomers would agree with. One thing in certain: the four new additions will attract plenty of attention in the ADAC GT Masters.