One world rally championship title, 19 world rally championship race wins, a total of 204 Formula 1 starts and three grand prix victories between them – a very special meeting took place on Thursday night in Dresden ahead of the ADAC GT Masters race weekend at the Lausitzring (May 23rd-25th) involving world rally champion Sébastien Ogier (30, F / Prosperia C Abt Racing), ex-Formula 1 world championship runner-up Heinz-Harald Frentzen (47, D / HTP Motorsport) and the two ex-Formula 1 drivers, Jaime Alguersuari (24, E / ROWE RACING) and Markus Winkelhock (33, D / Prosperia C Abt Racing). The four motor racing stars will line up at the weekend in the Super Sports Car League and had agreed to take part in a ‘media warm-up´ for the race weekend. This will be Ogier´s and Alguersuari´s first time on the Lausitzring grid in the ADAC GT Masters (Saturday and Sunday live on kabel eins, commencing at 11:45 am).

The motor racing stars had their first session together away from the track at the Neumarkt in Dresden against the awe-inspiring backdrop of the Frauenkirche. Taking questions from the press, Ogier, who will line up in an Audi R8 with Markus Winkelhock, and Alguersuari, sharing a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with Nico Bastian (24, D) spoke to the many media representatives present about their ADAC GT Masters debut. This constitutes a guest appearance at the Lausitzring for Volkswagen works driver Ogier, and he will be back contesting another world rally championship round in Italy at the wheel of his Volkswagen Polo R WRC in just ten days´ time, battling hard to secure world championship points, but Alguersuari will return to compete in all twelve remaining ADAC GT Masters races in the 550bhp Mercedes gullwing.

Alguersuari: "I´m very excited about the weekend because this will be not just my first race in the ADAC GT Masters at the Lausitzring, it´s also my first time ever in a GT race car. I´ve definitely got a great deal to learn this weekend."

Frentzen is hoping for a good result at the Lausitzring: "My team mate Luca Stolz and I have made excellent progress in our Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG recently, and I hope that we can convert those advances into a good result at the Lausitzring."

After this relaxed warm-up gathering ahead of the two races, things will get serious for Ogier, Frentzen, Alguersuari and the nearly 50 other ADAC GT Masters super sports car drivers on Friday morning at 8 am when practice gets under way at the Lausitzring. Grid positions for the two races on Saturday and Sunday will be decided in qualifying, commencing at 4 pm.