Engelhart claims first Carrera Cup win in 2016

Christian Engelhart scored his first win in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2016 after he has been fastest in the race 1 at Red Bull Ring. Thanks to this triumph, MRS GT Racing’s driver became the championship leader.

Sven Muller started from pole position in the race 1 while behind him were Matteo Cairoli and Christian Engelhart and Jeffrey Schmidt, winner of the last race at Hockenheim. Safety car was deployed immediately after the start of the race after Ricardo Flores Ramirez‘s car stopped at the track after collision with Wolf Nathan.

After the restart of the race Muller kept a lead for a while, but soon dropped at the back of the grid allowing Englehart to take the lead and finally to win rhe race. Matteo Cairoli took the second place while Jeffrey Schmidt was third.