Paddock radar from ADAC GT Masters at Sachsenring

• Cascada and Leningrad Cowboys rock Sachsenring
• Teams from F1 in Schools visit ADAC GT Masters
• Charity photos with Tonino powered by Herberth Motorsport

Sachsenring open-air concert: Racing meets rock at Sachsenring. The Sachsenring rocked on Saturday evening as the first open-air concert at the ADAC GT Masters got under way. Highlights were appearances by Cascada, who represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest, and Finnish cult band, Leningrad Cowboys.

Cascada meet Audi’s winning team: Cascada had a look around the ADAC GT Masters paddock before their concert at the Sachsenring. Rahel Frey showed Cascada around the Audi R8 and the group was introduced to race winners Christopher Mies/René Rast and the two Prosperia C. Abt Racing team leaders, Christian Abt and Slobodan Cvetkovic.

Cowboys in ADAC GT Masters: “Other bands ride in stretched limos – we drive tractors” so say the Leningrad Cowboys. Since there are very few tractors in the ADAC GT Masters paddock, the two Finns inspected the Audi R8 of local outfit THE BOSS YACO Racing team from Plauen instead. Trying the Audi out for size got nowhere, though, because of the Cowboys’ way-out hairstyles.

Young engineers: Two groups of students participating in the Formula 1 in Schools technology competition were guests of the ADAC GT Masters at the Sachsenring. The two groups from Erlangen and Leipzig took a keen interest in the technology behind the ADAC GT Masters super sports cars being prepared by THE BOSS YACO Racing and Schulze Motorsport. Formula 1 in Schools is an international technology competition for pupils aged from eleven to 19 years, who develop and produce miniature Formula 1 cars on the computer and then race them.

Photos for a good cause: Team Tonino powered by Herberth Motorsport and headed by the twins Alfred and Robert Renauer and team manager Alexander Weinhart, had laughter on their side in the paddock at the Sachsenring. The Munich-based Porsche team set up a photo booth in the paddock where fans were able to take free souvenir photos. The Porsche team did it all in a good cause: Tonino will donate one euro for every picture taken to victims of the floods. Of course, the two kabel eins commentators Jacques Schulz and Patrick Simon were keen to be in on the fun and were among the first to squeeze into the tiny photo booth.