The Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR created a sensation during the ADAC 24-hour race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Not only did the Mathilda Racing Golf of Andreas Gülden, Benjamin Leuchter, Constantin Kletzer and Dennis Wüsthoff win the TCR class, it also finished the race in an impressive 29^th position overall. It was the best-placed Touring Car, leaving behind far more powerful machines - that ran under more liberal regulations - and many GT cars.
The winning Golf completed 142 laps of the 25.5-kilometre road course, six more than the Bonk Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS driven by Hermann Bonk, Max Partl and Rainer Partl that ranked second in the class and 48^th overall.
Gülden and Leuchter had already driven the Mathilda Racing car to class victories in the first two rounds of the VLN series, proving that the Golf TCR is equally effective in long distance and sprint races. In fact, the model has already claimed several race victories in different TCR Series.