Audi R8 LMS GT4
Class title in Portugal: Audi customer team Veloso Motorsport won two titles with the Audi R8 LMS GT4. Patrick Cunha and Jorge Rodrigues finished first and second in their class in the two races at the finale of the Supercars Endurance racing series. As a result, they won the GT4 bronze titles in Supercars Endurance as well as in the Campeonato de Portugal de Velocidade.
Successful season finale in French club racing: At the finale of the Ultimate Cup Series at Le Castellet, the Audi customer teams collected six trophies in their classes. Maxime Sonntag won the UGTC4A category in the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in the first 25-minute sprint ahead of Pierre Arraou in an Audi from Herrero Racing. In the second sprint, Team Speedcar again dominated its class, this time with Julien Goujat. In the third, now 50-minute race, Sonntag and Goujat shared the cockpit on their way to class victory, while Arraou finished third. In the final four-hour endurance race, third place went to the GL Racing Team and the Audi R8 LMS GT4 with the driver pairing Philippe Cosi/Ahmed Henni.
Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
First victory of the season in Japan: Audi customer team Tamada Racing scored its first win of the year in the TCR Japan finale. Tobio Otani took over the cockpit of the Audi RS 3 LMS from team boss Seiji Tamada for the first time on the Sugo circuit. The Japanese driver already impressed in qualifying when he secured pole position. Otani confidently pulled away from his pursuers in Sunday’s race and won after 15 laps with a 6.2-second lead over the new champion Anna Inotsume in the Honda.
Second place in Estoril: Team PD Auto achieved a podium result with the Audi RS 3 LMS at the finale of the Supercars Endurance racing series in Portugal. Paulo Silva and Guilherme Silva took turns in the cockpit and finished second in the TCR category in the second 45-minute race.
Coming up next week
01–02/12 Barcelona (E), round 6, Campeonato de España Resistencia
01–02/12 Barcelona (E), round 4, TCR Spain
01–03/12 Chengdu (CN), round 4, China Endurance Championship
02/12 Sepang (MAL), round 1, Asian Le Mans Series
03/12 Sepang (MAL), round 2, Asian Le Mans Series
02–03/12 Cascavel (BR), round 10, TCR South America
