{"id":58620,"date":"2021-05-21T11:48:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/wordpress_X\/index.php\/2021\/05\/21\/middlecap-racing-with-scuderia-praha-tops-tight-qualifying-for-12h-hockenheimring\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T11:48:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:48:05","slug":"middlecap-racing-with-scuderia-praha-tops-tight-qualifying-for-12h-hockenheimring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insideracing.com\/middlecap-racing-with-scuderia-praha-tops-tight-qualifying-for-12h-hockenheimring\/","title":{"rendered":"MiddleCap racing with Scuderia Praha tops tight qualifying for 12H Hockenheimring"},"content":{"rendered":"

MiddleCap racing with Scuderia Praha will start its second consecutive 24H SERIES event from pole position following a session that saw three of the top four contenders split by an incredibly tight 0.009s.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The MiddleCap racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 (#11, Mat\u00fa\u0161 V\u00fdboh \/ Josef Kr\u00e1l \/ Dennis Waszek), which finished 2nd at both of the previous 24H SERIES events, got the ball rolling early around the 4.574km Hockenheimring with a 1m 39.109s, a time that ultimately would not be beaten during the 30-minute session.  <\/span>
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Just behind the Ferrari though, a scintillating lap from Germany\u2019s Max Edelhoff secured the Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (#34, Gustav Edelhof \/ Elmar Grimm \/ Max Edelhoff) its best qualifying position of the season, just three-tenths adrift of the #11 Ferrari. Further back, the Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Hurac\u00e1n GT3 Evo (#10, Brendon Leitch \/ Tyler Cooke \/ Fidel Leib \/ Seb Morris) claimed 3rd on the grid for its first GT3-class start in the 24H SERIES in more than four years, falling just 0.006s short of a front row start. Incredibly, the Rutronik Racing by TECE Audi R8 LMS GT3 (#18, Michael Doppelmayr \/ Pierre Kaffer \/ Elia Erhart \/ Swen Herberger) booked its own second row start on home turf with a laptime only 0.003s slower than Leipert.<\/span>
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Herberth Motorsport (#92, J\u00fcrgen H\u00e4ring \/ Bobby Gonzales \/ Tim M\u00fcller \/ Alfred Renauer), already a two-time race winner in 2021, will start its home race from 6th on the grid, behind the Haegeli by T2 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (#66, Pieder Decurtins \/ Manuel Lauck \/ Marc Basseng). In an unorthodox move for the perennial Porsche customer, Herberth will compete this weekend with a Ferrari 488 GT3.<\/span>
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Just behind the Bavarian team, the CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#85, Charles Putman \/ Charles Espenlaub \/ Joe Foster \/ Shane Lewis) and the second Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (#88, Pierre-Yves Paque \/ Martin Lechmann \/ Vincent Piemonte \/ Christian Kranenberg) will line up 7th and 8th respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Reiter Engineering KTM X-BOW GTX (#725, Nico Pronk \/ Peter Kox \/ Dennis Retera) was the fastest of the GTX runners and will start 9th overall at The Hockenheimring ahead of the MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (#58, Thomas Gostner \/ David Gostner \/ Corinna Gostner). A spin for the latter heading into turn two briefly caused the Code 60 flags to be flown, but a swift recovery allowed the Italian team to rejoin and round out the overall top 10 on the grid.<\/span>
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The debuting 9und11 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR (#719, Tim Scheerbrarth \/ Georg Goder \/ Ralf Oehme \/ Martin Schl\u00fcter) and Reiter Engineering\u2019s second KTM (#724, Horst Felbermayr Jr. \/ Eike Angermayr \/ Nicolai Elghanayan \/ Mads Siljehaug) complete the GTX top three in qualifying and will start 11th and 12th overall. The Vortex V8 Vortex 1.0 meanwhile (#701, Philippe Bonnel \/ Nicolas Nobs \/ Bastien Gouret \/ Arnaud Gomez), which currently lies second in the Overall GT Teams\u2019 championship, will start 19th after a difficult morning.<\/span>
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The final GTX runner this weekend \u2013 Red Camel Jordans.nl (#999, Ivo Breukers \/ Luc Breukers \/ Ivo Breukers) \u2013 endured a tough start to its debut weekend with the new 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, sensor issues preventing the Dutch team from completing even a single lap in qualifying. Red Camel Jordans.nl is set to start the race though this afternoon.<\/span>
 Class pole position in the 991 class went to the Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (#925, Marcel van Berlo \/ Glenn van Berlo \/ Bart van Helden), which took an astounding overall win at this event last year. The MRS GT-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (#989, Saif Alameri \/ Nikolai Gadetskii \/ Thierry Vermeulen) fell just 0.070s short of snatching the category\u2019s top spot, and will thus start between Bas Koeten\u2019s entry and the Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (#955, Fabrizio Broggi \/ Sergiu Nicolae \/ Sabino de Castro).<\/span>
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The ST Racing BMW M4 GT4 (#438, Samantha Tan \/ Chandler Hull \/ Jon Miller \/ Nick Wittmer) remains unbeaten in GT4 qualifying during its maiden 24H SERIES campaign, although the Canadian team was aided by an off-track moment for its nearest rival, PROsport Racing. The Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 (#401, Nico Verdonck \/ Rodrigue Gillion \/ Kurt Hensen) ended the 30-minute session in the barriers at turn 13 inside, an impact that brought an early end to qualifying for the 12H HOCKENHEIMRING.<\/span>
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