The German GT Championship is good to go

• Season-opener this weekend in Oschersleben
• Starting field gathers for photo shoot

Oschersleben. Under starter’s orders: the stage is set for the 15th season of the ADAC GT Masters, which kicks off this weekend (14th to 16th May) in Oschersleben. The race weekend started with a spectacular photo shoot, which saw the majority of the field assemble for a group photo. During Thursday’s pre-event test, defending champion Michael Ammermüller (35/Rotthalmünster) and his new partner Mathieu Jaminet (26/F) set the fastest time of 1:23.756 in the SSR Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R. They were followed by the two Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Maximilian Buhk (28/Hamburg) and Raffaele Marciello (26/I, both Mann-Filter Team Landgraf – HTP/WWR) and Luca Stolz (25/Brachbach) and Maro Engel (35/Monte Carlo, both Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT), which were just 17 and 19 thousandths of a second slower. On Friday, the action at the racetrack kicks off with the first free practice at 10:15. New TV partner NITRO will broadcast the two races on free-to-air TV, from 16:00 on Saturday and Sunday. They will also be available to watch in livestream, free of charge, on TVNOW and at adac.de/motorsport.