GT Masters: Bentley Shines Bright at ADAC GT Masters Debut

Bentley Motorsport opened their 2015 ADAC GT Masters campaign this past weekend at Oschersleben with a victory in the weekend’s second race, after a late-race excursion off track took them out of contention during race one. This victory marked the first for Bentley in the series, as well as the first for drivers Luca Stolz and Jeroen Bleekemolen.Read the full Press Release below.

Luca Stolz and Jeroen Bleekemolen celebrate maiden victory for Bentley at Oschersleben.

In a keenly contested second race, Bentley Team HTP duo Luca Stolz and Jeroen Bleekemolen crowned a debut weekend for their Bentley Continental in the ADAC GT Masters by recording the first victory for the British coupé. “A great start to the season for us,” said a delighted Bleekemolen. “At the start, I lost first position, but we had good tactics with a perfectly timed pit stop”. After one of his rivals had to stop due to a technical problem four laps before the end of the race Stolz inherited the lead and secured the first Bentley victory in the ADAC GT Masters when the Corvette. This victory was the first success in the ADAC GT Masters for Bentley and also for both Stolz and Bleekemolen.In race one at Oschersleben, Christian Engelhart and newcomer Klaus Bachler in their GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Porsche 911 dominated the proceedings to take the win. “This win is like a dream,” said a delighted Engelhart. “That’s the way to start a season.” As the rain started to fall during the last few thrilling laps, Austria’s Clemens Schmid in one of the Bentley Team HTP Continental GT3s skidded off into the barrier, thereby bringing out the safety car which then led the race to the finish line.

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