All to play for for Scuderia Ecosse.

With everything still very much to play for in the GT2 class of the Le Mans Endurance Series, the Scuderia Ecosse team will head to Germany for the latest round of the series this weekend eager to secure a strong result to keep its title hopes alive.

Nathan Kinch and Andrew Kirkaldy, who already have one hand on the British GT Championship title, sit seven points off the GT2 points lead with this weekend's race at the Nurburgring and the season finale in Istanbul still to come.

"Nathan and I really need a good result here," Kirkaldy admitted. "When there are only five races every single one counts so really we need a win to be in with a chance at the title. I raced at the N?rburgring back in 1998 in Formula Opel; the track has been changed a fair bit since then but that shouldn't present us with any problems. What we need is a drama-free race as that is what the Championship leaders keep managing to do and it seems to do the trick!"

Team-mate Kinch is also hopeful of a good result, with the Nurburgring set to suit the Ferrari.

"I've yet to race at the revised N?rburgring but it certainly looks good," he said. "The Ferrari is very good at pulling away from slow corners and is especially strong at tracks with lots of changes of direction so this should suit is well. We need a very strong result here to keep our Championship hopes alive; ideally our first LMES win! We need to have a trouble-free run and of course be ready for the notorious N?rburgring weather."

With the position at the top of the standings so tight, team boss Stewart Roden is under no illusions of how important the weekend is for his team.

"It's a medium to high downforce track with a low grip surface and some slow turns and it will suit the Ferrari," he said. "We also know how unpredictable the weather can be in this region as we've seen rain come in fast from nowhere before with it being in the mountains. Having said that though we thought Silverstone in August would be sunny so maybe we'll all come away from the N?rburgring with sunburn!

"In all seriousness though this is an important race for us as we need a good result to move us up the order. The scores are very tight at the top so there is everything to play for."