2010 ADAC GT Masters explained

The 2010 ADAC GT Masters season was the fourth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 10 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 3 October at the same place after seven double-header meetings.^[1] Peter Kox and Albert von Thurn & Taxis became the first drivers in this series to share the championship title.^[2]

Entry list

Team	Car		Drivers	Rounds
Abt Sportsline	Audi R8 LMS	1	Luca Ludwig	1–6
			Christopher Mies	All
			Kuba Giermaziak	7
		2	Jens Klingmann	All
			Kuba Giermaziak	1, 3–5
			Frank Kechele	2, 6
			Luca Ludwig	7
rhino’s Leipert Motorsport	Ascari KZ1R GT3	3	Norman Knop	All
rhino’s Leipert Motorsport	Ascari KZ1R GT3	3	Roland Rehfeld	All
aevitae Bleekemolen Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	5	Ronald van de Laar	All
aevitae Bleekemolen Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	5	Michael Bleekemolen	All
a-workx/Wieth Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	6	Niclas Kentenich	All
a-workx/Wieth Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	6	Sebastian Asch	All
Team Rosberg	Audi R8 LMS	7	Kenneth Heyer	All
		7	Michael Ammermüller	All
		8	Bernd Herndlhofer	1–6
			Johannes Seidlitz	1–3
			Jan Seyffarth	4
			Christopher Haase	5, 7
			Christiaan Frankenhout	6, 7
Pole Promotion	Audi R8 LMS	9	Heiko Hammel	All
			Jimmy Johansson	1–6
			René Rast	7
Mühlner Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	10	Tim Bergmeister	1
	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		René Rast	1
	Porsche 997 GT3 R		Tim Bergmeister	2–7
			Jörg Bergmeister	2–4
			Frank Schmickler	5–7
		11	Jürgen Häring	1–4
			Dimitrios Konstantinou	1–4
			Achim Winter	7
			Charlie Geipel	7
		12	Frank Schmickler	1–4
			Kévin Estre	1
			Charlie Geipel	2
			René Rast	3
			Antoine Leclerc	4
s-Berg Racing	Alpina B6 GT3	14	Andreas Wirth	All
		14	Martin Matzke	All
		15	Achim Winter	1, 3–6
			Claudia Hürtgen	1
			Maximilian Götz	3
			Kevin Veltmann	4, 6
			Jaromir Jirik	5
Need for Speed by Schubert	BMW Z4 GT3	16	Tobias Neuser	6
			Claudia Hürtgen	6, 7
			Edward Sandström	7
		17	Patrick Söderlund	6
			Edward Sandström	6
			Stian Sørlie	7
			Jörg Müller	7
Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06-R GT3	18	Toni Seiler	All
		18	Christian Hohenadel	All
		19	Augustin Eder	1–3, 6, 7
			Georg Engelhardt	1, 7
			Ruben Zeltner	2
			Roland Hertner	3
			Martin Wachter	4
			Dennis Retera	4, 6
			André Lips	5
			Remo Lips	5
		27	Sven Hannawald	All
		27	Thomas Jäger	All
		28	Martin Karlhofer	2, 5, 7
			Sascha Bert	2, 5, 7
			Marius Ritskes	3, 4, 6, 7
			Jan Lammers	3
			Bernhard van Oranje	4
			Mika Salo	6
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430 Scuderia GT3	22	Freddy Kremer	6
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430 Scuderia GT3	22	Johannes Stuck	6
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3	24	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	All
		24	Peter Kox	All
		25	Ellen Lohr	1
			Frank Kechele	1, 7
			Philip Geipel	7
Oliver Dutt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	29	Oliver Strasser	3, 4, 6, 7
Oliver Dutt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	29	Oliver Dutt	3, 4, 6, 7
Seyffarth Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	31	David Jahn	1–3
			Tobias Seyffarth	1
			David Sigachev	2
			Swen Dolenc	3
		32	David Sigachev	1, 3
			David Mengesdorf	1
			Clemens Schmid	3
Martin Dechent	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	33	Martin Dechent	2–4
Martin Dechent	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	33	Jürgen Bender	2–4
Attempto Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	35	Robert Lukas	1
			Nicolas Armindo	1, 3
			Florian Scholze	3
			Arkin Aka	5
			Philipp Wlazik	5
		36	Arkin Aka	1
			Sean Edwards	1
			Masood Azadpour	3
			Bernd Kleinbach	3
Jola Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	37	Lars Kern	3
		37	Lance David Arnold	3
		38	Bertram Hornung	3
		38	Sven Herberger	3
Dietmar Haggenmüller	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	39	Dietmar Haggenmüller	4–6
			Dominik Neumeyer	4
			Nicolas Armindo	5
			Marco Seefried	6
Vulkan Racing	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	42	Christopher Brück	6, 7
			Wolfgang Kaufmann	6
			Marc Basseng	7
Chrzanowski Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	43	Robin Chrzanowski	6
Chrzanowski Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	43	Dominic Fuchs	6
MRS Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	45	Yadel Oskan	7
MRS Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	45	Yucel Ozbek	7
Michael Illbruck	Porsche 997 GT3 R	46	Michael Illbruck	7
Michael Illbruck	Porsche 997 GT3 R	46	Manuel Lauck	7
Bliss Autosport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	47	Jens Richter	7
Bliss Autosport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	47	Otto Klohs	7

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	10 April	No. 14 s-Berg Racing	No. 6 A-Workx/Wieth Racing
	R1		10 April	Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth	Sebastian Asch Niclas Kentenich
	R2		11 April	No. 27 Callaway Competition	No. 10 Mühlner Motorsport
	R2		11 April	Sven Hannawald Thomas Jäger	Tim Bergmeister René Rast
2	R1	Sachsenring	8 May	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
	R1		8 May	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
	R2		9 May	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 1 Abt Sportsline
	R2		9 May	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig
3	R1	Hockenheimring	29 May	No. 6 A-Workx/Wieth Racing	No. 10 Mühlner Motorsport
	R1		29 May	Sebastian Asch Niclas Kentenich	Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister
	R2		30 May	No. 18 Callaway Competition	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
	R2		30 May	Christian Hohenadel Toni Seiler	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
4	R1	TT Circuit Assen	17 July	No. 2 Abt Sportsline	No. 1 Abt Sportsline
	R1		17 July	Kuba Giermaziak Jens Klingmann	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig
	R2		18 July	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 2 Abt Sportsline
	R2		18 July	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Kuba Giermaziak Jens Klingmann
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	14 August	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
	R1		14 August	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
	R2		15 August	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
	R2		15 August	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
6	R1	Nürburgring	28 August	No. 14 s-Berg Racing	No. 14 s-Berg Racing
	R1		28 August	Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth	Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth
	R2		29 August	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 14 s-Berg Racing
	R2		29 August	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth
7	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	2 October	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 1 Abt Sportsline
	R1		2 October	Kuba Giermaziak Christopher Mies	Kuba Giermaziak Christopher Mies
	R2		3 October	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 2 Abt Sportsline
	R2		3 October	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Jens Klingmann Luca Ludwig

Standings

Pos	Driver	OSC		SAC		HOC		ASS		LAU		NÜR		OSC		Pts
1	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	4	6	1	6	2	1	8	6	1	1	Ret	5	2	2	83
2	Christopher Mies	8	Ret	2	1	7	Ret	1	3	2	7	2	6	1	9	70
3	Luca Ludwig	8	Ret	2	1	7	Ret	1	3	2	7	2	6	12	1	68
4	Tim Bergmeister	18	1	5	8	1	3	Ret	16	10	2	19	4	6	3	53
5	Jens Klingmann	6	2	11	9	8	8	*Ret*	1	3	8	6	7	12	1	45
6	Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth	7	4	9	4	21	5	2	Ret	NC	Ret	1	1	14	Ret	44
7	Sebastian Asch Niclas Kentenich	1	3	15	15	4	Ret	5	8	9	5	3	2	DNS	DSQ	44
8	Kuba Giermaziak	6	2			8	8	*Ret*	1	3	8			1	9	42
9	Frank Schmickler	2	Ret	8	5	Ret	4	7	11	10	2	19	4	6	3	42
10	Heiko Hammel	5	8	6	7	Ret	9	4	2	4	Ret	20	Ret	4	Ret	33
11	Jimmy Johansson	5	8	6	7	Ret	9	4	2	4	Ret	20	Ret			28
12	Michael Ammermüller Kenneth Heyer	10	9	7	16	6	7	9	10	5	9	4	8	3	4	28
13	Norman Knop Roland Rehfeld	11	5	3	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	DNS	DNS	7	11	Ret	7	27
14	Christian Hohenadel Toni Seiler	3	7	Ret	DNS	16	11	10	7	11	3	8	3	7	10	26
15	Sven Hannawald Thomas Jäger	Ret	10	10	2	5	2	6	9	8	10	9	15	Ret	Ret	24
16	Jörg Bergmeister			5	8	1	3	Ret	16							21
17	René Rast	18	1			Ret	4							4	Ret	20
18	Sascha Bert Martin Karlhofer			4	3					7	6			Ret	Ret	16
=	Bernd Herndlhofer	9	18	Ret	Ret	10	6	14	4	6	4	Ret	9			16
19	Christopher Haase									6	4			5	Ret	12
20	Frank Kechele	15	Ret	11	9							6	7	Ret	6	9
21	Kévin Estre	2	Ret													8
22	Charly Geipel	11	11	8	5									11	Ret	6
23	Jan Seyffarth							14	4							5
24	Achim Winter	12	17			12	Ret	17	5	12	11	Ret	13	11	Ret	5
25	Christiaan Frankenhout											Ret	9	5	Ret	4
26	Marius Ritskes					11	Ret	12	Ret			5	16			4
27	Kevin Veltmaan							17	5			Ret	13			4
28	Mika Salo											5	16			4
29	Philip Geipel													Ret	6	4
30	Johannes Seidlitz	9	18	Ret	Ret	10	6									3
31	Antoine Leclerc							7	11							2
	Michael Bleekemolen Ronald van de Laar	14	12	12	12	9	Ret	11	13	16	12	14	20	DNS	11	0
	Augustin Eder	Ret	Ret	13	10	15	17					12	Ret	15	13	0
	Nicolas Armindo	13	13			Ret	10			14	Ret					0
	Ruben Zeltner			13	10											0
	Patrick Söderlund											15	10			0
	Florian Scholze					Ret	10									0
	Wolfgang Kaufmann											10	Ret			0
	Jürgen Häring Dimitrios Konstantinou	19	11	Ret	11	13	Ret	18	12							0
	Jaromir Jirik									12	11					0
	Freddy Kremer Johannes Stuck											11	12			0
	Jan Lammers					11	Ret									0
	David Sigachev	Ret	15	14	13	18	12									0
	Oliver Dutt Oliver Strasser					14	Ret	13	Ret			16	17	16	12	0
	Clemens Schmid					18	12									0
	Dennis Retera							Ret	Ret			12	Ret			0
	Maximilian Götz					12	Ret									0
	Bernhard van Oranje							12	Ret							0
	David Jahn	17	16	14	13	Ret	13									0
	Robert Lukas	13	13													0
	Andre Lips Remo Lips									13	13					0
	Georg Engelhardt	Ret	Ret											15	13	0
	Tobias Neuser											13	18			0
	Swen Dolenc					Ret	13									0
	Dietmar Haggenmüller							16	14	14	Ret	17	14			0
	Armin Aka	16	14							15	14					0
	Jürgen Bender			16	14	20	15	15	15							0
	Martin Dechent			16	14	20	15	15	15							0
	Philip Wlazik									15	14					0
	Sean Edwards	16	14													0
	Dominik Neumeyer							16	14							0
	Lance David Arnold Lars Kern					17	14									0
	Marco Seefried											17	14			0
	Roland Hertner					15	17									0
	Ellen Lohr	15	Ret													0
	David Mengesdorf	Ret	15													0
	Tobias Seyffarth	17	16													0
	Sven Herberger Bertram Hornung					19	16									0
	Robin Chrzanowski Dominic Fuchs											18	19			0
	Masood Azadpour Bernd Kleinbach					22	18									0
	Martin Wachter							Ret	Ret							0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Claudia Hürtgen	12	17									13	18	9	5	0
	Edward Sandström											15	10	9	5	0
	Christopher Brück											10	Ret	8	16	0
	Jörg Müller Stian Sørlie													10	8	0
	Marc Basseng													8	16	0
	Michael Illbruck Manuel Lauck													12	Ret	0
	Otto Klohs Jens Richter													17	14	0
	Yadel Oskan Yucel Ozbek													18	15	0
Pos	Driver	OSC		SAC		HOC		ASS		LAU		NÜR		OSC		Pts

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Results 2010. ADAC GT Masters. ADAC. 7 September 2013.
Web site: ADAC GT Masters 2010. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 7 September 2013.