Fast sprinters 5 instances victorious
The two Audi Sport drivers Dries Vanthoor/Charles Weerts received 5 of the ten races in the Sprint Cup, together with the spectacular finale at Valencia. This makes them the deserving champions for the third time in a row. As in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021, their group WRT from Belgium additionally prevailed in the group classification. Team Tresor by Car Collection from Germany adopted in third place. Its line-up, consisting of Audi Sport driver Christopher Haase and privateer Simon Gachet, additionally completed the season in third place in the drivers’ standings. With Saintéloc Racing in fifth place in the standings and Attempto Racing in sixth, two extra privateer teams achieved exceptional group outcomes in a area of 14 racing teams.
Strong endurance athletes on the lengthy distance
Three younger drivers impressed in the 2022 Endurance season with the Audi R8 LMS in the Silver Cup. Benjamin Goethe from Denmark and the 2 Frenchmen Thomas Neubauer and Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer from Team WRT clinched the Silver Cup title earlier than the finale after two class victories and two third-place finishes, after which they managed a 3rd class victory at Barcelona. Their hardest opponents, additionally on an Audi R8 LMS GT3: Germans Alex Aka and Marius Zug in addition to Austrian Nicolas Schöll from Attempto Racing, who took the runner-up title after three second locations. In the Silver Team classification, Team WRT prevailed. Third place went to Attempto Racing, adopted by Saintéloc Racing in fifth place. In the Gold group classification, Boutsen Racing, a brand new Audi customer, completed eleventh out of 17 contenders, whose drivers Adam Eteki, Benjamin Lessennes and Karim Ojjeh had been twelfth in the drivers’ classification. The Belgian GT racing group relied on the R8 LMS for the primary time in the previous season. In the endurance group classification, Team WRT ended up in third place. In the person race outcomes, the sports activities automobiles with the 4 rings had been among the many favorites as properly: The three Audi Sport drivers Kelvin van der Linde/Dries Vanthoor/Charles Weerts received the season opener at Imola for Team WRT. Saintéloc Racing managed a pleasant triumph at Hockenheim with privateer Lucas Légeret and the Audi Sport drivers Christopher Mies and Patric Niederhauser.
Powerful combiners in the general standings
Once once more, the Sprint and Endurance Championships enticed rivals with totally different distances and two race calendars. In addition to the person classifications for each classes, promoter SRO additionally publishes an total classification as a mixture of each collection in 2022. There, too, the Audi teams had been among the many entrance runners. Thomas Neubauer and Benjamin Goethe received the Silver Cup class early with Team WRT forward of Alex Aka/Nicolas Schöll from Attempto Racing. Their teams correspondingly achieved first and second place in the group standings. A key aspect of the success got here at WRT’s house race. The champions Goethe/Neubauer, along with their teammate Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer, had been unbeatable in the Silver Cup classification of the Spa 24 Hours. With 19 starters, it was the category with the second highest variety of individuals. WRT additionally recorded second locations: Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts are the runners-up in the general standings. With second place in the standings for Team WRT forward of Saintéloc Racing and Tresor by Car Collection, and sixth place for Attempto Racing, as many as 4 of the 5 customer teams completed the season’s group standings in the main group.