Audi sets fastest time in first ADAC GT Masters practice session at the Lausitzring

The ADAC GT Masters weekend at the Lausitzring gets off to a flying start with an Audi setting the fastest time. In the first practice session, the HGL Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 fielded by Seyffarth Motorsport set the fastest time on the circuit in Brandenburg. Simon Connor Primm completed a lap in 1:22.080 minutes.

Just 0.009 seconds behind, Tim Zimmermann in the FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 finished second in the final standings.

Niklas Kalus took third place in the Haupt Racing Team’s Ford Mustang GT3.

ADAC GT Masters Practice Results (Top 10):

1. Robin Rogalski/Simon Connor Primm – HGL Racing – Audi R8 LMS GT3

2. Tim Zimmermann/Leyton Fourie – FK Performance Motorsport – BMW M4 GT3

3. Kiano Blum/Niklas Kalus – Haupt Racing Team – Ford Mustang GT3

4. Joseph Ellerine/Alain Valente – FK Performance Motorsport – BMW M4 GT3

5. Sandro Holzem/Juliano Holzem – Schubert Motorsport – BMW M4 GT3

6. Max Reis/Emil Gjerdrum – Haupt Racing Team – Ford Mustang GT3

7. Felix Hirsiger/Finn Zulauf – LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler – Lamborghini Huracán GT3

8. Baudouin Detout/Jamie Day – Comtoyou Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT3

9. Colin Bönighauen/Leo Pichler – razoon – more than racing – Porsche 911 GT3 R

10. Mark Kastelic/Pavel Lefterov – razoon – more than racing – Porsche 911 GT3 R

The Trophy practice session, open to junior and gentleman drivers, took place immediately after the first practice session. John Paul Southern Jr. set the fastest time here in the LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler Lamborghini, ahead of Jamie Day and Finn Zulauf.

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