It was all looking so good for Christopher Högfeldt after the second round of the ADAC GT Masters Esports Championship in 2022. Yet, heading into the fifth, the Swede had lost the lead in the points standings.
In his place, in spite of no race victories to his name, stood Bence Bánki. The Hungaro-Slovakian pilot seemed to be emulating the 2020 title run of three-times champion Mortiz Löhner; yet four more races remained and his advantage was a slender two points.
Sprint Race qualifying
After dominating last year’s GT4 support category, it was a joy to see Emre Cihan steal the limelight in qualifying for the Sprint Race to take pole position. The situation behind was finely poised; Högfeldt lined up alongside the Fordzilla driver whilst Bánki, Löhner, Jack Keithley and Erhan Jajovski would all start next to each other.
The only outlier in and amongst the title contenders was DTM Esports frontrunner Kevin Siggy who snuck into a third-place starting slot.
Sprint Race
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