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René Rast snatches the fourth victory in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in a row for the team VELTINS Lechner Racing. The reigning champion wins the 200th race in the history of the Supercup and with that clearly extends his lead in the championship. His team mate Norbert Siedler improves to third rank in the driver standings. Lechner still dominates the team standings of the championship.

With his third victory in a row title defender René Rast takes over the lead in the driver standings of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. A third rank of Norbert Siedler secures the championship lead in the team standings of Europe’s fastest brands cup for VELTINS Lechner Racing.

A change at the top of the points' table in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup: In Silverstone, Germany's René Rast celebrated his third win in a row with his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fielded by VELTINS Lechner Racing to snatch the points' lead in the world's fastest international one-make race series. Behind the title defender on the time-honoured circuit, local hero Nick Tandy (Konrad Motorsport) secured second place, with Austria's Norbert Siedler (VELTINS Lechner Racing) in third.

A gripping qualifying at the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup weekend on the storied Silverstone circuit: Putting in an immaculate lap, René Rast (Germany) clinched his second pole position of the season in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fielded by VELTINS Lechner Racing. Over most of the session, the top contenders were only separated by thousandths of seconds with the provisional pole changing several times until the title defender snatched the pole shortly before the end, relegating his teammate Norbert Siedler (Austria) to the second grid spot by 0.322 seconds.

It is the greatest success of his career: On the legendary Nürburgring-Nordschleife at the wheel of his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, René Rast won the Porsche Carrera World Cup – the greatest Porsche race in history with 100 competitors from 25 countries. In a gripping duel for victory on the wet time-honoured track, the German put in a strong drive for his VELTINS Lechner Racing squad, relegating his Austrian team mate Norbert Siedler to second place with a gap of 1.9 seconds. Third place went to Germany’s Lance David Arnold driving for the Motopark Oschersleben team.

Team boss Walter Lechner surely will keep June, 25th 2011 in his mind for ever. It is the day at which two of his drivers won the biggest Porsche makes cups race of the world. Right from the start René Rast and Norbert Siedler set the pace of a thrilling race.

At the legendary Nordschleife of the Nürburgring René Rast and Norbert Siedler secured a double victory for the Team VELTINS Lechner Racing. With the race win René Rast improves to second position in the driver standings of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. Norbert Siedler now covers fourth rank.

René Rast, driving for VELTINS Lechner Racing, wins the Supercup classic in Monaco. The German repeats his last year's success with a flawless drive through the narrow streets of Monaco. Best time in the free practice, best time in the qualifying as well as the fastest lap in the race. In the driver standings of the championship the reigning champion ranks third now.