Final round of the ADAC GT Masters and title fight for Young Driver AMR: This weekend, Germany's premier sports car series ends at Hockenheim and Young Driver AMR is still in contention for championship honours in the amateur-driver class. Kristian Poulsen from Denmark is currently second with two races at go and takes a shot at the title at Hockenheim together with fellow countryman Christoffer Nygaard in his Young Driver AMR-Aston Martin Vantage GT3. After a strong performance in the most recent round at the Nürburgring, the brothers Ferdinand and Johannes Stuck are also looking forward to end their season with a good result in the second Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 entered by Young Driver AMR.
Young Driver AMR travels with mixed emotions to Hockenheim. "As our test and development season with the Aston Martin V12 Vantage comes to an end, Hockenheim is again a new track to us and thus, it's difficult to make any predictions", Young Driver AMR-team principal Hardy Fischer says. "After the most recent round at the Nürburgring, the 'Balance of Performance' has been amended for a wide of range of competitors except us, this makes it even harder to predict. Hockenheim consists of longs straights and the twisty Motodrom. Duo to the BOP, our V12-engine is handicapped on the straights, but we should do well in Motodrom. Our focus this weekend is clearly to win the amateur-championship for Kristian."
The amateur champions of the ADAC GT Masters comes down to the wire at Hockenheim between championship leader Swen Dolenc in a Porsche 911 and Kristian Poulsen. The Young Driver AMR-driver is currently second with a gap of 24 points, while there are still 50 points for the winner on the table at the last two races.
Driver quotes before the final weekend:
Christoffer Nygaard: "The Nürburgring was a very good track for us. But I'm afraid, this will not necessarily be the case at Hockenheim. On the straights we will lose time. But there are some fast corners and also in the Motodrom, we should show a good performance. Priority this weekend is to win the amateur championship for Kristian. Since the start of the second race at the Nürburgring didn't go perfect for me, we missed a potential double amateur victory for Kristian. We need now two wins at Hockenheim and I hope we can achieve them, everything else is then not in our hands."
Johannes Stuck: "From the last weekend at Nürburgring, which went really well for us, we can carry some momentum to Hockenheim. At the Nürburgring, our car was perfect and some much things came together. So at the end, we were quick on the entire weekend. For Hockenheim I wouldn't make any prediction. I just hope for good weather and hope many fans will find their way to the Motodrom. Our season was certainly not ideal, but we would like to say good bye before the winter break with a good performance."