24 hours Nürburgring: Manthey Porsche wins with ZF Sachs
It was the greatest racing festival in Germany: at the 24 hours Nürburgring and also in the support programme ZF Sachs appeared in action during a spectacular event attended by 250,000 spectators.
The Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR celebrated overall victory after 24 hard fought hours around the world’s longest race track. Marc Lieb, Lucas Luhr and last year’s Le Mans winners Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas relied on a ZF Sachs Race Engineering clutch to take them to victory.
Audi produced the GT3 winner for the third time in succession. Marc Basseng, Marcel Fässler and Frank Stippler won the production based class in the Audi R8 LMS fielded by Audi Sport Team Phoenix ahead of two further Audis. Like the other Audi R8 LMS in the field they also relied on a ZF Sachs Race Engineering clutch.
In the event’s supporting programme Porsche had another superlative on offer during the weekend: the Porsche Carrera World Cup the biggest ever Porsche race. René Rast took the spoils. The 100 participants representing 25 nations competed with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup around the Nordschleife. ZF Sachs Race Engineering equipped the Porsche Cup cars with clutches and dampers.
Result 24 hours Nürburgring (D), 25.06–26.06.2011:
1. Marc Lieb/Lucas Luhr/Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas, Porsche, 24h 01m 51.598s, ZF Sachs
2. Jörg Müller/Augusto Farfus/Uwe Alzen/Pedro Lamy, BMW, + 4m 23.792s
3. Marc Basseng/Marcel Fässler/Frank Stippler, Audi, - 1 lap, ZF Sachs
4. Frank Stippler/Marc Hennerici/Christopher Haase/Markus Winkelhock, Audi, - 1 lap, ZF Sachs
5. Mattias Ekström/Timo Scheider/Marco Werner/Christian Abt, Audi, - 2 laps, ZF Sachs
6. Kenneth Heyer/Thomas Jäger/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Jan Seyffarth, Mercedes, - 3 laps
7. Lance David Arnold/Alexander Margaritis/Christopher Brück/Christiaan Frankenhout, Mercedes, - 3 laps
8. Dominik Farnbacher/Allan Simonsen/Marco Seefried/Jaime Melo, Ferrari, - 4 laps
9. Klaus Abbelen/Sabine Schmitz/Niklas Kentenich/Tim Bergmeister, Porsche, - 4 lapsZF Sachs
10. Georg Weiss/Oliver Kainz/Michael Jacobs/Jochen Krumbach, Porsche, - 5 laps, ZF Sachs
Formula 1: Fernando Alonso on the podium for home race
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, who relies on ZF Sachs Race Engineering in his racer, finished second in the European Grand Prix. Much to the enjoyment of his fans the Spaniard made the crucial overtaking manoeuvre at his home Grand Prix in Valencia on lap the 21st of 57 race laps to secure second place from Mark Webber. Team mate Felipe Massa finished fifth and thus also scored valuable championship points.
Jaime Alguersuari, in whose Toro Rosso clutches and dampers of the ZF Sachs brand are used, also scored points. The Spaniard finished eighth in Valencia.
Result European Grand Prix (E), FIA Formula 1 World Championship, round 8, 24.06-26.06.2011:
1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1h 39m 36.169s
2. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, + 10.891s, ZF Sachs
3. Mark Webber, Red Bull, + 27.255s
4. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, + 46.190s
5. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, + 51.705s, ZF Sachs
6. Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, + 1m 00.065s
7. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, + 1m 38.090s
8. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, - 1 lap, ZF Sachs
9. Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes, - 1 lap
10. Nick Heidfeld, Renault, - 1 lap
Drivers’ World Championship standings:
1. S. Vettel, 186 points; 2. M. Webber and J. Button, 109; 4. L. Hamilton, 97; 5. F. Alonso, 87; 6. F. Massa, 42; 7. N. Rosberg, 32; 8. V. Petrov, 31; 9. N. Heidfeld, 30; 10. M. Schumacher, 26.
Manufacturers’ World Championship standings:
1. Red Bull-Renault, 295 points; 2. McLaren-Mercedes, 206; 3. Ferrari, 129; 4. Renault, 61; 5. Mercedes, 58; 6. Sauber-Ferrari, 27; 7. Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 16; 8. Force India-Mercedes, 12; 9. Williams-Cosworth, 4.