Dienst got the weekend off to a good start with P10 in qualifying. "It was extremely tight, which is apparent from the fact that I was just 0.331 seconds off the time set for pole," said the 22-year-old with mild satisfaction. The race was red-flagged on the first lap after a pile-up which he only just managed to avoid getting caught up in. When the race resumed, he remained in ninth place for a long time before pushing forward at the start of the pit stop window: "About halfway through the race, I was driving very close behind Rolf Ineichen when he suddenly hit the brakes to turn into the pit lane. I had no chance of preventing the collision which sent him spinning." The stewards deemed the Schütz driver responsible for the incident and imposed a drive-through penalty. "Ineichen braked completely unexpectedly, so you really cannot blame Marvin," said team boss Christian Schütz in defence of his driver.

There was then a second problem. "We wanted to get Marvin into the pits for the driver change, but the radio connection to the car wasn't working," said Schütz. "That can happen, but it makes you look so stupid when you then come in too late." The team principal was quite philosophical about the hitch and the resulting second drive-through penalty: "The race was already over after the penalty anyway because of the incident with Rolf Ineichen." Aidan Read, who took over the Mercedes-AMG GT3 from Dienst eventually saw the chequered flag in P23 after two further pit stops.

On Sunday, Schütz Motorsport's luck thankfully held up. "Hockenheim was not a new track for me, which helped a lot," said Read after qualifying in 20th place. Team boss Schütz considers the 20-year-old Australian to have made good progress. In the ensuing race, in which Read drove the first stint, he put in a solid performance, working his way up to 16th place by the time the pit stop window opened. At the end of the round of driver changes, Dienst went into the second half of the race 15th on the leaderboard. He then proceeded to gain four more places before crossing the finish line in eleventh. The result was enough to put Dienst and Read second in the Junior class. "It was a satisfactory conclusion to a Hockenheim weekend that had not always gone smoothly for us," said Christian Schütz in summary. "This season is our first back in the ADAC GT Masters after a year out. We are also making our debut in the ADAC GT4 Germany, which is in its inaugural season. I think we have done a good job in both series, but we intend to carry on improving in the coming year and preferably be competing for victories. We want to stay committed to these two racing series, because I think that they are both developing along the right lines. And there is also increasing appreciation among spectators for the ADAC GT Masters with its attractive supporting programme."