June 4, 2026 | News | GT Summer Series
CCS Racing Team’s Thomas Westarp took three victories at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, consolidating his championship lead in both the GT3 and overall standings.
Race One: A controlled victory from pole position
The first 30-minute pitstop race of the weekend was held in near-perfect conditions, and for much of the field, it was a smoothly-sailed affair on-track. Thomas Westarp started the race from pole position aboard his Audi R8 LMS Evo2, alongside DB Motorsport’s Hermann Speck. The veteran racer was back on the grid after a shunt at Hockenheim, which necessitated the purchase of a Porsche 992 GT3 R to replace his 991.2 model.
As the race began, Westarp leaped into an early lead ahead of Speck. Behind the two GT3 AM entries, Mike Janser of SA Performance was third, and leading among the Cup 2 class Porsche 992 GT3 Cup entries. Meanwhile, GT4 PRO entrant Maximilian Schreyer (W&S Porsche Cayman) leap-frogged Igor Klaja’s 992 Cup, but Klaja would make his way back past at the end of lap one.
At the front of the field, Thomas Westarp gradually – but systematically – built an advantage over Hermann Speck. By the end of the 30-minute race, Westarp’s lead had extended to 6.156 seconds. Speck followed the CCS Audi home in second place, while Mike Janser drove to a comfortable win in Cup 2 and third overall.
Behind Janser, XR Racing’s Marco Reinbold and SA Performance’s Urs Frick rounded out the Cup 2 podium. Further back, GT4 AM winner Tobias Erdmann had a fantastic battle with Maximilian Schreyer. As a GT4 PRO entry, W&S Motorsport’s Schreyer was carrying additional ballast, which brought talented amateur Erdmann to the bumper of the young talent.
Schreyer ultimately finished just ahead of Erdmann overall, while the GT4 AM podium was completed by W&S Motorsport’s Alexander Danzer, and East Racing’s debutant Tristan Gschwendtner. Gschwendtner, 16, experienced technical issues in his Porsche Cayman GT4 RS CS, but still showed promising speed in his first race.
Race Two: Speck puts pressure on the championship leader
Sunday morning marked the second 30-minute sprint race of the weekend. It was an overcast morning at Oschersleben, and as the cars left the Heroes’ Arena, a light rain started to fall. All cars contested the race on on slicks, but conditions were greasy as the race began.
Thomas Westarp once again led the field from pole position, moving ahead of Hermann Speck’s ADB Motorsport Porsche. Unlike race one, Speck would give chase to Westarp. And, as conditions steadily deteriorated, Speck was applying significant pressure to the back of the CCS Audi driver. Meanwhile, Marco Reinbold was in third position, leading the Cup 2 class. He found himself under pressure from the SA Performance Porsches of Mike Janser and Urs Frick, who were exchanging positions while following Reinbold.
With just over 12 minutes remaining, Reinbold pushed too hard in his efforts to retain the class lead. Coming out of the Triple, into turn seven, Reinbold was too late on the brakes. He tried to carry speed while running wide of the apex, rotating the car and spinning out of the lead. Mike Janser assumed the position ahead of Frick, while Reinbold continued in a distant third within Cup 2.
At the front, there was often little time between Westarp or Speck, with the gap fluctuating as the conditions verged on too wet for slick tyres. However, Speck made a couple of errors over the course of the race distance, and ultimately finished second, just 2.423 seconds behind winner Thomas Westarp.
Mike Janser finished third overall, just three quarters of a second clear of teammate Urs Frick. The SA Performance Porsche pair finished 1-2 in the Cup 2 class. The overall top five – and Cup 2 podium – was rounded out by XR Racing’s Marco Reinbold.
In the GT4 AM class, Tristan Gschwendtner secured a victory in just his second ever motor-race. The East Racing Motorsport driver spent much of the race chasing Bernd Schaible’s Audi R8 LMS GT4. Coming out of turn 12, with just under ten minutes remaining, Schaible was spit across the road and hit the tyre wall. The Seyffarth Motorsport Audi lost traction on the painted curbs, as slippery conditions continued to challenge all drivers.
The victorious Gschwendtner led W&S Motorsport’s Gökay Kutlu home in the GT4 AM class.
Race Three: Janser shines in the rain
After the incident for Bernd Schaible in race two, Seyffarth Motorsport had to roll out a second Audi R8 LMS GT4. Schaible elected to sit out race three, leaving driving duties to Tobias Erdmann. Additionally, the GT3 AM entries of Josef Klüber (équipe vitesse Mercedes) and Bertold Gruhn (Gruhn Stahlbau Audi) did not start race three, after experiencing technical issues in race two.
Heavy rain fell in the half-hour prior to the green flag; for the first time all weekend, the teams bolted wet-weather tyres to their cars. Thomas Westarp once again started the 50-minute pitstop race from pole position, but Hermann Speck looked to launch towards turn one better. However, Speck let off the throttle earlier than Westarp, and it was the CCS Audi that led into turn one.
In the early stages, a few drivers showed great confidence in the wet weather. Mike Janser swept around the outside of Hermann Speck at turn two, elevating his Porsche 992 Cup into second overall. Meanwhile, GT4 AM’s Tobias Erdmann was immediately on the pace in the spare Seyffarth Audi, even challenging and surpassing some of the Porsche 992 Cup cars in the opening laps.
In near-monsoon conditions, the GT Summer Series performed remarkably well, maintaining control despite standing water and spray. As the race progressed, the conditions steadily improved, but the track would remain wet and treacherous throughout.
After taking his time to find his footing, Hermann Speck moved his DB Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 R back into second overall after approximately ten minutes. Soon, he began chipping away at the gap between himself and Westarp. However, a conservative out-lap after his mandatory pitstop extended the gap between them to over ten seconds; indeed, after the pitstops, he was fourth overall, behind SA Performance’s Cup 2 leading pair of Mike Janser and Urs Frick.
Meanwhile, Igor Klaja overshot the Hasseröder hairpin, spinning into the grass and losing the better part of 30 seconds. His PTT Racing teammate Fabian Dybionka took over the Cup 2 Porsche with a mighty task ahead of him, but it was a task he was more than able to match up to. Over the course of his stint, the young Polish driver was the fastest driver on the circuit.
Dybionka was too far back to catch the SA Performance entries of Mike Janser and Urs Frick. However, a miscalculation in the mandatory pitstops would result in a 36-second penalty for both Frick and Janser. While they finished second and third overall, netting a 1-2 in the Cup 2 class, they were ultimately demoted to second and third in class. This granted third overall and the class win to Klaja and Dybionka, the latter of whom was the only driver to do a sub-1:40 lap.
Hermann Speck was promoted to second overall in his DB Motorsport Porsche, while CCS Racing’s Thomas Westarp rounded out a perfect weekend with a third Oschersleben victory. W&S Motorsport’s Maximilian Schreyer and Frederik Zebis finished fourth overall to win the GT4 PRO class. Meanwhile, Tobias Erdmann won the GT4 AM class in his back-up Audi R8.
Championship Battle: Westarp extends his advantage
Courtesy of a stellar weekend, Thomas Westarp has extended his advantage in the championship heading into the third round. The championship leader will face increased competition in the GT3 AM class next time out at the Nürburgring, and contenders from the other classes will also have a great opportunity to score strong points hauls.
Next Stop: Nürburgring awaits
The GT Summer Series will continue at the famed Nürburgring as part of the ADAC Racing Weekend, held from 26-28 June.
