“After one other season of constantly robust racing, I’m actually trying ahead to the ultimate two races. All 4 titles will likely be determined at Hockenheim – and a few won’t be settled till Sunday. Followers can anticipate a nail-biting finale,” mentioned Thorsten Rückert, Undertaking Supervisor Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland.
Drivers: Showdown between Alessandro Ghiretti and Robert de Haan
The season-long battle between Porsche Junior Alessandro Ghiretti (Schumacher CLRT) and Robert de Haan (Proton Huber Competitors) is ready to be determined on the final lap. With a win and a second place on the Crimson Bull Ring, the Dutchman has slashed his deficit to the French championship chief to only 12 factors. Every of the 2 Hockenheimring races presents a most of 25 factors. To safe his second 2025 title after taking dwelling the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup crown, Ghiretti wants to increase his result in at the very least 26 factors following Saturday’s race.
“The Hockenheimring is extra demanding than it appears. I solely comprehend it from my Method 4 days, so the apply periods on Thursday earlier than the race will likely be essential for me,” says sequence chief Ghiretti. After scoring a 3rd and an 18th place on the Hockenheim circuit earlier this season, Ghiretti’s hardest rival de Haan stays assured: “I made up 22 factors on Alessandro on the Crimson Bull Ring, and I see no purpose why I can’t do the identical at Hockenheim.”
Third-placed Huub van Eijndhoven lies 65 factors adrift of Ghiretti. Driving for GP Elite, the Dutchman is locked in a battle for the ultimate podium spot with Expertise Pool driver Flynt Schuring (Schumacher CLRT). Israeli driver Ariel Levi (GP Elite), Porsche Junior Theo Oeverhaus (Bonk Motorsport), and Janne Stiak (Goal), each from Germany, nonetheless have a slim probability to shake up this duel for third place general.
ProAm: Michael Schrey has match level on Saturday
With seven wins from 14 races, Michael Schrey has dominated the ProAm class. Competing in Bonk Motorsport’s Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, the driving force from Germany heads into the finale with a 39-point benefit over Ahmad Alshehab. The Kuwaiti would want to attain at the very least 15 factors on Saturday to stay in title rivalry on Sunday. This season, Alshehab has claimed two ProAm victories with the [a-workx] by Porsche Paderborn workforce.
Rookies: Dutch-British-Brazilian three-way battle
Three drivers nonetheless have an opportunity to be topped high Rookie of the 12 months within the 2025 Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland. With a win and a second place on the Crimson Bull Ring, Sacha Norden has barely eased the stress, extending his lead over British teammate Joseph Warhurst (Proton Huber Competitors) to 17 factors. Trailing by 35 factors, Brazilian Matheus Ferreira (Goal) additionally stays in rivalry for the rookie title.
Groups: France and the Netherlands vie for the trophy
The 2 best-placed drivers per race of every workforce contribute factors in the direction of the workforce standings, with a double win value 45 factors. This leaves as much as 90 factors nonetheless up for grabs at Hockenheim. In principle, Proton Huber Competitors, 38 factors behind third place, may nonetheless defend its title. In apply, nevertheless, the finale is prone to concentrate on the continuing contest between a French and a Dutch workforce: GP Elite sits 24 factors behind Schumacher CLRT, the two-time Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup workforce champion. On this class too, the championship stays large open.
Racing with artificial gasoline
Dedicated to slicing CO₂ emissions in motorsport, the Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland will use the artificial gasoline “DTM Professional Local weather” throughout all eight race weekends within the 2025 season. Partnering with the Carrera Cup, ADAC can also be adopting this gasoline for the primary time for its DTM, ADAC GT Masters, and GT4 Germany sequence.
The racetrack: Hockenheimring
Right this moment’s Hockenheimring started operations in 1932 as a ca. 12-kilometre check observe on forest trails. Renamed the Kurpfalzring six years later, the observe was paved and shortened to round seven kilometres. The development of a brand new motorway within the Nineteen Sixties known as for a brand new observe format, together with the Motodrom, which continues to be in use at present.
In 1970, Method 1 raced for the primary time on the now 6.789-kilometre-long Hockenheimring. After a number of modifications, the so-called Ostkurve (east nook), a attribute high-speed part, was decommissioned within the early 2000s and later restored to its pure forested state. The observe as we all know it at present measures 4.574 kilometres. The Porsche Expertise Centre Hockenheimring opened its doorways in 2018. It features a separate 2.7-kilometre dealing with observe and an off-road circuit.
On the 2024 season finale, the winners’ trophies went to GP Elite drivers Huub van Eijndhoven from the Netherlands and Ariel Levi from Israel.
The Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland on the web
Followers can observe all of the races reside with English commentary on the web, together with on the Porsche Motorsport Hub and the Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland social media channels on YouTube and Facebook.
Except for the race weekends, the one-make cup can also be current with devoted channels through the social networks Instagram and X.
Schedule Spherical 8, Hockenheimring (DEU)
Friday, 3 October
10:00 – 10:55 hrs Follow
16:40 – 17:15 hrs Qualifying
Saturday, 4 October
11:10 hrs Begin race #15 (half-hour plus 1 lap)
Sunday, 5 October
11:15 hrs Begin race #16 (half-hour plus 1 lap)
Standings after 14 of 16 races
1. Porsche Junior Alessandro Ghiretti (FRA/Schumacher CLRT), 231 factors (4 wins)
2. Robert de Haan (NLD/Proton Huber Competitors), 219 factors (4 wins)
3. Huub van Eijndhoven (NLD/Group GP Elite), 166 factors
4. Flynt Schuring (NLD/Schumacher CLRT), 158 factors (3 wins)
5. Ariel Levi (ISR/Group GP Elite), 144 factors
6. Porsche Junior Theo Oeverhaus (DEU/Bonk Motorsport), 143 factors
Full outcomes and championship standings on the Porsche Motorsport Hub.
Calendar Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland 202
18–20 April: Imola (ITA), FIA World Endurance Championship WEC
8–10 Could: Spa-Francorchamps (BEL), FIA World Endurance Championship WEC
6–8 June: Zandvoort (NLD), DTM
4–6 July: Norisring Nuremberg (DEU), DTM
8–10 August: Nürburgring (DEU), DTM
22–24 August: Sachsenring (DEU), DTM
12–14 September: Crimson Bull Ring, Spielberg (AUT), DTM
3–5 October: Hockenheimring (DEU), DTM
