Second victory of the season for Audi in the ADAC GT Masters

Audi R8 LMS GT2

Two class wins in America: C. J. Moses returned with two trophies from the sixth race weekend of the GT America powered by AWS racing sequence. He received his class in the first race on the Road America circuit in the Audi R8 LMS GT2 and completed fifth general in a blended GT sports activities automobile discipline. In the second 40-minute race, Moses was once more the class winner in seventh general behind the GT3 sports activities automobiles. GMG Racing fielded the 470 kW (640 hp) Audi in the US state of Wisconsin for the privateer driver.

Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)

Third success of the season in Scandinavia: For the third time, the Audi RS 3 LMS gen II received a spherical of the TCR Scandinavia, with Oliver Söderström being the quickest driver for the first time. On the Gelleråsen circuit, the Swede had began the race from pole place and didn’t relinquish his place as soon as in the course of 14 laps. At the end, he was 1.6 seconds forward of Cupra driver and championship chief Robert Dahlgren. The Lestrup Racing Team additionally took a second trophy, with Söderström’s teammate Andreas Bäckman scoring third place. In the second race, Hugo Nerman made a robust begin. He improved in the Brink Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS from fourth to second place, which he held till the end. His teammate Tobias Brink additionally climbed the podium after the authentic third-place finisher Dahlgren obtained a penalty for a false begin. Two Audi drivers improved considerably in race three as effectively and obtained trophies for this after 14 race laps. Andreas Bäckman, who began in fourth place, gained two positions, whereas Tobias Brink even made up three locations from beginning place six. Söderström and Brink at the moment are tied in third place after 4 of six occasions, only one level behind Mattias Andersson and 48 factors behind chief Robert Dahlgren. In the group standings, Lestrup Racing is the second-best group forward of Brink Motorsport.

Two wins for Audi in Canada: The Audi RS 3 LMS set the tone in each races at the fifth spherical of the Sports Car Championship Canada introduced by Michelin. In the first race on the Calabogie circuit, Jean-François Hevey managed his second victory of the season with good techniques. The Canadian paid consideration to his tire put on and at occasions allowed himself to be overtaken by a number of opponents. But in the finish, with brisker tires and greater than 5 seconds forward of Justin di Benedetto in one other Audi, he stored the higher hand. Jerimy Daniel, one other privateer in an RS 3 LMS, additionally managed a podium end result with third place. In the second race, Justin di Benedetto celebrated his first win of the season in an Audi RS 3 LMS with DSG gearbox. He had a bonus of greater than twelve seconds after 40 minutes of racing. Before the finale on the first weekend in September, Audi privateer Jerimy Daniel is 36 factors forward of model colleague Jean-François Hevey in the standings. Another 43 factors behind follows Ron Tomlinson, a 3rd Audi privateer.

Club racing victory in Great Britain: Paul Sheard Autosport achieved a debut success with the Audi RS 3 LMS gen II in British membership racing. The squad from Cheshire in the northwest of England competed in the fifth spherical of the British Endurance Championship with the automobile they solely acquired in June. Jonathan Beeson received his class by 9.5 seconds in the two-hour race at Donington. In the blended sports activities and touring automobile sequence, the class for TCR race automobiles, in which the Audi privateer competed, was the class with the largest quantity of opponents with eight automobiles being entered.

Podium in the Slovak Republic: Audi privateer Bartosz Groszek clinched third place in the second dash on the fifth and penultimate race weekend of the TCR Eastern Europe. The Pole had initially obtained a penalty for a harmful maneuver at the Slovakiaring however efficiently appealed the penalty, thus retaining his third place in the Audi RS 3 LMS. Two weeks earlier than the finale at Most, Groszek as chief of the standings maintained his two-point benefit over Hyundai driver Petr Semerád.

Class victory in the Audi RS 3 LMS: Jakub Franek prevailed in his class in the Eset Cup endurance race at the Slovakiaring. The Pole in the Audi RS 3 LMS had constructed a one-lap lead over his finest pursuer after one hour of racing on the fourth race weekend. The race not solely counts in the direction of the Eset Cup but additionally in the direction of the Polish championship Wyscigowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski.

Second place in the standings preserved: Masanobu Kato defended his second place in the standings on Sunday’s fourth of six race weekends in the TCR Japan. The Japanese driver completed third in the second dash race at Motegi in the Audi RS 3 LMS fielded by Team Mars. With two occasions remaining, Kato is 23 factors behind championship chief Hirobon and 6 factors forward of pursuer Anna Inotsume.

Coming up subsequent week

25–28/08 Buriram (THA), spherical 2, Thailand Super Series
26–28/08 Virginia (USA), spherical 9, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
26–28/08 Assen (NL), spherical 4, GTC Race
26–28/08 Assen (NL), spherical 5, Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy
26–28/08 Nürburgring (D), spherical 5, DTM
26–28/08 Nürburgring (D), spherical 4, DTM Trophy
26–28/08 R´io Hondo (RA), spherical 6 TCR South America
27–28/08 Nürburgring (D), spherical 5 TCR Europe
27–28/08 Suzuka (J), spherical 5, Super GT
27–28/08 Jyllandsringen (DK), spherical 5, TCR Denmark
29/08 Donington (GB), spherical 6, TCR UK