Porsche GT3 driver spins twice in 24 Hours of Nürburgring overnight, barely crashes.
During the overnight hours of this weekend's incident-filled 24 Hours of Nürburgring, Falken Motorsports driver Tim Heinemann attempted to pass an Audi TTS that was itself trying to pass an Opel Manta. Heinemann saw a narrow gap that had seemingly opened for him on the inside of a corner, so he moved to take the track position. He instead caught one of the track's tall kerbs, sending the car flying into a double spin and hitting the inside wall nose first.
The damage necessitated a slow drive back to the pits for repairs, but the No. 44 Falken entry was able to stay in the race and, crucially, the field was spared another of the pile-ups that make the narrow track such a danger at night. The Falken Porsche lost just two laps over the course of the race despite multiple problems, finishing two laps behind the leaders in tenth overall. Given that 88 cars finished the race, it is an impressive recovery.
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