“On the short 3.6-kilometre version of the Grand Prix circuit, the lap times will be even closer than usual. That’ll be stressful, especially in qualifying. But even if things don’t go as smoothly as I’d like in qualifying, there are plenty of chances to overtake, so we can make up places in the race,” says Larry ten Voorde, the current leader of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland standings. After clinching three victories so far this season, the Dutchman from the GP Elite team refuses to put himself under pressure. “Of course, I’d like to repeat my success from 2022 and win at least one race but I have a 28-point lead over the runner-up in the standings – so it’s really my pursuers who are under pressure.”
His hottest pursuer, Harry King, trails 28 points behind. The UK racer has won one round this season at the wheel of his 375 kW (510 PS) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. “This is the first time I will contest a race at the Nürburgring. I only know the circuit from the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland’s official test days. It was raining then, which influenced my preparation,” explains the Allied-Racing driver. “My main goal is to close the gap to Larry.”
While Loek Hartog has won two races so far this season, the tall GP Elite driver has been off his game recently. “I’m not sure why things went so badly at my home race at Zandvoort of all places,” says the Dutchman, who had to settle for a fifth and eleventh in front of his home crowd and as a result, forfeited his lead in the standings. “I hope I can find my way back to old form at the Nürburgring. The track suits me and I want to fight for a podium finish again.”
Scoring two second-place results at Zandvoort, Porsche Junior Bastian Buus has edged closer to the leading group. “After a few setbacks at the start of the season, things are going really well now. I like the Nürburgring, the races there are always exciting. I might even manage to bring home my first win of the season,” states the 20-year-old Dane.
“The Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland drivers know the Nürburgring very well – it’s a regular fixture in our calendar, and we also ran the official pre-season test here, so things should be very competitive at the top. So far this season we’ve had three different winners. Let’s see if we can add a fourth and maybe even a fifth in the Eifel,” says Hurui Issak, Project Manager Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, looking ahead to the upcoming Carrera Cup weekend.
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