There’s no let-up in the race schedule for the Comtoyou Racing team as they move on this time from the Spa 24 of last weekend and on to the latest round of the German DTM Series this weekend from the Norisring and their two Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 entries.
Whilst the teams exploits within the 24hr proved itself to be something of a brutal one with all four cars cashing out of the event at one stage or another, we believe that the Belgium based team retains series specific chassis that would allow their drivers Nicki Thiim and Nicolas Baert to arrive without the worry of any post event repairs.
This round will be the fourth round of the eight-round season with two more-hour long races to look forward to around what usually becomes a very brutal street circuit layout that hasn’t always been kind to previous AMR powered entries.
Last time out in the series from the Lausitzring two weeks ago, Thiim attained his and the team’s best results to date in the DTM by taking pole position for race one (with a P4 result) before standing upon the second step of the podium in race two but the differences in circuit layouts between last time and this time are profound.
We also welcome back the supporting ADAC GT4 Germany Series for the first time since their opening round way back at the end of April when nineteen GT4 powered crews competed at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Within that group set we will see the #4 Cosy Racing by ESM Aston Martin Vantage GT4 of Jan Philipp Springob and Philipp Gogollok who will be looking to repeat their fine start to the season in Austria where the German pairing secured both a P2 and then a P1 start to each of the two, hour long races before delivering a P10 and P1 finish at the end.
We have seen both the team and both drivers compete at this circuit before and like both GT4 and DTM series, it will be a case of who can keep out of trouble will prevail.
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