Commanding win for Nick Tandy on dune circuit
Stuttgart. Nick Tandy is back on victory lane. On the Circuit Park Zandvoort, the most challenging race track on the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland calendar, the Briton claimed a convincing win at round six by a gap of 14.264 seconds. With his third victory of the season, the 25-year-old from the well-established Konrad Motorsport team not only snatched back second overall in the points’ standings but also reduced the gap to points’ leader Nicolas Armindo. With three wins so far this season for the Hermes Attempto Racing squad, the successful French driver saw the flag in a lowly tenth position on the 4.307 kilometre dune circuit, but still sits at the top of the table with three races left to the end of the season.Bringing home second place, guest driver Jaap van Lagen made the double victory for Franz Konrad’s team perfect. For the Dutchman, the podium result is even more remarkable: This was his first ever race in the German Carrera Cup. Van Lagen, however, is no stranger to the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car. He competes in the international Porsche Mobil1 Supercup this season. Trailing the Konrad pilots, another team pairing crossed the finish line: Germans Uwe Alzen and Robert Renauer driving for Herberth Motorsport PZ Olympiapark. With this, Alzen celebrated his third podium result this year and now ranks third in the drivers’ classification sharing the same points with Tandy. Renauer again narrowly missed out on a podium spot but still retains his fourth in the overall rankings.
With a considerable gap to the leading quartet, Sean Edwards saw the flag in fifth. Whilst the Team Deutsche Post by tolimit pilot from Great Britain experienced a relatively lonely race, there was much bumper to bumper action in the mid and back-field. After claiming a surprising third in qualifying, Philipp Wlazik was outpaced at the start and fell back to sixth position after a spectacular excursion off the track. But using every trick in the book, the Hermes Attempto Racing pilot fended off hefty attacks from Sascha Maassen (Germany, Team Deutsche Post by tolimit), who crossed the finish line in seventh.
Sitting fifth in the series, Martin Ragginger (Austria, Schnabl Engineering) put in a spirited fight to bring home eighth ahead of David Mengesdorf from Germany. After his excellent sixth place on the Norisring, the youngster from SMS Seyffarth Motorsport gunned past Nicolas Armindo in the final lap to bring home ninth. The points’ leader was relieved to see the flag in tenth – only 0.5 seconds behind him Harald Schlegelmilch was within striking distance. Receiving support as a Porsche Motorsport Talent, the young hopeful from Latvia rounded off Konrad Motorsport’s good performance with eleventh.
Nick Tandy (winner): “That was an absolutely perfect race. My 911 handled so brilliantly that I could pull away without much effort at all. I could even have gone faster. Now I’m sitting closer to Nicolas and I can’t wait for my home race at Brands Hatch in two weeks.”
Jaap van Lagen (second): “This is fantastic for my first race and a great result for the team. I can’t believe how quick Nick was, but at least I managed to pull away from Uwe and that was the most important thing.”
Uwe Alzen (third): “Sensational start, great race. But I just couldn’t get past those Konrad cars – they simply pulled away. Towards the end I had no grip left. I fought hard and I’m pleased with third place. Now the situation looks tight at the top and I’m up there with them. That’s great!”
Round seven of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland takes off on 5 September in Brands Hatch, Great Britain.
Race result
1. Nick Tandy (GB), Konrad Motorsport, 33.09.866 minutes (148.050 km/h)
2. Jaap van Lagen (NL), Konrad Motorsport, + 14.264 seconds
3. Uwe Alzen (D), Herberth Motorsport PZ Olympiapark, + 16.537
4. Robert Renauer (D), Herberth Motorsport PZ Olympiapark, + 17.146
5. Sean Edwards (GB), Team Deutsche Post by tolimit, + 26.107
6. Philipp Wlazik (D), Hermes Attempto Racing, + 34.548
Drivers’ classification after 6 of 9 races
1. Nicolas Armindo (F), 90 points
2. Nick Tandy (GB), 81
3. Uwe Alzen (D), 81
4. Robert Renauer (D), 68
5. Martin Ragginger (A), 57
6. Sean Edwards (GB), 54
Team classification after 6 of 9 races
1. Herberth Motorsport PZ Olympiapark, 158 points
2. Hermes Attempto Racing, 154
3. Konrad Motorsport, 117
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Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, round 6 at the Circuit Park Zandvoort, Race report: Commanding win for Nick Tandy on dune circuit