The work on the short but technical 3.645 meters long circuit started on the right foot and Team ISR drivers Filip Salaquarda and Frank Stippler managed to adjust the setup to their driving style in the practice sessions on Friday. Salaquarda posted a 1m 19.627s lap in a very tight Q1, that was the 20th time despite being only 0.7s off the pole position time.

Race one ended again too early for Team ISR, as Salaquarda had to retire in the opening stages due to a puncture following a contact with the #82 Lamborghini Huracán driven by Rolf Ineichen.

The desire to bounce back was high in Q2 on Sunday morning. Frank Stippler showed again all his value and posted a 1m 18.835s lap that allowed the #33 car to qualify in 10th place.

Started from the fifth row of the grid, the German driver wisely avoided contacts in the initial stages that ended up in a red flag, but he was later on handed a 5s time penalty for incorrect positioning on the starting grid. A safety car deployment when Team ISR's pairing was in the pits made any recovery quite difficult and Salaquarda crossed the finish line in P20.

Igor Salaquarda (Team ISR principal): "This was not the weekend we expected, a lot of episodes worked against us and did not allow Filip and Frank to show their true potential. On paper, we could bounce back in race two, but the events in this eventful race did not allow us to complete a comeback and the final result is below expectations. We will try and leave this race behind to focus on the closer of Hockenheim aiming to end the season on a high."

Source: Team