The title fight continues to come to a head. Michael Ammermüller (GER) and Mathieu Jaminet (FRA) win the race on Saturday and write history with their third victory of the season. The number 92 is the first Porsche to win at the Sachsenring. On Sunday, the duo was able to collect more points with the tenth place.
- Pole position in the first qualifying
- Start-to-finish victory in Saturday’s race
- Catching up in the Sunday race
Race 1
The weekend at the Sachsenring got off to a promising start. With a lap time of 1:18.426, Porsche facotry driver Mathieu Jaminet dominated the qualifying on Saturday. The perfect teamwork during the race ultimately ensured the start-to-finish victory for the Munich based team in the Porsche 911 GT3 R. The team also wrote history that day. The number 92 is the first Porsche to win a race at the demanding Sachsenring.
Race 2
Starting from tenth position, SSR driver Michael Ammermüller had no luck in the start phase of the second race. After being spun in a collision, the Porsche veteran rolled up the field from behind. Mathieu Jaminet took over the racing car in 17th place and finally crossed the finish line as tenth.
The sixth ADAC GT Masters weekend will take place from October 22nd to 24th at the Hockenheimring.
Wolfgang Hatz, Team Principal SSR Performance
“Successful weekend at the Sachsenring. On Saturday we had a perfect team performance with pole position and a start-to-finish victory. On Sunday we were unfortunately put back to the last position due to the accident at the start, but we were able to work our way up to 10th place. We gained a lot of important points for the championship. I am proud of the entire team and the performance that we delivered at the Sachsenring.”
Stefan Schlund, Team Owner SSR Performance
“The victory at Saturday’s race was outstanding, and to be the first Porsche to win at the Sachsenring is of course something special. On Sunday we gave the maximum after the collision in Turn 1 and collected important points. We’re back in the battle for the championship and we’re looking forward to Hockenheim.”
Michael Ammermüller, SSR Performance driver
“The weekend was very good. We made up points and had a perfect Saturday. On Sunday we had a lot of bad luck with the accident in the start phase. Otherwise, I guess we could certainly have finished fourth or fifth. Those would have been important points for the championship. We have to be happy that we were able to continue and cross the finish line in tenth position. If it continues like this, we can be satisfied.”
Mathieu Jaminet, SSR Performance driver
“We had a pretty good weekend. We came here as fifth in the championship and we managed to close the gap to the leader and are now on third position. The first target is done. Winning race one was great because we didn’t expect to win here. We can be really proud of this! Looking at race two it’s a shame we got involved in an incident in turn one. The behavior of some other people is simply wrong and destroyed the race. We lost some points today but overall I’m really happy with the weekend. It was one of the strongest of this year. It’s been a great job by the entire team.”
Results race one ADAC GT Masters Sachsenring (GER):
- Michael Ammermüller/Mathieu Jaminet, SSR Performance, Porsche 911 GT3 R
- Luca Stolz/Maro Engel, Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT, Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
- Ricardo Feller/Christopher Mies, Montaplast by Land Motorsport, Audi R8 LMS GT3
Results race two GT Masters Sachsenring (GER):
- Joules Gounon/Igor Jakob Walilko, Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse Racing, Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
- Luca Stolz/Maro Engel, Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT, Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
- Christian Engelhart/Thomas Preining, KÜS Team Bernhard, Porsche 911 GT3 R
10. Michael Ammermüller/Mathieu Jaminet, SSR Performance, Porsche 911 GT3 R
About SSR Performance
The young and dynamic Munich based SSR Performance GmbH was founded by a car and motorsport enthusiast. The exclusive automobile company has had an exciting start to 2020. After moving to a new High Performance Automotive Center in the north of the Bavarian metropolis, which has seven floors and around 10,000 square meters of floor space, the motorsport department at SSR Performance had its first full season in the ADAC GT Masters 2020 on the program ended with Michael Ammermüller and Christian Engelhart winning the driver and team classification as well as the title in the team championship.
For SSR Performance GmbH, which takes care of repairs, maintenance and service of sports cars and vintage cars of all brands in their day-to-day business, motorsport is an integral part of the still young group of companies.
Stefan Schlund, CEO of SSR Performance GmbH from Munich emphasizes: “For us, our involvement in races with GT sports cars offers an excellent platform to demonstrate our competence in motorsport and the sports car sector derived from it.”
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