Mathieu Jaminet and Robert Renauer 2018 ADAC GT champions

A single point lead will be enough to Mathieu Jaminet and Robert Renauer to secure the Drivers' crown in ADAC GT Masters this Sunday at Hockenheim.

10th on the starting grid, the Frenchman survived the initial melee which eliminated one of his main rivals for the title, pole sitter Maxi Götz (Mercedes-AMG GT3 n°47 – HTP-Mann Filter), pushed off-trajectory by Dries Vanthoor (Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°12 – EFP by TECE), very optimistic at the start of the first corner.

The Belgian, accompanied by Chris Reinke, boss of Audi Sport Customer Racing, will however apologize to Götz in the stands.

#GTMFinale @vanthoordries1 trying to explain what happened. #GTMasters pic.twitter.com/1bh4t8Beaj

— ADAC GT Masters (@gtmasters) September 23, 2018

Interrompue sous régime de drapeau rouge le temps d’évacuer la Mercedes-AMG GT3 n°47, ainsi que l’Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°11 – EFP by TECE et la Porsche 911 GT3 R n°18 – Team75 Bernhard également impliquées dans l’accrochage initial, la course reprend finalement avec Christian Engelhart (Lamborghini Huracan GT3 n°82 – GRT) en tête devant Kelvin van der Linde (Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°28 – Land Motorsport).

The latter and his brother and teammate Sheldon will prove to be the last adversaries of the Jaminet – Renauer tandem, then 4th until the driver changes.

Robert Renauer will spend the second part of the event in fifth position, a sufficient result despite Sheldon van der Linde taking over from Rolf Ineichen, who took over from Christian Engelhart in the leading Lamborghini at the very end of the race.

The victory of the van der Linde siblings will not prevent a second consecutive French coronation in the ADAC GT Masters after that of Jules Gounon last year, Jaminet and Renauer maintaining a one point margin in the championship.

HTP Motorsport will be able to console itself with the Teams title, won yesterday at the end of the first race.

Discover the report of the ADAC GT Masters final, produced by our special correspondent in Hockenheim, in issue 2184 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.