Fleming-Kirchhöfer (Garage 59 McLaren) sign double win under the rain

On wet like on dry: the Garage 59 McLaren conquered also Race 2 at the Hockenheimring, with Tom Fleming and Marvin Kirchhöfer sweeping the floor since qualifying and ensuring the double win in a race that was again matked by a safety car period at the very end of the pit stop phase

“It may have looked easy from the outside, but it wasn’t given that the wiper was not working  and given the restart” said the two heroes of the weekend.

Second again were Simon Reicher and Christopher Haase in the Eastalent Audi, who collect their fourth second place of the season, slighting reducing their gap in the standings towards Levente Révész, today third together with Max Götz in the Motopark Mercedes.

In Pro-Am, a great maiden win for the all-Czech ISR Racing Audi of Libor Milota and Filip Salaquarda, with Müller-Mettler (SPS Mercedes) second and Neumann-Dunner (Motopark Mercedes) third.

In Am, Gino Forgione and Michele Rugolo (AF Corse) took their second success of the season ahead of S.Jedlinski-Korzeniowski (Olimp Ferrari) and Fulín-Navrátil (Fullin Race Audi).

THE RACE – It rains and the track is completely wet hen the start is given. Tom Fleming, in the Garage 59 McLaren, who has signed the pole, also in the wet, keeps the advantage at kick-off followed by Haase, Götz, Fontana, Aron, Emson and Lismont, while both Lambos of Ugran and Doquin spin in lap 1.

After ten laps, as the track starts to dry up and rain tyres to suffer, Fleming has a 2.2 advantage on Haase, Götz,Aron, Fontana, Emson and Mosca, with Basz eighth after a nice charge, then Babini, Mettler, Porter and Lismont. Sansom leads in Am.  Jans gets a 5-second penalty after causing a collision with Visoiu.

Not much changes up to the driver changes, with the window opening in lap 13. During that phase, Basz spins and Visoiu is sent into a spin by Bonduel., who gts a 10-second penalty. Greater drama strikes in lap 20 when “Hash” loses his car ahead of the hairpin, spins, hits the wall and collects Ramirez. The safety car is deployed. At this stage, Kirchhöfer leads ahead of Reicher, Revesz, Lebbon, Bennett, Zelger (first in Pro-Am, but who gets an 8-second penalty for not serving the entire handicap), Meakin, Paverud, Schiller and Müller. Rugolo is in the lead in Am ahead of West and Hernandez.

The race resumes in lap 25 and the closing phases will mostly see, behind an intouchable Kirchhöfer, a nice battle for second between Reicher, Revesz and Lebbon, but positions will not change. The last notable incident is a contact between Dörrbecker and Walker. Milota wins in Pro-Am and Rugolo in Am.