Audi will deliver ten former total winners to the grid on the 25.378-kilometer hill-and-dale observe: Christopher Haase (2012 and 2014), Pierre Kaffer (2019), Kelvin van der Linde (2017), Christopher Mies (2015 and 2017), Nico Müller (2015), René Rast (2014), Frank Stippler (2012 and 2019), Dries Vanthoor (2019), Frédéric Vervisch (2019) and Markus Winkelhock (2012, 2014 and 2017). Together with their Audi Sport driver colleagues Mattia Drudi, Ricardo Feller, Robin Frijns, Dennis Marschall and Patric Niederhauser, they help the GT3 groups, which in flip take care of a complete of 11 privateer drivers. Many of them have scored quite a few class victories and even titles at the Nürburgring. These embody the champions from the Nürburgring Endurance Series Arno Klasen and Michael Heimrich (SP9 Am 2019), Patrick Kolb (SP7 2019, SP9 Pro-Am 2020 and 2021) and Vincent Kolb (SP9 Pro 2021).
Team boss Ernst Moser, who enters a complete of three Audi R8 LMS automobiles with Audi Sport Team Phoenix and Scherer Sport Team Phoenix from Meuspath, has already gained the 24-hour race 5 occasions since 2000, together with 3 times with Audi. Three extra GT3 sports activities automobiles are being ready by Peter Schmidt along with his Audi Sport Team Car Collection and Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport, together with one automobile for the Pro-Am class. Second place at the 24-hour race in 2020 that was open to the very finish was the greatest consequence to date for the staff from Walluf, along with class titles at the Nürburgring. Team Twin Busch by équipe vitesse of Jil and Andreas Herbst is predicated in Ingelheim, has been at dwelling on the Nordschleife for a very long time and has additionally already clinched class titles there. For the first time, it would contest the 24-hour race with an R8 LMS in the Pro-Am classification with its common drivers Michael Heimrich and Arno Klasen. The non-public driver squad is complemented by Elia Erhart, the total winner of two 12-hour races and one 24-hour race since final November, and his confirmed driving companion, Audi Sport driver Pierre Kaffer.
The many touring automobile followers in the Eifel area may also look ahead to the most stunning weekend of the yr. Max Kruse Racing will likely be taking over the six opponents in the historically fiercely contested TCR class of the endurance race for the first time with an Audi RS 3 LMS. In the supporting program, the WTCR – FIA Touring Car World Cup additionally gives two already historically action-packed dash races: In the course of simply three laps every, all the choices will likely be made there. Long-time companion Comtoyou Racing is making ready 4 Audi RS 3 LMS for the second World Cup spherical. Audi Sport drivers Nathanaël Berthon and Gilles Magnus, final yr’s greatest privateer in the sequence, will face the WTCR competitors along with privateers Mehdi Bennani and Tom Coronel.
In addition, Audi Sport is dedicated to the 24-hour race with a complete of 15 different fashions. The two Audi R8 LMS automobiles that clinched the first and the most up-to-date victory up to now in 2012 and 2019 may be admired on Wednesday at the Adenauer Racing Day and subsequently in the ring°boulevard. And with 9 Audi A6 Avant, one S6 Avant, two Audi R8 and one Audi RS e-tron GT, the organizers and race organizers are as soon as once more nicely motorized. Audi is offering the Official Cars at the world’s greatest racing pageant for the twenty first time in a row. Audi could have a complete protection of the occasion on its social media channels and on audi-mediacenter.com. While Eurosport broadcasts the FIA WTCR, the German TV station NITRO accompanies the high qualifying and the 24-hour race dwell and in full size. With a complete broadcast time of 27 hours beginning at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, the Cologne-based community is making an attempt to set a brand new world document for the longest TV broadcast.
The drivers and groups at the Nürburgring
Scherer Sport Team Phoenix
Audi R8 LMS #5 Ricardo Feller/Kelvin van der Linde/Vincent Kolb/Frank Stippler
Audi R8 LMS #16 Michele Beretta/Kuba Giermaziak/Kim-Luis Schramm/Markus Winkelhock
Twin Busch by équipe vitesse
Audi R8 LMS #11 Elia Erhart/Michael Heimrich/Pierre Kaffer/Arno Klasen
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Audi R8 LMS #15 Robin Frijns/Kelvin van der Linde/Dries Vanthoor/Frédéric Vervisch
Audi Sport Team Car Collection
Audi R8 LMS #22 Christopher Haase/Nico Müller/Patric Niederhauser/René Rast
Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport
Audi R8 LMS #23 Dennis Fetzer/Klaus Koch/Dennis Marschall/Simon Reicher
Audi R8 LMS #24 Mattia Drudi/Patrick Kolb/Christopher Mies/Patric Niederhauser
Max Kruse Motorsport
Audi RS 3 LMS #811 Peter Hansen/Benjamin Leuchter/Lars Nielsen
