ADAC GT Masters·14.8.2018

Team ISR wants another win: Czech squad is looking forward to Zandvoort

The Czech outfit comes from a spectacular maiden win claimed two weeks ago at the Nürburgring following an amazing performance. All is set to confirm its speed with the n.33 Audi R8 LMS driven by Filip Salaquarda and Frank Stippler.

The Dutch venue has a long motor racing tradition as it hosted all the thirty editions of the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix, back in the times when the circuit was not in the current 4.307 meters layout that features few straights and 11 often banked corners.

The long pit straight leads to a very driven first sector, while the Hugenholtzbocht corner opens the mid sector which does not feature big direction changes. The Audi chicane is the place where overtaking can happen, as at the first turn, and it proceeds two right-handers, named Kumhobocht and Arie Luyendjkbocht, that lead back on the pit straight.

"The victory at the Nürburgring is still close and the whole team is highly determined to repeat the extraordinary result claimed two weeks ago, but we need to stay focused," says team principal Igor Salaquarda. "Zandvoort is a circuit on which we did not race much, and has quite a peculiar layout, compared to the other circuits on the calendar, therefore we will take it one step at a time to allow car and drivers to adapt to it. We will keep an eye on the weather too, as rain could shuffle the cards."

Source: team