BLACK FALCON achieves solid team result at the Norisring

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Porsche Carrera Cup Germany – Race Report Round 4, Norisring

BLACK FALCON experienced a turbulent race weekend at the season highlight of the Porsche Carrera Cup at the Norisring. David Kolkmann (DE) secured tenth place in the seventh race of the season on Saturday and sixth place on Sunday. Carlos Rivas (LUX) finished third twice in the amateur classification on the narrow city circuit, even though he was turned around by competitors in both races. Tim Zimmermann (DE) secured some championship points with a strong race to catch up on Sunday, although he was relegated to the penultimate position on the starting grid.

David Kolkmann drove two almost identical races at the Norisring: The 22-year-old started the races from ninth place (Saturday) and tenth place (Sunday). He caught the slower side at the starts and got into traffic jams on the narrow city circuit. As a result he lost a few places at first. Afterwards he fought his way past his rivals again and finished the race on Saturday in tenth place. On Sunday he achieved his best result of the season so far and crossed the finish line in sixth place.

Carlos Rivas started both days from position two in the amateur classification. The Luxembourger fought his way up quickly in the first laps of the seventh race of the season on Saturday and put the leader under pressure, before he was hit and turned around by a competitor. On Sunday Rivas took the lead in the first half of the race and defended his position without any problems. Shortly before the end of the race again a competitor crashed his hopes for the fourth victory of the season. Despite the circumstances Rivas crossed the finish line in both races in third place.

For Tim Zimmermann the weekend started very well with a strong qualifying performance. However, due to a penalty he had to start both races from the end of the field. The 22-year-old drove with a determined approach up to 17th position on Saturday and even scored a few points on Sunday after another race to catch up and 13th place.

The next race weekend of the Porsche Carrea Cup Germany will take place from 9th to 11th August at the Dutch North Sea coast on the Circuit Zandvoort.

General information about the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
In 2019, the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany will host eight events, each with two championship races each lasting 30 minutes. The DTM will serve as the stage twice, at the season opener at Hockenheim and at the season highlight at the Norisring, as well as the ADAC GT Masters six times. In the overall standings for all participating drivers it's all about the championship title of the Carrera Cup as well as the team championship. Drivers without a professional background in motorsport fight for an additional title in the amateur classification.

TV broadcasting, live streaming and social media
This year the TV station Sport1 broadcasts all Saturday races of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany live on free TV. The Sunday races are broadcast with a time delay in the evening programme of the same day. In addition, there is a comprehensive live streaming service for all qualifying sessions and races on Porsche's official website as well as on Facebook and YouTube. Further information about the BLACK FALCON team is also available daily on the team's social media channels:

instagram.com/teamblackfalcon          facebook.com/teamblackfalcon

Race calendar Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2019
03. – 05.05:  Round1 & 2, Hockenheimring
17. – 19.05:  Round 3 & 4, Autodrom Most
07. – 09.06:  Round 5 & 6, Red Bull Ring
05. – 07.07:  Round 7 & 8, Norisring
09. – 11.08:  Round 9 & 10, Zandvoort
16. – 18.08:  Round 11 & 12, Nürburgring
13. – 15.09:  Round 13 & 14, Hockenheimring
27. – 29.09:  Round 15 & 16, Sachsenring