Niklas Krütten impressed on his ADAC GT Masters debut. In his very first race in the German GT Championship, the 19-year-old from Trier and his partner Ben Green from Great Britain immediately finished in the points.
The Schubert Motorsport duo steered the brand-new #10 BMW M4 GT3 to eleventh place, narrowly missing out on a top-ten finish. That result was good enough to give Krütten and Green fourth place in the special Junior competition.
The second race day of the opening weekend in the Magdeburg Börde region proved to be far tougher. The team struggled with the set-up of the BMW M4 GT3 in qualifying for Sunday’s second race of the season. As a result, they were unable to put together a competitive lap. Starting from the back of the grid, Krütten did manage to gain a few positions, but overtaking is notoriously difficult at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, and the Schubert pairing ultimately had to settle for 16th place and a degree of damage limitation.
Niklas Krütten: “The first race weekend in the ADAC GT Masters was a real emotional rollercoaster for us. Finishing in the points in the first race was really super. The fantastic backdrop and the big crowd made my debut very special. Sunday, on the other hand, did not go to plan at all. I was unable to exploit our potential in qualifying and it is very difficult to start from the back of the field at this circuit, where overtaking opportunities are few and far between. However, we are optimistic looking ahead, and looking forward to the Red Bull Ring, which ought to suit our car.”
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The second ADAC GT Masters weekend takes place from 20th to 22nd May at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. One week prior to this, Krütten and the COOL Racing team will be in Imola for round two of this season’s European Le Mans Series, in which he lines up in the LMP2 class. |
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