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That the Porsche with the #3 was able to start the race is an impressive team performance of the Falken mechanics. On Saturday - the first of two NLS races held in one weekend - a fire had to be extinguished in the rear area of the 911, which caused considerable damage. The mechanics replaced all damaged parts including the engine overnight in a strong team effort and were rewarded for their tremendous work.
Thomas Preining, Young Professional of Porsche, and Christian Engelhart put their perfect running Porsche on the 25th starting position, although the duo did not get a free qualification lap. Similarly, the #4 with Falken newcomer Matteo Cairoli and Peter Dumbreck, who qualified for the 23rd starting position.
Like the day before, the both Falken Porsche in striking design convinced once again with fast lap times and a flawless performance. The team was able to collect some more important data to optimise the setup of the cars.
After four hours, Cairoli / Dumbreck crossed the finish line in 14th position and as third fastest Porsche, followed by Preining / Engelhart.
The next race of the NLS season takes place on August 1st.
"Convincing driving characteristics on snowy and wet slopes; quiet rolling noise" are strengths that the independent testers of AUTO BILD Sportcars magazine attested to the Falken EUROWINTER HS01 in its recent winter tyre test in issue 11/2020.
In the major all-season tyre test by AUTO BILD magazine, the Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210 was awarded the accolade of “exemplary”, coming in at fifth place in a total of 32 tested tyres, thereby securing its place among the top ten all-season tyres in the 205/55R16 size.
Once again Falken has proven the reliability of its performance tires and finished the toughest endurance race under the most difficult conditions: 10th and 11th place at the 48th ADAC TOTAL 24h-Race 2020 at Nürburgring.