2018 VLN championship

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2018 VLN championship

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Today the VLN championship starts with the 64th ADAC Westphalenfahrt.



There is a big of fog, but it will disappear fast.
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Estre/Bamber/Vanthoor with a Porsche 911 GT3 R take pole position with an 8:03.070. I think the drivers will get closer to the 8 minute barrier this afternoon. Race starts at 11am BT time / 12pm CET.
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Jake Kilshaw wrote:Manthey Porsche Wins VLN 1

Manthey Racing Porsche wins VLN season-opener with Estre, Vanthoor, Bamber…

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Manthey Racing won the opening VLN race of the season on Saturday afternoon with its No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Earl Bamber.

The car started from pole position but didn’t lead the entire four-hour race on the Nordschleife, facing challenges from other teams including Mercedes-AMG Team HTP and Wochenspiegel Team Monschau.

Nevertheless, the winners did manage to stay within sight of the lead for most of the race which was relatively incident-free.

Audi Sport Team BWT managed to finish second despite starting the final lap from fourth, with its Audi R8 LMS GT3 driven by Markus Winkelhock and Nico Mueller.

It finished ahead of Falken Motorsports’ Porsche driven by Sven Mueller and Klaus Bachler which had been set to give Porsche a 1-2 finish until it was passed by the BWT Audi soon before the end of the race.

While the No. 47 HTP Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Renger van der Zande, Dominik Baumann and Edoardo Mortara did lead for a while in the first half, it could only manage a fifth-place finish behind Audi Sport Team Land’s car driven by Christopher Mies and brothers Kelvin and Sheldon van der Linde.

Black Falcon took the SP10 class honors in the category reserved for GT4-spec cars with its Mercedes-AMG GT4 driven by Nico Bastian, Stefan Karg, Fidel Leib and Moritz Oberheim.

The start of the race was pushed back by 40 minutes following heavy weather including fog which delayed qualifying earlier in the day.

Despite this, the race itself was run under bright, clear conditions.
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Second race qualification GER
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The Opel Manta drove the fastest lap ever with that car. 9:15min. It shows that it is not there just for the coolness of this 25 year old car.
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Pace lap about to start for the second run of the VLN 2018 championship.
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VLN 7 Qualification.
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WINNER VLN 7

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Last race of 2018. 08:23 CET : FOG, no qualification possible atm.
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Pole today: Walkenhorst BMW M6GT3.

In a new record in VLN! Christian Krognes scored in the Walkenhorst BMW M6 GT3 a time of 7.52,578 min
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Winner of the last VLN race this season.

Also this is the last victory of this car. It will be sold, because Falken will use the new RSR next season. The one with its engine and gearbox swapped.
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Overal VLN champions.
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Results today.
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