Full speed ahead: Lausitzring to host ADAC High Speed Academy

• Third race weekend of the 2014 Formel ADAC championship
• Home race as highlight of the season for Mücke Motorsport youngsters
• Current championship leader Mikkel Jensen: “I’ll be going on the attack again.”

Racing action at Klettwitz: Following the foreign excursion to Zandvoort in the Netherlands two weeks ago, Formel ADAC returns to Germany for the third race weekend of the 2014 campaign. From 23rd to 25th May, the ADAC High Speed Academy makes its annual visit to the Lausitzring near Klettwitz (Brandenburg).

This event will be the highlight of the year for the five Mücke Motorsport drivers who are sponsored by ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. The long-established Berlin-based team is only an hour’s drive from the Lausitzring on the autobahn and regards the racetrack as its home venue.

‘Extra kick’ after double victory

Mücke youngster Maximilian Günther (16, Germany, ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.) has fond memories of the Lausitzring. Last year when he finished the season as championship runner-up, Günther recorded two wins out of three on the 3,442-metre circuit. “When you compete on a track where you’ve already won races, that gives you an extra kick,” says the 16-year-old. “I’m convinced that my team will once again provide me with a car capable of winning our home race.”

A wish that is also shared by Günther’s team-mate Marvin Dienst (17, Germany, ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.) who switched to Mücke at the start of the season. “Mücke Motorsport were very fast at the Lausitzring in 2013, so I am confident that we are in for a successful race weekend,” said the McLaren youngster who notched up his first win of the season at Zandvoort. After two podium finishes in the Netherlands, Mücke driver Kim Luis Schramm (16 , Germany, ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.) also has high hopes for his team’s home fixture: “I’m sure that we’ll have a lot of local support and that the media will be there in force, so that will give us additional motivation.”

Neuhauser Racing highly motivated

Neuhauser Racing are providing the main challenge to Mücke Motorsport at this stage of the season. The Austrian team leads the overall standings just ahead of the Berlin-based team and have current championship leader Mikkel Jensen (19, Denmark, Neuhauser Racing) in their squad. The Dane tops the table on 21 points ahead of ADAC Sports Foundation protégé Günther. “I would’ve liked to have posted even better results at Zandvoort, but at least I consolidated my lead in the championship,” said Jensen. “I know the Lausitzring already from last season and I’ll be going on the attack again this year too.”

While Jensen is contesting his second Formel ADAC season, Neuhauser Racing team-mate Tim Zimmermann (17, Germany, Neuhauser Racing) is making his debut in this internationally competitive junior series. The ADAC Sports Foundation protégé has got his campaign off to a cracking start, finishing four out of the six races so far on the podium, which makes him the most successful of the nine series newcomers: “My next target is a win, and I’m sure that I and my team Neuhauser Racing have the necessary potential to achieve this. Maybe the Lausitzring is where it will happen. The track is very wide and therefore offers good overtaking opportunities. In addition, slipstream traditionally plays a major role here. The fans can look forward to three spectacular races.”