Audi customers win street races in Canada and Portugal

Audi R8 LMS GT4

Victory in the streets of Vila Real: The Iberian Supercars Endurance racing series visited the Portuguese city of Vila Real for an invitational race after two regular championship rounds. Team Veloso Motorsport managed an impressive second race on the narrow and spectacular street circuit. The Portuguese Jorge Rodrigues and Patrick Cunha had started from pole position in the Audi R8 LMS GT4 and were unchallenged at the front for 20 laps. As Bronze-rated drivers, they eventually won by 2.7 seconds ahead of a Pro driver pairing in a Mercedes-AMG and 14 other contenders. Rodrigues/Cunha lead the championship’s bronze classification at the season’s halfway point and are third overall.

Two podium results for Team Speedcar: At the fourth round of the GT4 European Series powered by Rafa Racing Club, Robert Consani/Benjamin Lariche were the fastest driver pairing from among the Audi customer teams. On the Misano circuit, they led the first race in Team Speedcar’s Audi R8 LMS GT4 for a long time and only had to concede defeat to the BMW driver duo Gabriele Piana/Michael Schrey by 2.8 seconds on the final lap. In the second race, a close three-way battle broke out between Consani/Lariche and two BMW teams with multiple lead changes. After one hour of racing, the Audi privateer pairing finished third, just 1.1 seconds behind the winner. While Consani/Lariche are third in the Silver Cup standings, Grégory Guilvert/Christophe Hamon now lead the Pro-Am standings in the Audi R8 LMS GT4 of Saintéloc Racing with a 61-point advantage after their fifth class victory of the season.

Audi R8 LMS GT3

Best result of the season for Comtoyou Racing: At the second round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup, the Comtoyou Racing team managed to make it onto the podium for the first time. At the Misano circuit on Italy’s Adriatic coast, Audi Sport driver Christopher Haase and Swiss Lucas Légeret started Sunday’s second race in fifth place. Haase gained a place as early as on the first lap and remained fourth until the mandatory pit stops started and he handed his R8 LMS over to his teammate on lap 16. After the end of all stops, Légeret was in second place and eventually crossed the finish line 4.2 seconds behind winner Valentino Rossi. For Jean-Michel Baert’s Audi customer team, which is contesting its first season in GT3 racing, it was the best result with the Audi R8 LMS so far.

Coming up next week

21–22/07 Lime Rock (USA), round 7, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
21–22/07 East London (ZA), round 5, G&H Transport Extreme Supercars Series
21–23/07 Motegi (J), round 4, GT World Challenge Asia
21–23/07 Le Castellet (F), round 5, TCR Europe
22/07 Donington (GB), Invitational race British Endurance Championship
22/07 Misano (I), round 2, Coppa Italia Turismo Endurance
22–23/07 Portimão (P), round 4, GT2 European Series
22–23/07 Knockhill (GB), round 4, TCR UK 
22–23/07 Le Castellet (F), round 4, International GT Open
22–23/07 Rivera (ROU), round 5, TCR South America