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35 VLN Motorsport Audi of the Norwegian trio of Kenneth Østvold, Håkon Schjærin and Anders Lindstad that finished second, one lap behind. The third competitor in the class, the Max Kruse Racing Volkswagen shared by Andreas Gülden, Benjamin Leuchter and Jasmin Preisig retired at the end of the seventh lap after posting the best lap time for the TCR class of 8:51.216 when Leuchter collided with a slower car. The VLN will come to an end with round 9 on October 26th. The Mathilda Racing team claimed back- to-back victories in the TCR class of the VLN, as Matthias Wasel, Fredric Yerly and Roland Schmid drove their CUPRA to win both the series’ seventh and eighth rounds to record their fourth and fifth victories of the current season. In the 59. ADAC Reinoldus- Langstreckenrennen, that was plagued by rain showers in the opening stages, they completed 23 laps of the Nordschleife to finish in 25th position overall. It was a close fight with the Max Kruse Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI of Loris Prattes and Jasmin Preisig, that crossed the finishing line only 19.5 seconds behind after four hours of racing. In the second part of the race Prattes and Preisig were joined by Benjamin Leuchter after the sister car he shared with Andreas Gülden retired on lap 14 with a technical issue. Karl Brinker and Timo Hochwind provided the icing on the cake for Mathilda Racing, completing the podium in third position, with a gap of three minutes and 24 seconds. Two weeks later in the 4-hour 51. ADAC Barbarossapreis, Wasel, Yerly and Schmid completed 26 laps and were classified 29th overall. They beat the Møller Bil ThefivesealsofMathildaRacing Round 7 – Saturday 29 September, Nürburgring Nordschleife 1. Wasel/Yerly/Schmid (Mathilda Racing, CUPRA); 2. Preisig/Prattes/Leuchter (Max Kruse Racing, Volkswagen Golf GTI); 3. Brinker/Hochwind (Mathilda Racing, CUPRA) Round 8 – Saturday 12 October, Nürburgring Nordschleife 1. Wasel/Yerly/Schmid (Mathilda Racing, CUPRA); 2. Schjærin/Østvold/Lindstad (Møller Bil Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS)