Audi R8 LMS GT3
Double victory at Hockenheim: The Saintéloc Junior Team received the fourth spherical of the Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Endurance Cup at Hockenheim. The two Audi Sport drivers Christopher Mies and Patric Niederhauser shared the victorious quantity 25 Audi R8 LMS with Swiss privateer Lucas Légeret. After Légeret had began the race from sixth place on the grid, Mies took over the cockpit within the second a part of the competitors. He shortly improved to 3rd place. When he put stress on the person in entrance of him, Steijn Schothorst, in a Mercedes-AMG, the Dutchman made a mistake and Mies took over second place. Just two seconds behind the chief, the German handed the automotive over to Patric Niederhauser for the ultimate dash of the three-hour race. The Swiss returned to the monitor in first place and finally received by 2.6 seconds. For Audi Sport customer racing, it was the second endurance season victory after Team WRT’s opening success at Imola. Second place at Hockenheim went to the motive force trio of Dennis Marschall/Kim-Luis Schramm/Markus Winkelhock from Attempto Racing. Marschall had secured second place 13 minutes earlier than the tip when he overtook his Audi Sport driver colleague Christopher Haase. Team WRT additionally had purpose to rejoice on the fourth of 5 rounds of the season: Benjamin Goethe/Thomas Neubauer/Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer received the Fanatec Endurance Silver Cup early whereas WRT secured the team classification on this class.
Four wins in China GT: The FAW Audi Racing Team managed an ideal weekend within the China GT Championship. The Pro-Am driver pairing Cheng Congfu/Chris Chia received every of the 4 one-hour races within the Audi R8 LMS at Ningbo. As a end result, Chia additionally took the lead within the Audi Sport Asia Trophy for Audi privateer drivers within the Asian area.
Two successes for the Uno Racing Team: In the Chinese GT Super Sprint Challenge race sequence, the Uno Racing Team with Audi remained unbeaten on the third weekend at Zhuhai. The privateer driver with the pseudonym Rio celebrated his fourth victory of the season in 5 races with a ten-second lead within the first dash. Ray Wu from Team YC Racing scored one other trophy in third place. In the second dash, Rio once more prevailed by one second over his pursuers within the Mercedes-AMG. After three of 5 occasions, Rio has prolonged his lead within the standings to 38 factors.
Victory at season opener: Sam Fillmore and Jonny Reid managed a slender victory on the season opener of the South Island Endurance Series in New Zealand at Ruapuna. After three hours of racing, the 2 native privateers crossed the end line 1.629 seconds forward of the McLaren of Andrew Fawcett/Daniel Gaunt. Various damages and spins had induced a number of place adjustments within the main discipline through the endurance race. In the tip, Reid efficiently fended off assaults from Gaunt, who was sooner on a brisker set of tires however couldn’t discover a well past. Even a gradual puncture didn’t forestall Reid from profitable.
Audi R8 LMS GT4
High-tension after first and second place: On the fifth race weekend of the GT4 European Series, the 2 Audi customer groups Saintéloc Racing and Team Speedcar scored a double success in Sunday’s race at Hockenheim. Roee Meyuhas and Erwan Bastard within the Audi R8 LMS GT4 celebrated their second success of the season 5 weeks after their earlier triumph at Spa. After Bastard had opened up a lead of just about ten seconds, a security automotive interval negated all efforts. When teammate Meyuhas took over, race management neutralized the competition once more with a security automotive. As a end result, the Silver Cup driver pairing was underneath stress from Speedcar drivers Robert Consani and Benjamin Lariche till the tip of the one-hour race on the Baden circuit. In the tip, the 2 Audi groups have been separated by simply 0.392 seconds. Before the finale, the Hockenheim winners Bastard/Meyuhas because the runners-up within the standings moved to inside 18 factors of the championship leaders Enzo Julie/Lluc Ibanez, who had to deal with a retirement. With as much as 52 factors per race weekend for probably the most profitable team, the title battle is broad open on the finale in Barcelona on the finish of the month.
Two prime ends in China: Vincent Lin used the third spherical of the GT Super Sprint Challenge in China to additional lengthen his lead within the GT4 standings. He received his class within the first race at Zhuhai with a 6.3 second benefit within the Audi R8 LMS GT4. In the second race, the motive force of the Absolute Racing team completed third in his class as the most effective Audi privateer. After a complete of three wins this season, Lin leads the GT4 standings with a 65-point benefit.
Second podium of the season: Team Hitotsuyama Racing scored a podium end within the Super Taikyu Series for the second time this yr. After ending third on the 24 Hours of Fuji, the longstanding Audi customer team took trophies at Motegi as effectively. Masaki Ano/Yuki Ano/Seiya Jin/Ritmo Miyata completed third within the ST-Z class after 5 hours of racing within the Audi R8 LMS GT4.
Coming up subsequent week
09–11/09 Lédenon (F), spherical 5, GT4 France
09–11/09 Brno (CZ), spherical 6, Eset Cup
09–11/09 Nürburgring (D), spherical 5, Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie
09–11/09 Spa (B), spherical 6, DTM
09–11/09 Spa (B), spherical 5, DTM Trophy
09–11/09 Barcelona (E), spherical 6, 24H Series
09–11/09 Fuji (J), spherical 5, TCR Japan
10/09 Padborg (DK), spherical 6, TCR Denmark
10–11/09 Brands Hatch (GB), spherical 6, British GT
10–11/09 Barcelona (E), spherical 3, Supercars Endurance
10–11/09 Anderstorp (S), spherical 5, TCR Scandinavia
10–11/09 Anderstorp (S), spherical 4, GT4 Scandinavia
11/09 Vallelunga (I), spherical 5, Coppa Italia Turismo
11/09 Red Bull Ring (A), spherical 5, International GT Open
