The ADAC GT Masters have confirmed their opening round for the 2020 season. The date will still be on 31 July and 1 August, but the event will be at the Lausitzring between Berlin and Dresden. ADAC GT Masters last visited the circuit in 2017. When the updated schedule was announced one and a half months ago, it was also that date, but with the choice of either Most in the Czech Republic or Lausitzring. The series has chosen to stay in Germany due to the uncertainty about possible travel…
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ADAC GT Masters et al. with new schedule
ADAC GT Masters and their support series have had to reissue their 2020 schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season will still contain 7 race weekends, but instead of being run over five months, it will all happen in just under three months. The new start to the season will be in the Czech Republic at Most – or potentially Lausitzring if there are limitations to the entry to the country, before Nürburgring, Zandvoort, Hockenheim and Sachsenring stick to their previously announced dates. Red Bull Ring has moved their…
Read MoreADAC GT Masters postpone and moves around
There is hardly any race series in the world that isn’t affected by the COVID-19 virus. ADAC GT Masters is the most recent one to be hit, and it resulted in the opening race planned for the end of April in Oschersleben being postponed until October. It changes the event from being the opening round to being the final round of the 2020 series. Oschersleben was scheduled to host the collective test early April, but that has been cancelled and won’t be replaced. There is still no decision on Round…
Read MoreADAC ready for 2020
ADAC has announced the majority of it’s 2020 schedule 6 of the 7 rounds are exactly the same as in 2019, for ADAC GT Masters, and in almost the same order. The majority of th races will run on the same weekends as this year. The season starts once again in Oschersleben at the end of April, before the series visits Most and Red Bull Ring prior to the summer break. After two months of holiday due to the Olympic Games and the European Football Championships, Nürburgring and Zandvoort will…
Read MorePerfect weather in Austrian weekend
It was a weekend with perfect weather, when the second round of ADAC Formula 4 2019 was run at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It had been six weeks since the season opener in Oschersleben, so it was almost like a new start for all the teams. A very nice grid of 25 cars, with a bit of help from some guest entries from the Italian F4 Championship, had taken the trip to the Steiermark. Dennis Hauger had taken Pole Position for race 1, ahead of Alessandro Ghiretti, championship…
Read MoreADAC Formula 4 2019 got underway
The ADAC Formula 4 2019 season got underway in Oschersleben with three races split over Saturday and Sunday. The field consisted of 18 drivers, with a good mix of rookies and well known faces. Gianluca Petecof had taken Pole Position for race 1 ahead of Roman Stanek and Paul Aron. One of the big pre-season championship favourites, Niklas Krütten only started fifth in the first race. Krütten did however get off to a fantastic start, and was third going into Turn 1, and second leaving Turn 2! Petecof did manage…
Read MoreNew Dane in ADAC Formula 4
There will be a new Dane on the starting grid, when the ADAC Formula 4 Championship 2019 starts at Oschersleben at the end of April. Oliver Rasmussen might not be a name that rings a bell amongst many race fans, but the 18 year-old Dane currently lives in the south of France. Oliver started racing go-karts in 2013, and has since then competed in things like the Rotax jr Championships, where he finished third in the FFSA Championship in 2016. One of his 2017 races was the WSK Final Cup,…
Read MoreADAC 2019 schedule ready
The ADAC has announced the schedule for the ADAC GT Masters plus ADAC Formula 4 for the upcoming season. The season will once again start in Oschersleben i April, before Most (only GT), Red Bull Ring, Zandvoort, Nürburgring, Hockenheim, while the season finale will be run at Sachsenring in September. So the ADAC has learned from the calendar confusion ahead of the 2018 season. There were talks about Lausitzring, which ended up becoming Most, while the ADAC F4 ended up having three weekends with the ADAC GT Masters, 3 weekends…
Read MoreChampionship positions decided in ADAC Formula 4
The final Championship positions in the ADAC Formula 4 2018 were decided at Hockenheim. It was already clear that Lirim Zendeli had won the title even before the weekend, but it was still to be decided if Liam Lawson, Enzo Fittipaldi or Frederik Vesti would finish second. Lawson started out with the upper hand, since he took Pole Position for Race 1 ahead of Zendeli, Fittipaldi and Charles Weerts. We had to go all the way back to P12 to find Vesti, who was facing a tough race. Niklas Krütten…
Read More3 different winners at the Nürburgring
The season’s penultimate round of ADAC Formula 4 was run at the Nürburgring, where the field had a hot weekend ahead. Lirim Zendeli, the championship leader, had taken Pole Position in race 1 ahead of Enzo Fittipaldi, Oliver Caldwell, Liam Lawson, and Frederik Vesti. Which meant all the drivers in top 5 in the championship would be starting in top 5. Furthermore, Zendeli had a chance to win the championship already this weekend, if he could extend the lead to more than 75 points to the person in second place.…
Read MoreADAC F4 visit at Formula 1
There ADAC Formula 4 visited the Formula 1 paddock at Hockenheim, when their fifth round of the year was run. This is the second time for F4 to visit the circuit in 2018, and this time it was with just two races opposite to the usual three per weekend. The race format had been slightly altered, with a single Friday practice and two qualifyings of 15 minutes each on Saturday morning, before the first race was run Saturday afternoon, and the second being run on Sunday morning. Frederik Vesti had…
Read MoreGood F4 racing in Austria
The Red Bull Ring had the most beautiful weather, when the 4th round of the ADAC Formula 4 visited the Austrian track. Unfortunately there were only 18 cars starting this weekend. Enzo Fittipaldi had secured Pole Position for Race 1 ahead of Frederik Vesti, Liam Lawson og Lirim Zendeli. The start went quite smoothly, without any chances at the top. Fittipaldi however was almost outbraking himself in Turn 3, and had to use a bit of the run-off to get the car back on track. He did keep the lead,…
Read MoreBest race of the weekend in Race 3
It was perfect sunshine for the third race of the weekend in the ADAC Formula 4 was run at the Lausitzring. Joey Alders started from Pole Position ahead of David Schumacher and Enzo Fittipaldi. The winners from yesterday, Liam Lawson and Lirim Zendeli, were starting from 7th and 8th respectively. Following the technical issues from Frederik Vesti yesterday, he should start all the way back in P18, because he retired in Race 2, which is the base for the grid in Race 3. Alders got the best start ahead of…
Read MoreExcitement all the way to the chequered flag
There was excitement all the way to the chequered flag, when the second race of the weekend in the ADAC Formula 4 was run at the Lausitzring. Lirim Zendeli also started the second race from Pole Position, followed by Frederik Vesi and Mick Wishofer in the first three positions. Zendeli got a great start. Oliver Caldwell from P4 managed to outdo both Vesti and Wishofer into Turn one. Vesti was actually all the way down to eight after the first lap. Frederik Vesti pitted with some technical issues following the…
Read MoreOil got big influence on Race 1
First race of the ADAC Formula 4 at Lausitzring this weekend didn’t give the drivers much time for racing, since a red flag stole a lot of the driving time. Lirim Zendeli once again had grabbed Pole Position for the first race on the Saturday. Frederik Vesti from P3 got a good start and already had second before heading into Turn 1, when he out-accelerated Mick Wishofer, who started the race from second position. David Schumacher and Charles Weerts had a contact in Turn 1, where Schumacher tried an overtaking…
Read MoreZendeli dominated at Hockenheim
Lirim Zendeli has this year’s ADAC Formula 4 Championship well under control so far. At the second round at Hockenheim, the young German started the first race on Saturday from Pole Position. They didn’t get to race for long before the Safety Car was deployed. The two teammates Niklas Krütten and Leon Köhler crashed on the first lap, with Joey Alders also being involved, by avoiding the crash with the two pink ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V cars. Alders ended up running over his own front wing, which had been hit during…
Read MoreADAC Formula 4 in mixed weather conditions
The ADAC Formula 4 held their opening round at Oschersleben near Magdeburg, and it was in mixed weather conditions. The track dried more and more for every session that was run. Lirim Zendeli was on Pole Position for Race 1 ahead of Mick Wishofer and Enzo Fittipaldi. On a slightly damp track, there were already troubles on lap 1, when Charles Weerts hit the tire barrier by himself already on the first lap, going into turn 3. That sent out the Safety Car, but just shortly before that, Frederik Vesti…
Read MoreSlim ADAC Formula 4 field in 2018
The ADAC Formula 4 championship will have their lowest car count to date, in their fourth season in Germany. Only 19 full season drivers have entered the 2018, but it has been announced that some more drivers will do selected rounds only. The season will consist of 6 different teams, where Van Amersfoort Racing will be the biggest with 5 cars. US Racing – CHRS will enter four cars, while Prema Powerteam and ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. – also known as the pink Mücke Motorsport cars – will enter three cars…
Read MoreVAR with almost a full line-up
Van Amersfoort Racing has announced their third and fourth drivers for the upcoming ADAC Formula 4 season. Lucas Alecco Roy and Liam Lawson have signed with the Dutch team. Roy is 21 years old, and has taken a bit of an alternative route towards his seat in the black and orange Tatuus Formula 4 car. Opposite to most racing drivers, he hasn’t been through karting, but has a background as dressage rider. It wasn’t until the start of 2017, that he started to get a taste for racing. He participated…
Read MoreCharles Weerts goes to VAR
Charles Weerts has chosen to go to Van Amersfoort Racing in the upcoming ADAC Formula 4 season. The 16 year-old Belgium drove for Team Motopark in 2017, where he finished second in the Rookie Championship, adding a few overall top-10 finishes to that, during the year. The team needs a few more drivers hired, since third placed driver in the Championship, Felipe Drugovich, is unlikely to race another year in the ADAC Formula 4. The Brazilian has already done two seasons in the series, and as a 17 year old,…
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