Frank Kechele has had to wait a long time for this first ADAC GT Masters victory: The Ulm-based driver initially lined up in the Super Sports Car League back in 2008. Kechele has fielded a variety of cars in recent years - Lamborghini Gallardo, Audi R8, and Corvette Z06.R - but this year for the first time, the 26-year-old is in a Ford GT prepared by Lambda Performance. Up until now, six pole positions had been Kechele's best showing in the ADAC GT Masters, making the Lambda driver one of the fastest drivers in the series. Kechele claimed his maiden victory in Race 1 at Spa Francorchamps along with Belgian team-mate Nico Verdonck during his 61st ADAC GT Masters race.

"Taking this maiden win was great, but I didn't realise at the time that it was my first race victory in the ADAC GT Masters." said Kechele, looking back on his success in Belgium. The Ardennes Rollercoaster at Spa-Francorchamps has always really suited Kechele; in 2010, the Ford driver achieved a win in the FIA GT1 World Championship along with ex-Formula 1 driver Ricardo Zonta driving a Lamborghini. Kechele: "I've always liked Spa; it's where I won the Formula Renault title."

Kechele and Nico Verdonck make a formidable combination in the new Lambda Performance Ford GT: "Nico is a great team-mate, I know him from when we teamed up together back in 2011. He is perhaps not all that well known in Germany but is a real motor racing icon in Belgium. I think we make a really good team, as we proved just now at Spa-Francorchamps. However, you must not forget that Spa is a circuit where our car can really play to its strengths."

The next ADAC GT Masters race is set to take place at the Sachsenring (7th-9th June), a track where mid-engine sports car like the Ford GT have always done well. Kechele: "I am certain that we will again be quick at the Sachsenring, although as is usually the case, many different factors will play a part, for sure. At any rate, we will have to secure some decent points there because the Nürburgring, the Red Bull Ring and the Lausitzring come next. We will probably not be as strong on those circuits, and must therefore try to build up a small points cushion at the Sachsenring."