First victory of the season for Audi in the Thailand Super Series

Audi R8 LMS GT3

First win of the season in Thailand: The B-Quik Absolute Racing group celebrated a profitable weekend at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram by scoring a complete of 4 podium outcomes at the second Thailand Super Series occasion of the yr – highlighted by a 1-2 victory on Sunday. The two qualifying periods noticed teammates Akash Nandy and Sandy Stuvik main the manner for the group owned by Henk Kiks. Nandy took second on the grid as the best-placed Audi for the weekend’s opening race, whereas Stuvik clinched pole for the second warmth, forward of Audi Sport driver Pierre Kaffer. In the opening warmth, Nandy moved into the lead throughout the opening stint, however the quantity 25 entry misplaced floor throughout the pitstop part. Stuvik pushed arduous to come back again from fifth to complete runner-up. Kaffer put in an exciting cost to finish the passing maneuver for third place on the final lap, clinching the closing general podium step for himself and teammate Vincent Floirendo. On Sunday, Daniel Bilski and Philip Massoud gained the second race of the weekend. Their teammates, Nandy and Stuvik, accomplished the Audi 1-2 victory by ending runner-up.

Kelvin van der Linde returns to the podium: The second half of the DTM season obtained underway at the Nürburgring following the summer time break. After sunshine for observe on Friday, dense fog adopted in the Eifel on Saturday. The first qualifying session of the fifth race weekend was cancelled as a result of the lack of visibility and the drivers’ standings decided the grid for the opening race. In the finish, the fog additionally delayed the begin of the race by virtually 4 hours. When the lights lastly turned inexperienced, Rast, who began from third place on the grid, fell again on the opening lap and completed ninth after a turbulent race. Teammate Kelvin van der Linde began from thirteenth on the grid, however dropped down so far as twentieth at the begin. From there, the South African charged ahead to complete runner-up – lower than two seconds behind his brother, Sheldon, in a BMW. Team ABT Sportsline teammate, Swiss Ricardo Feller, completed third with the sister Audi R8 LMS – finishing a double podium for the outfit from Kempten. Another sturdy race on Sunday noticed Kelvin van der Linde once more ending as the greatest Audi, this time in fourth place. These two sturdy outcomes moved van der Linde up from thirteenth to seventh in the drivers’ standings, forward of Feller (eighth) and behind Team Rosberg’s Nico Müller (sixth). After a tough Sunday with a retirement, René Rast dropped from third to fourth place in the title hunt, however he stays the best-placed Audi driver with a 29-point deficit to the chief, Sheldon van der Linde, forward of the six remaining races this season.

Audi R8 LMS stays unbeaten in the dash races: The Audi privateers continued their sturdy kind at the fourth GTC Race weekend of the season. In the opening dash warmth at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands on Sunday, Seyffarth Motorsport’s Robin Rogalski led an Audi 1-2 victory forward of Finn Zulauf from Rutronik Racing. Going one higher, the Audi R8 LMS clinched the first three locations in the second warmth with Max Hofer taking the win for Aust Motorsport, adopted by Rogalski and Audi Sport driver Markus Winkelhock from Rutronik Racing. With these outcomes, the GT3 mannequin from Audi Sport buyer racing has gained every of the eight GTC Race dash heats to this point this yr, in addition to clinching a complete of 20 out of 24 doable podium outcomes. Zulauf is at the moment main the general and semi-pro class GT3 drivers’ standings, whereas Hofer leads the GT3 professional class. One day earlier, in the fourth GT60 endurance race of the season, Aust Motorsport completed runner-up. Dino Steiner and Hofer even had probabilities of successful the one-hour race, however when the energy steering failed in the second half of the race, Hofer had no probability towards the main Mercedes-AMG and crossed the end line with a 20-second deficit. It was the eighth GT60 podium end for the Audi R8 LMS this yr. Steiner and Hofer are main the GT60 semi-pro class drivers’ standings.

Alzen on high in the Netherlands: The German Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy (STT) membership racing collection noticed former skilled race driver Uwe Alzen placing in one other sturdy efficiency together with his Audi R8 LMS. At the TT Circuit Assen, the fifth occasion of the yr, the Audi privateer gained each races from pole place. Alzen has now gained all however one of the season’s races to this point – a complete of 9 victories – with two extra race weekends remaining, each scheduled for October.

Victory in Denmark: Audi privateer Valdemar Eriksen gained the second Danish Endurance Championship (DEC) warmth of the weekend at the Jyllandsringen circuit – the fourth race weekend of the season. It was a one-off look in the championship for Eriksen, who’s the reigning DEC champion in his class. Eriksen began Sunday’s race from pole place in an Audi R8 LMS and took victory with a 30-second benefit after 42 laps of racing on the circuit close to Silkeborg.