Paddock radar from the ADAC GT Masters at the Lausitzring

• Brandenburg's first minister, Dr. Dietmar Woidke, at ADAC GT Masters
• Battling the terrific heat at the Lausitzring
• Pool party and water fight in paddock

Prime minister Woidke attends ADAC GT Masters: On Sunday, Manfred Voit, Chairman of ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg and ADAC Director Motorsport and Classic Lars Soutschka welcomed a VIP guest to the Lausitzring. Dr Dietmar Woidke, Minister President of Brandenburg and patron of the ADAC GT Masters at the Lausitzring, attended the event. Dr Woidke inspected the ADAC GT Masters grid, watched the race and presented trophies to the winners afterwards.
Timely present: Torsten Schubert, Team Principal of BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert, now has a Certina watch for both wrists. The team manager of every race winner this year gets a top-quality Certina watch. Torsten Schubert's team is the first to secure two race wins this season. Schubert was delighted to be presented with his second Certina DS Podium GMT on Saturday.
Battling the heat: With highs of 38 degrees, this Lausitzring weekend is the hottest in the history of the ADAC GT Masters. The Lausitzring management reacted promptly, allowing fans to bring larger quantities of drinks with them, let them shower for free and put sun hats on sale at a greatly reduced price. A bonus for spectators at the Lausitzring: In the upper stands, fans not only have the best view of the entire track course but sit high up and in the shade. Photographers around the track were supplied with water during the race.
Pool party: Paddling pools and water pistols were a big hit in the ADAC GT Masters paddock. Many teams cooled down in pools of different sizes, some large, some small. kfzteile24 MS RACING had the best and biggest pool next to their truck in the paddock.
Hot TV pictures: The high temperatures also caused problems for the TV technicians and their equipment. The SPORT1 outside broadcasting vans had to be cooled from the outside with water on Saturday to ensure that the live broadcasts of the ADAC GT Masters and the ADAC Formula 4 could go ahead in the scorching heat.
Water battle: The ADAC Formula 4 paddock was dangerous territory on Saturday afternoon. The ADAC Formula 4 drivers had a wild water fight. Not even TV pundit Patrick Simon was spared from the water attacks, finishing up just as drenched as the young racing drivers.
Kiss FM listeners come to call: 25 listeners of the radio station Kiss FM were at the Lausitzring on Saturday. The radio listeners had won a trip to the ADAC GT Masters in a competition and travelled to the Super Sports Car League in a party bus along with presenter Big Moe.
Simon helps out: Sport1 TV expert Patrick Simon didn't take any breaks during the one-hour race stoppage in the first ADAC GT Masters race on Saturday. As SPORT1 showed another programme as a stop-gap measure, Simon joined Dave Richardson, who commentates the English language live international TV feed for the ADAC GT Masters, and filled in along with his English colleague.