PCCD: Ammermuller Wins in Zandvoort, Andlauer Takes Championship Lead

Michael Ammermuller claimed victory in a tense round nine of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland at Zandvoort.

“Quite frankly, that was one of the most difficult victories from pole position. Sand had blown over the track and initially there was no decent grip. This meant I had to scale-back the pace a little in order not to make a mistake. I’m on pole position for Sunday’s race, too, and I’m keen to bring home my next win,” he said.

Starting from pole, the two time Supercup champion assumed the lead of the race but had to defend vehemently in the opening stages from the fast starting Dutchman Jaap van Lagen. The home favourite found a way through at the start of lap two, as he dived through at the end of the start-finish straight. However, his success was short lived as he made a mistake under braking and slid into the gravel trap. Although it wouldn’t lead to his retirement, it would see him fail to finish in the top ten. From this point, Ammermuller never relinquished his lead and kept a cool head to claim his third domestic victory of the year.

Ammermuller’s BWT Lechner Racing team mate Julien Andlauer was second after a last lap overtake of title rival Larry ten Voorde.

“The duel with Larry ten Voorde was absolutely fair. I saw my chance shortly before the flag and was rewarded,” he said.

Although he finished third on the road, a five second penalty due to a jump start, demoted ten Voorde to fourth in the final standings. This saw him lose the championship lead (to Andlauer) for the first time this season.

Benefitting from ten Voorde’s error was Dylain Pereira to give Walter Lechner a 1-2-3 finish. “The result is super, but I’m not completely happy with my race. Unfortunately I couldn’t match the pace of the frontrunners. That has to improve on Sunday,” said Pereira.

Leon Kohler rounded out the top five in what was another impressive performance by the rookie.

Carlos Rivas won the amateur class in front of Stefan Rehkopf and Andreas Sczepansky.

Round 10 of the championship begins at 11:40 (CEST) on Sunday morning.

Result race 9:

1. Michael Ammermüller (BWT Lechner Racing)

2. Julien Andlauer (BWT Lechner Racing)

3. Dylan Pereira (Lechner Racing Team)

4. Larry ten Voorde (Overdrive Racing by Huber)

5. Leon Köhler (MSG/HRT Motorsport)

6. David Kolkmann (Black Falcon)

7. Tim Zimmermann (Black Falcon)

8. Rudy van Buren (Black Falcon Team Textar)

9. Sandro Kaibach (MSG/HRT Motorsport)

10. Jannes Fittje (Team Project 1 – JBR)

Championship standings after 9 of 16 races:

1. Julien Andlauer (BWT Lechner Racing), 138.5 points

2. Larry ten Voorde (Overdrive Racing by Huber), 136 points

3. Michael Ammermüller (BWT Lechner Racing), 125.5 points

Michael Ammermuller took his third Carrera Cup win of the season.