• Three wins from three races for Hoffmeister, Jahn and Scheerbarth from Mühlner Motorsport (#921)
• W&S Motorsport (#962) celebrates first victory of the season in the Cup 3 class with Bednarski, Riemer and Stegmann
• Rotax RMC Germany and PETN are committed to supporting young talent

Nürburg. In spring-like conditions, a total of 29 cars took to the grid for the third race of the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring (PETN) 2025 as part of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). Arne Hoffmeister, David Jahn and Tim Scheerbarth from Mühlner Motorsport (#921) celebrated their third consecutive victory in the Cup 2 class with a commanding win, while W&S Motorsport (#962) won their first race of the season in the Cup 3 class with Joshua Bednarski, Kai Riemer and Lorenz Stegmann. With the aim of utilising synergies between karting and the Porsche one-make series, Rotax RMC Germany was a guest at the event this weekend.

Under bright sunshine and dry conditions, qualifying started on Saturday morning at 8:30. With a lap time of 8:07.450 minutes, Tobias Müller put the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) with starting number 948 from 48 LOSCH Motorsport by BLACK FALCON on pole position in the Cup 2 class. Alexander Fielenbach secured the first starting position in the Cup 3 class for the first time in the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS (982) from speedworxx automotive (#955). Fielenbach has steadily improved his lap times in recent years and worked his way up from amateur driver classification to PRO-driver, until he set the fastest lap in the class in qualifying for the first time this weekend.

Mühlner Motorsport dominates Cup 2 class

After the start of the four-hour race, the pole-setters in the Cup 2 class, 48 LOSCH Motorsport by BLACK FALCON (#948) with Tobias Müller, Noah Nagelsdiek and Carlos Rivas, initially pulled away at the front until Mühlner Motorsport (#921) with Arne Hoffmeister, David Jahn and Tim Scheerbarth took the lead. With a commanding performance, the trio led the race for a long time and finally crossed the finish line one lap ahead of pole setters Müller, Nagelsdiek and Rivas. Third place went to Christopher Brück and Michele di Martino from KKrämer Racing (#909).

„Everything went perfectly once again. We've had a flawless performance in the first three races of the season. Although we had no radio contact all day today, we managed everything with the pit board, but since we know the procedures, everything worked out great. I'm really happy and proud of the team and my teammates,” said David Jahn.

Peter Ludwig and Maik Rosenberg were once again the fastest in the PRO/AM classification with PRO-driver Alexander Hardt from BLACK FALCON Team ZIMMERMANN (#900). This secured them their second class victory in a row. Patrik Grütter and Oleksii Kikireshko with PRO-driver Fabio Grosse from SRS Team Sorg Rennsport (#901) followed in second place ahead of Alex Koch and Niklas Koch from Smyrlis Racing (#910). For them, third place also meant victory in the AM classification as the best-placed amateur driver pairing.

„Unfortunately, Klaus couldn't join us because he broke his arm. But apart from that, I'm really happy. We worked hard after the last races, sorted out mistakes and analysed a lot of data – that paid off, so we were on pace at NLS3. The weekend was really good, including the team-building event with the talent pool. It was great fun,” summarised Niklas Koch.

First win of the season for reigning PETN Cup 3 champion W&S Motorsport

After two retirements, the 2024 Cup 3 champion W&S Motorsport (#962) celebrated their first class victory of the current season. Starting from third on the grid, the trio of Joshua Bednarski, Kai Riemer and Lorenz Stegmann prevailed in the class and won the race ahead of Mühlner Motorsport (#939) with Nico Bastian and Janis Waldow.

„After a rough start with two retirements in the first two races, this was the right response before the season break. Of course, we benefited from mistakes made by our competitors, but we are really happy,” said Kai Riemer.

Third place went to Horst Baumann, Markus Schmickler and Stefan Schmickler from Schmickler Performance (#950), who also won the PRO/AM classification in the class. They prevailed against Stefan Beyer, Kasparas Vingilis and Finn Wiebelhaus from SRS Team Sorg Rennsport (#949), who also won the AM classification.

„Today's race was very enjoyable and the weather was fantastic. In the end, it was really close in the last few kilometres, so it was a real heart-stopping finish. It was incredible fun,” said Stefan Beyer.

The podium was completed by Nick Deißler, Stefan Kruse and Aaron Wenisch from Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels (#941).

Rotax RMC Germany visits PETN

During the third race of the season, the PETN was visited by Rotax RMC Germany. The Porsche one-make series and the Austrian kart engine manufacturer and organiser of renowned karting championships are pursuing the common goal of utilising synergies from both motorsport worlds and introducing young drivers from karting to the PETN. Selected juniors from Rotax RMC Germany were given an insight into Manthey's company premises in Meuspath and were able to take a look behind the scenes at the third race of the Porsche one-make series. On the Friday evening before the race, the juniors from the PETN Talent Pool also tested the Rotax E20 E-Kart in a team-building event and competed against each other on a designated course.

Next up for some PETN teams are the ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring and the associated Qualifiers. The cars can compete in the classes Cup 2 and Cup 3 under the same technical regulations, but the races do not count towards the Porsche one-make series championship. The next PETN championship race will take place on 16 August.