2010 ADAC GT Masters

The 2010 ADAC GT Masters season was the fourth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 10 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 3 October at the same place after seven double-header meetings.^[1] Peter Kox and Albert von Thurn & Taxis became the first drivers in this series to share the championship title.^[2]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Abt Sportsline	Audi R8 LMS	1	Luca Ludwig	1–6
			Christopher Mies	All
			Kuba Giermaziak	7
		2	Jens Klingmann	All
			Kuba Giermaziak	1, 3–5
			Frank Kechele	2, 6
			Luca Ludwig	7
rhino's Leipert Motorsport	Ascari KZ1R GT3	3	Norman Knop	All
			Roland Rehfeld	All
aevitae Bleekemolen Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	5	Ronald van de Laar	All
			Michael Bleekemolen	All
a-workx/Wieth Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	6	Niclas Kentenich	All
			Sebastian Asch	All
Team Rosberg	Audi R8 LMS	7	Kenneth Heyer	All
			Michael Ammermüller	All
		8	Bernd Herndlhofer	1–6
			Johannes Seidlitz	1–3
			Jan Seyffarth	4
			Christopher Haase	5, 7
			Christiaan Frankenhout	6, 7
Pole Promotion	Audi R8 LMS	9	Heiko Hammel	All
			Jimmy Johansson	1–6
			René Rast	7
Mühlner Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	10	Tim Bergmeister	1
			René Rast	1
	Porsche 997 GT3 R		Tim Bergmeister	2–7
			Jörg Bergmeister	2–4
			Frank Schmickler	5–7
		11	Jürgen Häring	1–4
			Dimitrios Konstantinou	1–4
			Achim Winter	7
			Charlie Geipel	7
		12	Frank Schmickler	1–4
			Kévin Estre	1
			Charlie Geipel	2
			René Rast	3
			Antoine Leclerc	4
s-Berg Racing	Alpina B6 GT3	14	Andreas Wirth	All
			Martin Matzke	All
		15	Achim Winter	1, 3–6
			Claudia Hürtgen	1
			Maximilian Götz	3
			Kevin Veltmann	4, 6
			Jaromir Jirik	5
Need for Speed by Schubert	BMW Z4 GT3	16	Tobias Neuser	6
			Claudia Hürtgen	6, 7
			Edward Sandström	7
		17	Patrick Söderlund	6
			Edward Sandström	6
			Stian Sørlie	7
			Jörg Müller	7
Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06-R GT3	18	Toni Seiler	All
			Christian Hohenadel	All
		19	Augustin Eder	1–3, 6, 7
			Georg Engelhardt	1, 7
			Ruben Zeltner	2
			Roland Hertner	3
			Martin Wachter	4
			Dennis Retera	4, 6
			André Lips	5
			Remo Lips	5
		27	Sven Hannawald	All
			Thomas Jäger	All
		28	Martin Karlhofer	2, 5, 7
			Sascha Bert	2, 5, 7
			Marius Ritskes	3, 4, 6, 7
			Jan Lammers	3
			Bernhard van Oranje	4
			Mika Salo	6
Kessel Racing	Ferrari F430 Scuderia GT3	22	Freddy Kremer	6
			Johannes Stuck	6
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3	24	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	All
			Peter Kox	All
		25	Ellen Lohr	1
			Frank Kechele	1, 7
			Philip Geipel	7
Oliver Dutt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	29	Oliver Strasser	3, 4, 6, 7
			Oliver Dutt	3, 4, 6, 7
Seyffarth Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	31	David Jahn	1–3
			Tobias Seyffarth	1
			David Sigachev	2
			Swen Dolenc	3
		32	David Sigachev	1, 3
			David Mengesdorf	1
			Clemens Schmid	3
Martin Dechent	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	33	Martin Dechent	2–4
			Jürgen Bender	2–4
Attempto Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	35	Robert Lukas	1
			Nicolas Armindo	1, 3
			Florian Scholze	3
			Arkin Aka	5
			Philipp Wlazik	5
		36	Arkin Aka	1
			Sean Edwards	1
			Masood Azadpour	3
			Bernd Kleinbach	3
Jola Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	37	Lars Kern	3
			Lance David Arnold	3
		38	Bertram Hornung	3
			Sven Herberger	3
Dietmar Haggenmüller	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	39	Dietmar Haggenmüller	4–6
			Dominik Neumeyer	4
			Nicolas Armindo	5
			Marco Seefried	6
Vulkan Racing	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	42	Christopher Brück	6, 7
			Wolfgang Kaufmann	6
			Marc Basseng	7
Chrzanowski Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	43	Robin Chrzanowski	6
			Dominic Fuchs	6
MRS Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	45	Yadel Oskan	7
			Yucel Ozbek	7
Michael Illbruck	Porsche 997 GT3 R	46	Michael Illbruck	7
			Manuel Lauck	7
Bliss Autosport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	47	Jens Richter	7
			Otto Klohs	7

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	10 April	No. 14 s-Berg Racing	No. 6 A-Workx/Wieth Racing
				Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth	Sebastian Asch Niclas Kentenich
	R2		11 April	No. 27 Callaway Competition	No. 10 Mühlner Motorsport
				Sven Hannawald Thomas Jäger	Tim Bergmeister René Rast
2	R1	Sachsenring	8 May	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
				Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
	R2		9 May	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 1 Abt Sportsline
				Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig
3	R1	Hockenheimring	29 May	No. 6 A-Workx/Wieth Racing	No. 10 Mühlner Motorsport
				Sebastian Asch Niclas Kentenich	Jörg Bergmeister Tim Bergmeister
	R2		30 May	No. 18 Callaway Competition	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
				Christian Hohenadel Toni Seiler	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
4	R1	TT Circuit Assen	17 July	No. 2 Abt Sportsline	No. 1 Abt Sportsline
				Kuba Giermaziak Jens Klingmann	Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig
	R2		18 July	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 2 Abt Sportsline
				Christopher Mies Luca Ludwig	Kuba Giermaziak Jens Klingmann
5	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	14 August	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
				Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
	R2		15 August	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 24 Reiter Engineering
				Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis
6	R1	Nürburgring	28 August	No. 14 s-Berg Racing	No. 14 s-Berg Racing
				Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth	Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth
	R2		29 August	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 14 s-Berg Racing
				Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth
7	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	2 October	No. 1 Abt Sportsline	No. 1 Abt Sportsline
				Kuba Giermaziak Christopher Mies	Kuba Giermaziak Christopher Mies
	R2		3 October	No. 24 Reiter Engineering	No. 2 Abt Sportsline
				Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis	Jens Klingmann Luca Ludwig

Pos Driver OSC SAC HOC ASS LAU NÜR OSC Pts 1 Peter Kox Albert von Thurn & Taxis 4 6 1 6 2 1 8 6 1 1 Ret 5 2 2 83 2 Christopher Mies 8 Ret 2 1 7 Ret 1 3 2 7 2 6 1 9 70 3 Luca Ludwig 8 Ret 2 1 7 Ret 1 3 2 7 2 6 12 1 68 4 Tim Bergmeister 18 1 5 8 1 3 Ret 16 10 2 19 4 6 3 53 5 Jens Klingmann 6 2 11 9 8 8 Ret 1 3 8 6 7 12 1 45 6 Martin Matzke Andreas Wirth 7 4 9 4 21 5 2 Ret NC Ret 1 1 14 Ret 44 7 Sebastian Asch Niclas Kentenich 1 3 15 15 4 Ret 5 8 9 5 3 2 DNS DSQ 44 8 Kuba Giermaziak 6 2 8 8 Ret 1 3 8 1 9 42 9 Frank Schmickler 2 Ret 8 5 Ret 4 7 11 10 2 19 4 6 3 42 10 Heiko Hammel 5 8 6 7 Ret 9 4 2 4 Ret 20 Ret 4 Ret 33 11 Jimmy Johansson 5 8 6 7 Ret 9 4 2 4 Ret 20 Ret 28 12 Michael Ammermüller Kenneth Heyer 10 9 7 16 6 7 9 10 5 9 4 8 3 4 28 13 Norman Knop Roland Rehfeld 11 5 3 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret DNS DNS 7 11 Ret 7 27 14 Christian Hohenadel Toni Seiler 3 7 Ret DNS 16 11 10 7 11 3 8 3 7 10 26 15 Sven Hannawald Thomas Jäger Ret 10 10 2 5 2 6 9 8 10 9 15 Ret Ret 24 16 Jörg Bergmeister 5 8 1 3 Ret 16 21 17 René Rast 18 1 Ret 4 4 Ret 20 18 Sascha Bert Martin Karlhofer 4 3 7 6 Ret Ret 16 = Bernd Herndlhofer 9 18 Ret Ret 10 6 14 4 6 4 Ret 9 16 19 Christopher Haase 6 4 5 Ret 12 20 Frank Kechele 15 Ret 11 9 6 7 Ret 6 9 21 Kévin Estre 2 Ret 8 22 Charly Geipel 11 11 8 5 11 Ret 6 23 Jan Seyffarth 14 4 5 24 Achim Winter 12 17 12 Ret 17 5 12 11 Ret 13 11 Ret 5 25 Christiaan Frankenhout Ret 9 5 Ret 4 26 Marius Ritskes 11 Ret 12 Ret 5 16 4 27 Kevin Veltmaan 17 5 Ret 13 4 28 Mika Salo 5 16 4 29 Philip Geipel Ret 6 4 30 Johannes Seidlitz 9 18 Ret Ret 10 6 3 31 Antoine Leclerc 7 11 2 Michael Bleekemolen Ronald van de Laar 14 12 12 12 9 Ret 11 13 16 12 14 20 DNS 11 0 Augustin Eder Ret Ret 13 10 15 17 12 Ret 15 13 0 Nicolas Armindo 13 13 Ret 10 14 Ret 0 Ruben Zeltner 13 10 0 Patrick Söderlund 15 10 0 Florian Scholze Ret 10 0 Wolfgang Kaufmann 10 Ret 0 Jürgen Häring Dimitrios Konstantinou 19 11 Ret 11 13 Ret 18 12 0 Jaromir Jirik 12 11 0 Freddy Kremer Johannes Stuck 11 12 0 Jan Lammers 11 Ret 0 David Sigachev Ret 15 14 13 18 12 0 Oliver Dutt Oliver Strasser 14 Ret 13 Ret 16 17 16 12 0 Clemens Schmid 18 12 0 Dennis Retera Ret Ret 12 Ret 0 Maximilian Götz 12 Ret 0 Bernhard van Oranje 12 Ret 0 David Jahn 17 16 14 13 Ret 13 0 Robert Lukas 13 13 0 Andre Lips Remo Lips 13 13 0 Georg Engelhardt Ret Ret 15 13 0 Tobias Neuser 13 18 0 Swen Dolenc Ret 13 0 Dietmar Haggenmüller 16 14 14 Ret 17 14 0 Armin Aka 16 14 15 14 0 Jürgen Bender 16 14 20 15 15 15 0 Martin Dechent 16 14 20 15 15 15 0 Philip Wlazik 15 14 0 Sean Edwards 16 14 0 Dominik Neumeyer 16 14 0 Lance David Arnold Lars Kern 17 14 0 Marco Seefried 17 14 0 Roland Hertner 15 17 0 Ellen Lohr 15 Ret 0 David Mengesdorf Ret 15 0 Tobias Seyffarth 17 16 0 Sven Herberger Bertram Hornung 19 16 0 Robin Chrzanowski Dominic Fuchs 18 19 0 Masood Azadpour Bernd Kleinbach 22 18 0 Martin Wachter Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Claudia Hürtgen 12 17 13 18 9 5 0 Edward Sandström 15 10 9 5 0 Christopher Brück 10 Ret 8 16 0 Jörg Müller Stian Sørlie 10 8 0 Marc Basseng 8 16 0 Michael Illbruck Manuel Lauck 12 Ret 0 Otto Klohs Jens Richter 17 14 0 Yadel Oskan Yucel Ozbek 18 15 0 Pos Driver OSC SAC HOC ASS LAU NÜR OSC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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• 2010 ADAC GT Masters season on Speedsport Magazine