Blancpain Endurance. Round 5. To The Bitter End

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Germany’s Marc Hennerici – joined by Marc Goossens (BEL) and Xavier Maassen (NLD) in the ProSpeed Competition Porsche No.75 – won a thrilling Blancpain Endurance Series fifth round at the Nürburgring today.

Goossens fended off a persistent challenge from Dutchman Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Black Falcon Mercedes No.18 to win by just 0.521s, the closest winning margin in the history of the championship.

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Hennerici started the ProSpeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R from seventh on the grid but dived up the inside of the pack at the first corner chased by China’s Cheng Congfu in the Black Falcon Mercedes.

Hennerici led to the first round of pit stops where the Porsche was jumped by the Black Falcon Mercedes who got Mike Parisy (FRA) into the race ahead of Maassen.

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Behind was drama as the championship-leading Marc VDS Racing BMW No.3 with Finland’s Markus Palttala at the wheel, was hit by Frenchman Dino Lunardi in the Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra No.40 and speared off into the barrier. With chassis damage the car was out on the spot.

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“What can I say, I’m gutted for the whole team. We had the pace to win here today and we were in a pretty good position to do exactly that,” a disappointed Palttala said. “At the chicane I was defending my position when I felt the hit from behind; the next thing I know I’m in the tyre wall and we’re out of the race. I haven’t seen the footage, so I don’t know exactly what happened, but for us it is the worst case scenario.

“We leave here with no points, which means we face an even tougher battle for the championship next time out at Navarra.”

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