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This weekend, BLACK FALCON is going to face the most competitive GT race in the world. The 2018 edition of the infamous Spa 24 Hours is the 70th running of the prestigious race and round four of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The race features a roster of winners that reads like a who’s-who of motorsports greats running 65 cars in five different classes, half of them being Pro entries. The Spa 24 is the race that every team and driver wants on their CV, and BLACK FALCON will be on maximum attack in Belgium to achieve the best results possible. Points are available after 6, 12 and 24 hours, so it will be a pivotal weekend for the team’s championship hopes – to consolidate their existing lead in Silver Cup, further improve their position in Pro-Am and for the #4 crew to bring themselves back up to the sharp end in the Pro class.
BLACK FALCON crossed the finish line as the winners of the SP10 and V6 classes at last Saturday's fourth VLN round (07.07.2018). The Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Stefan Karg, Fidel Leib and Moritz Oberheim celebrated the second victory of this VLN season, while Ronny Lethmate and Miguel Toril achieved their first class victory in the Porsche 981 Cayman in 2018. The Porsche 911 Carrera of Alexander Akimenkov, Christoph Hoffmann, Uwe Lebens and Vasilii Selivanov also finished the race on the podium and finished third in the V6 class.
BLACK FALCON has set an exclamation mark in the SP7 class at the third round of the VLN Endurance Championship. The team's Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR II set the fastest lap in the class since the speed limit was lifted at the beginning of 2016 and finished second. Another podium place went to the BLACK FALCON Porsche Cayman S in the V6 class.
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BLACK FALCON brings a great line up to the third round of the VLN long distance championship at the Nürburgring this Saturday: A total of five cars from Mercedes-AMG and Porsche are going to tackle the first Nordschleife race for the team from Meuspath after the 24h race back in May. As known from the first two rounds of VLN two BLACK FALCON cars will be equipped with onboard cameras and broadcast live from the cockpit on Youtube and the official VLN live stream.
Four out of five cars are racing under the banner of BLACK FALCON Team TMD Friction. The fastest entered car, the Porsche 991 GT3 Cup MR II number 57, is going to start in class SP7. Jürgen Bleul, Manuel Metzger and “Takis” take turns at the steeringwheel of the widebody Porsche while taking the spectators around the Nordschleife via live stream. In class SP10 that features GT4-spec cars BLACK FALCON enters two Mercedes-AMG GT4. The anthracite car number 162 is shared by Alexander Kolb, Axel König and Norbert Schneider. For the 24h class winners (class V6) König and Schneider it’s the first race in an AMG GT4 on the Nordschleife. Another AMG GT4 is entered under the banner of BLACK FALCON Team IDENTICA. The SP10 winning car of the 24h race will be driven by Stefan Karg and Fidel Leib who have been part of the winning crew five weeks ago. Moritz Oberheim completes the three driver line-up of number 163, that will feature the second Onboard camera.
In the production class category BLACK FALCON Team TMD Friction enters two Porsche in class V6. Thomas Bolz, Christoph Hoffmann and Uwe Lebens share the Porsche 991 Carrera number 395. No 396 Porsche Cayman S will be driven by Alexander Akimenkov and Vasilii Selivanov.
The third round of the VLN long distance championship takes place at the Nürburgring on Saturday (23.06.) over the classic VLN distance of four hours. The race is going to be broadcasted live on the official website. Live information about BLACK FALCON’s cars can be obtained on the BLACK FALCON social media channels as usual.
Facebook | Instagram | VLN Livestream | OnBoard #57 | OnBoard #163
BLACK FALCON celebrated multiple achievements at the second race weekend of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany at the Red Bull Ring. Tim Zimmermann was the best Rookie-driver of the weekend scoring his first victory in the junior cup as well as a third place. Sören Spreng achieved his first Carrera Cup podium result in the Amateur cup on Saturday. The team from Meuspath experienced a rollercoaster of emotions in two eventful and exciting races.
