Out of 13.000 germans and austrians who battled for their place in the finals of the GT Academy 2011, the 20 fastest drivers were invited to the Red Bull Hangar 7 in Salzburg, Austria

All Finalists raced on Suzuka, Laguna Seca and Nürburgring. The races happened throughout the day until 10:30pm CET. At the end of the day, the best 10 racers qualifyed for the Finals on saturday.

The top 20 was determined in a online tournament and under the TOP20 are 3 SK Gaming racers. Patrick 'Patohm' Weking, Stefan 'Kenny' Jahr and Tobias 'boMbaY' Hoffmann.

The Red Bull Hangar 7 at Salzburg, Austria



After 4 hours 3 rounds Patrick 'Patohm' Weking placed first and reached the 2nd final on saturday.

Stefan 'Kenny' Jahr and Tobias 'boMbaY' Hoffmann had to race against each other for the last seat. Our both SK racing drivers have provided a thrilling duel in a Splitscreen-Shootout on Indianapolis.

Stefan 'Kenny' Jahr won the very close race with only 0.035-second lead and also qualified for the 2nd day!

So around 10:30pm the 10 finalists were set in stone and while on friday was all about virtual racing saturday will be a hard day for them proofing not only their driving skills on PlayStation 3 but also in the Nissan Z350 aswell as proofing how fit they are.


These are the 10 fastest racers from Germany and Austria who will compete in tomorrow's tasks for their spot in Silverstone:

1. Patrick 'Patohm' Weking
2. tom29s
3. GTRP_Doja
4. mieserabel
5. porschebiturbo
6. mitchbeaucannon
7. mborg10
8. Alexander K.
9th AsdaSilva1986
10th Stefan 'Kenny' Jahr