Klien takes narrow victory on Day 1
In the opening race, Austrian driver Klien came out on top after 30 minutes at the wheel of the yellow INTERWETTEN-PRC WPR66 Cosworth 3.5. Despite a thrilling late charge, the German Fink missed out on victory by just 2.388 seconds. Veteran Klaus Abbelen delivered a strong performance behind them, taking third overall in his historic Porsche 962C. He also secured victory in the Classic classification, finishing ahead of Georg Hallau in the Lola T70 Chevrolet and Axel Pilz in the McLaren, two of the legendary “Big Bangers” from the Can-Am series of the early 1970s.
Fink awarded victory after Sunday penalty
The second race on Sunday once again saw Klien and Fink go head-to-head in a closely fought battle. Klien crossed the finish line first once again, but was subsequently handed a time penalty, dropping him to ninth overall and handing victory to Marco Fink. The result also earned Fink maximum points in the Open-1 classification.
Enja Rössler suffers unfortunate setback
Sven Barth impressed in the Pro-1 class on both race days, finishing Sunday second overall in his Ginetta G61 Nissan. Swiss driver Jeremy Siffert and Swedish duo Johan Wogel/Philip Viktorsson followed behind. In Pro Division 2, Diego Romanini repeated his class victory from Saturday. The Italian came out on top in his PRC Honda after Enja Rössler lost the lead following an unfortunate slip-up in her Ligier JS53 Honda and was forced to retire.
What’s next?
Following two action-packed race days at the Nürburgring, attention now turns to the next SCC highlight. At the Red Bull Ring Classics on 29 and 30 August, the two Austrians Christian Klien and Matthias Lauda will go head-to-head in Styria. Both drivers will be competing in identical INTERWETTEN-PRC WPR66 Cosworth prototypes.
