Gilles Magnus won the second GT4 Sprint Cup Europe race at the Hockenheimring this afternoon. The Selleslagh Racing Team driver controlled proceedings after taking the lead early in the race. BMW Motorsport Junior Nico Menzel (Team Macrix by RN Vision STS) finished the 40-minute sprint race in second position just ahead of HTP Motorsport driver Tim Heinemann.

At the 4.574 kilometres long Hockenheimring, Max Koebolt scored his first race win of the GT4 Sprint Cup Europe weekend. In bright sunshine, the Dutchman held off a late-race charge by Belgium’s Gilles Magnus to win the first of two 40-minute races in his #8 MDM Motorsport BMW M4 GT4. Magnus finished in second position, ahead of Gabriele Piana.

Nicolas Schöll (Allied Racing) and Nico Menzel (Team Macrix Software by RN Vision STS) claimed pole positions for the two GT4 Sprint Cup Europe races. Schöll came out on top in the first part of qualifying, with Menzel securing pole for the second race in the second part of qualifying on the 4.574 kilometers long Hockenheimring.

This weekend some of the fastest drivers in Europe will compete in the GT4 Sprint Cup Europe at the 4,575 km Hockenheimring. A total of ten drivers from six different countries, representing six different teams and four manufacturers will compete for outright honours in the last race of the GT4 season in Europe, which takes place during the DTM final weekend. Porsche, BMW and Mercedes hope to claim victory on their home soil, with outsider Ginetta aiming to surprise the German manufacturers.

The first-ever SRO GT4 Sprint Cup Europe will join the DTM at the Hockenheimring on October 12-14 as the European GT4 season comes to close. After the dramatic GT4 European Series season final at the Nürburgring and the upcoming GT4 Central European Cup and GT4 France finals, the GT4 Sprint Cup Europe gives the teams the ultimate chance to race in Europe. GT4 cars from Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, KTM, Ginetta and Ekris are set to compete in Germany.