Another victory for the Audi R8 LMS in Australia

Audi R8 LMS GT4

Class victory in South Africa: Team MJR Motorsport won its class with the Audi R8 LMS GT4 at the second round of the South African Endurance Championship. Joseph Ellerine and Leyton Fourie completed 66 laps with the production-based sports car over the course of three hours of racing at Redstar Raceway.

Success in the Ultimate Cup Series: Frenchman Julien Goujat returns from Spain with two trophies. At the second round of the Ultimate Cup Series in Navarra, he recorded second place in his class in both the first and second race in Team Speedcar’s Audi R8 LMS GT4.

Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)

Strong start in TCR Europe: Team Comtoyou Racing started the new season in the TCR Europe with a stunning result. The defending champions from Belgium celebrated a one-two-three with the Audi RS 3 LMS in the first sprint at Portimão. John Filippi overtook his teammates Kobe Pauwels and Tom Coronel on the fifth lap. In the end, the Frenchman won with a five-second advantage over the Belgian with the Dutchman another 1.3 seconds behind. In the second race, Tom Coronel prevailed, while Filippi saw the checkered flag in second place. Third place was secured by Ruben Fernández from the RC2 Racing Team, another privateer driver with an Audi RS 3 LMS. In the standings, Filippi and Coronel at the top now each have 80 points to their credit.

Successful start of the Kumho TCR World Tour: The new worldwide Kumho TCR World Tour race series kicked off in Portugal with two podium results for Audi Sport Team Comtoyou. In the first race at Portimão, the former World Touring Car champion Rob Huff finished third in the Audi RS 3 LMS, 1.7 seconds behind the winner, ahead of teammate Frédéric Vervisch. The Belgian Audi Sport driver Vervisch clinched a trophy as well in third place in the second race with a gap of just one second to the winner.

Class victory in Hungary: In the second round of the Eset Endurance Cup at the Hungaroring, an Audi customer team came out on top in the D4 TCX class. The Czech Radim Adámek and his Polish teammate Bartosz Groszek won their class in the Audi RS 3 LMS fielded by Team Aditis Racing with a one-lap advantage.

First twice at Hockenheim: Max Gruhn prevailed in both races in his class at the opening round of the Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy at Hockenheim. The privateer won Class 4 in the Audi RS 3 LMS in both 40-minute races.

Coming up next week

03–04/05 Fuji (J), round 2, Super GT
05–07/05 Magny-Cours (F), round 2, GT4 France
05–07/05 Misano (I), round 1, Campionato Italiano GT Sprint
05–07/05 Misano (I), round 2, TCR Italy
05–07/05 Pärnu (EST), round 1, BaTCC
06–07/05 Spa (B), round 2, 24H Series powered by Hankook European Series
06–07/05 Portimão (P), round 2, Campeonato de España Resistencia
06–07/05 Croft (GB), round 2, TCR UK
06–07/05 Mantorp (S), round 1, GT4 Scandinavia