Audi customer teams win titles in Asia

Audi R8 LMS GT3

Full success in the Thailand Super Series: The Audi customer team B-Quik Absolute Racing finished the final two races of the season in the Thailand Super Series with a victory, a one-two and the title win. At the finale in Buriram, Akash Nandy and Sandy Stuvik won the first one-hour race in the Audi R8 LMS. They fought a battle with title rival Honda for almost the entire race duration but the opponent retired after a puncture three laps before the end. As a result, the two Audi drivers took a commanding win with a lead of 22 seconds. In the second race, an amateur team prevailed in the overall standings: After 37 laps, Daniel Bilski and Philip Massoud were 25 seconds ahead of privateer Vincente Floirendo, who shared the Audi R8 LMS with Audi Sport driver Markus Winkelhock. In the final standings, Akash Nandy and Sandy Stuvik prevailed. After 2019 and 2020, Team B-Quik Absolute Racing has won the Thailand Super Series drivers championship for the third time. Sandy Stuvik was on board for each of these successes. At the same time, Henk Kiks’ team has secured the team championship.

Successful season finale in China: Audi Sport customer racing Asia experienced a strong end to the season with its customers. The Chinese junior driver with the pseudonym Rio won the GT Super Sprint Challenge. He steered an Audi R8 LMS fielded by Team Uno Racing to five victories in six races. After the scheduled final races were cancelled due to the pandemic, Rio was 38 points ahead of his nearest rival. In the team standings, four Audi customer teams were in front in the end: Climax Racing won the classification ahead of Absolute Racing, the Uno Racing team and YC Racing. In the China GT Championship, the FAW Audi Racing Team with Chris Chia also clinched a title success at the race weekend at Pingtan. The Chinese finished the first race in second place, won the second race and finished third in the third race. Hence, the privateer clinched the championship win.

Strong finale in South Africa: Kwanda Mokoena managed a successful switch from the GT4 to the GT3 version of the Audi R8 LMS at the finale of the South African Endurance Series. The South African junior driver shared the cockpit in Team Into Africa/Amandla Coal with his compatriot Andrew Rackstraw and Audi Sport driver Luca Engstler at Killarney. Mokoena, Rackstraw and Engstler prevailed with a three-lap advantage after nine hours of racing. As a result, junior driver Mokoena clinched overall victory in the South African Endurance Championship. At the same event, another Audi customer celebrated two successes in the finale of the South African GT Racing Series. Michael Stephen in the Audi R8 LMS won the first one-hour race and finished the second one in second place.