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14-417: The series was initially sponsored by sport auto magazine during its inaugural season, then replaced by Würth the following two years. Television network Sat.1 sponsor the championship's final year. The Supercup would employ a sprint format for all of its races, each race lasting approximately one hour although later events were extended to near an hour and a half. These short distances meant that unlike

28-493: A full lap. There are 5 sections on the 20,600 m (67,600 ft) long Supertest-Nordschleife: In recent tests, about 33 numbers are reported to judge a cars performance on various points of a Ring lap: speeds, braking deceleration and lateral g-forces. Sortable list of some Supertest times are provided online. * = optional tyres Marc Basseng Marc Basseng (born 12 December 1978 in Engelskirchen )

42-848: Is a German racing driver. Basseng began his career in karting . In 1997 he began competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for the UPS Porsche Junior Team, finishing third in the 1998 standings. He raced in the Renault Sport Clio Trophy in 2001 and 2002 and won the German Clio Cup in 2003. In 2004, Basseng began to compete in the VLN Nürburgring Endurance Series , where he has claimed 26 overall wins. The driver also competed part-time at

56-560: The FIA 's Group C category, broken into C1 and C2 classes. The larger C1 class was dominated by both factory and customer Porsche 956s and 962Cs , as well as efforts from the Jaguar , Mercedes-Benz , and Nissan factory teams. C2 consisted of teams running engines limited in capacity to produce less power than the C1 cars but also weighed less. Although two classes ran, only a single championship

70-715: The FIA GT3 European Championship , FIA GT Championship , Le Mans Series , American Le Mans Series and ADAC GT Masters . In 2008, the Belgian raced full-time at the American Le Mans Series in a Porsche 911 for Farnbacher Loles and VICI Racing . He began racing in the new FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010 for the All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport team, for which he also serves as team manager. On 26 July 2010, Marc Basseng achieved

84-664: The endurance races seen in the World Championship, Supercup teams would not be required to change drivers during the course of an event. Each season consisted of five rounds, all held in West Germany with the exception of a Silverstone round in 1989. Popular circuits included the Nürburgring , Hockenheimring , Diepholz airfield, and the Norisring 200 Miles event. The cars ran rules nearly identical to

98-592: The lap record in a Pagani Zonda R on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. In 2011 he finished 5th in the standings for Münnich, sharing his ride with Markus Winkelhock . In 2012 he claimed the world championship with Winkelhock, managing to win a race and finishing 10 times in the podium. Basseng moved with Münnich Motorsport to the World Touring Car Championship for 2013 . As he was the reigning FIA GT1 World Champion he

112-636: The laptime at the Nordschleife . Until 2015 almost all supertest were done by Horst von Saurma , from 2015 laptimes are recorded by Christian Gebhardt. The magazine also runs a challenge for the fastest lap time driven with a car that is road legal ( TÜV ) and registered in Germany. The road legality rule also applies for the tires. The journalists usually enter VLN and 24 Hours Nürburgring races, in cooperation with Honda or Aston Martin . Results are mixed, they caused at least two crashes. In 1995,

126-405: The magazine introduced a Nordschleife lap record challenge for the fastest lap time driven with a car that is road legal, having passed German TÜV and is registered in Germany. The road legality rule also applies for the tires. After the trophy had been given to Blitz, a Japanese tuning parts company in 1997, sport auto editor Horst v. Saurma regained the record in 1999. After the sport auto record

140-490: The series after failing to win the teams championship in 1988. Although fields of twenty cars were still seen in the final year, there was a lack of interest in a 1990 season, the series was folded. Sport auto (Germany) sport auto is a German automobile magazine , established in 1969, published monthly by Motor Presse Stuttgart, based in Stuttgart . The magazine publishes its "Supertest" of cars, featuring

154-408: The teams title. Bob Wollek returned the drivers championship to the team in 1989, to go along with their third team title. The championship was cancelled following the 1989 season as manufacturers and teams chose to concentrate solely on the World Championship rather than risking equipment and drivers for a national series. Porsche withdrew immediately after their 1988 campaign, while Sauber left

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168-420: Was held. Championships for both drivers and teams were held over the four seasons. Joest Racing won three championships, with the factory Porsche team winning during their sole year of competition. Hans-Joachim Stuck won the drivers championship the first two years for Joest then Porsche. Jean-Louis Schlesser managed to nab the drivers championship in 1988 for Sauber - Mercedes although Joest retained

182-482: Was lowered to 7:14 in 2005, sport auto announced to introduce rules according to their Hockenheimring-based Tuner GP event. In 2005, sport auto also clocked a 6:55 for a UK-registered Radical SR8 which is not eligible to sport auto' s ranking. In 2008, five super sports cars owned by an enthusiast were compared by Porsche factory driver Marc Basseng , winner of several VLN races in Porsche GT3 RSR. Timing

196-453: Was provided by sport auto as in a Supertest. The results were also reported elsewhere. During the industry testing sessions in which sport auto records its "Supertest", the track can not be traveled at full speed past "Tribüne 13" (T13, grandstand 13) in order to allow safe access from the old exit/entrance there. The missing 232 m (761 ft) uphill section, from a slow right hand corner, would take in average an extra 7 s compared to

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