Inconspicuous and consistent: Porsche driver Robert Renauer (Tonino powered by Herberth Motorsport) has been stealthily working his way up to the top of the table in the Porsche 911 GT3 R. Renauer is third in the championship and only nine points behind championship leaders Buhk/Götz (Mercedes-Benz) in the run-up to the third-to-last ADAC GT Masters race weekend at the Lausitzring (29th August-1st September). The secret of Renauer´s success up until now has been his almost perfect consistency: the 28-year-old has secured points in nine out of ten races. Renauer, speaking about his season to date: "So far, we´ve previously finished on the podium in one race only, which was right at the very start of the season in Oschersleben, but we always enjoyed good pace and have been lucky. Whilst we may not have been the quickest in any single race, we´ve always done well."

This drive for consistency is part of the tactics that Renauer and team-mate Martin Ragginger decided to adopt before the start of the season. "We opted at the outset to always finish and never take any risks," said Renauer. "After all, Maximilian Götz and Sebastian Asch won last year´s championship using the same tactics."

The extensive aerodynamic update that the Porsche 911 GT3 R underwent for the 2013 season has also played a key role in achieving consistent results. "The Porsche is much more balanced thanks to the new package, so that a fair bit can now be accomplished at every track. The car was very fast this year even at the Sachsenring, which previously in the past was the toughest track on the calendar for the 911. The GT3 R now has excellent all-round qualities, so that you can always achieve a top-six finish. However, for the moment, the peaks are missing a little bit, though, such as at the Red Bull Ring, for example, where the Porsche was unbeatable last year. So far this season, on balance, the Porsche is not doing nearly as well as last year where wins, pole positions, and podiums are concerned."

But Renauer is basically satisfied with the performance of the Porsche: "A quick glance at the table indicates just how level the playing field is in this year´s championship. We are all incredibly close to one another. I think that the Porsche is capable of winning on the whole, however, the Corvette was such a runaway success at the last two race weekends and a little too fast for my liking, otherwise a Porsche victory would certainly have been possible at the Red Bull Ring."

The younger of the Renauer twins is optimistic about the final three race weekends. Team-mate Martin Ragginger had to miss the Nürburgring fixture due to other commitments in Asia, but Renauer will line up with the Austrian in the remaining six races. However, Raggi is now behind his team-mate in the championship standings, since Renauer again secured decent points in the Eifel along with reserve driver Michael Christensen. "I think that the Lausitzring should suit us best of all the tracks still to come, even though this year, we will once again utilise the shorter circuit configuration. The Slovakia Ring is new territory for us. As regards Hockenheim, everyone in the field is quick there because it is used for testing more than any other track."

With six races during the three race weekends that remain until the end of the season, Renauer will deploy the same tactics that brought him third place: "We will carry on as before and aim to secure points as consistently as possible. If we succeed, then my chances of being in the title race at the end of the season will be good."