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Audi R8 LMS GT2
Second place at the start of the season: Team PK Carsport is competing in its Belgian homeland with the Audi R8 LMS GT2 to defend its title this year. At the Belcar Endurance Championship opener at Zolder, last year’s champions Bert Longin, Stienes Longin and Peter Guelinckx finished second after three hours of racing with a gap of 11.3 seconds.
Audi R8 LMS GT4
Two one-two-three wins in German club racing: The Audi R8 LMS GT4 dominated its class in the second event of the Northern German ADAC Börde Tourenwagen Cup. In the first sprint at Oschersleben, all podium places went to Seyffarth Motorsport. Max Zschuppe finished 18.7 seconds ahead of Finn-Alexander Ellmer-Kiehn, with Bernd Schaible following another five seconds behind. The second race was won by Tobias Erdmann ahead of Sally Erdmann for Seyffarth Motorsport. Third place went to Vivien Schöllhorn in another Audi R8 LMS GT4.
Two podium results in Shanghai: Two Audi customer teams each claimed a podium result in the second round of the GT Super Sprint Challenge. Team HiRacer Racing finished third in the GT4 category with Yang Chunlei in the first race. In the second race, YC Racing with Li Donghang crossed the finish line as the third-best team in this class.
Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
Top in France: Tom Coronel managed a very good second race weekend in the TCR Europe. The Dutchman from the Comtoyou Racing team improved from tenth on the grid to sixth position in the first sprint race on the narrow street circuit of Pau in southern France, while teammate Kobe Pauwels as the best driver of an Audi RS 3 LMS clinched second place ahead of Isaac Smith from Volcano Motorsport. In the second race, Coronel started from pole position and was undeterred by the onset of rain while one of his teammates was involved in an accident. After a brief safety car period, Coronel remained in front at the restart. Teammate Victor Davidovski, who was his best chaser, lost all chances due to a puncture. Hyundai driver Dušan Borković then followed the leading Audi with a gap of less than half a second but could not find a way past. Coronel thus collected full points for the second time this year. Third place went to Frenchman John Filippi in another Audi RS 3 LMS. In total, Comtoyou Racing thus won three of the first four sprint races. In the standings, Coronel now moved 13 points clear of team-mate Filippi after both drivers had come to the second event level on points.
Podium result in Australia: Lachlan Mineeff in the Audi RS 3 LMS achieved the best result by an Audi customer at the second round of TCR Australia. The Australian was in second position after 16 laps at Phillip Island in the first of three sprints with the Forza Brakes Motorsport team.
Season opener with a trophy: Masanobu Kato was the best of three Audi drivers in the field on the first race weekend of the TCR Japan. The Japanese driver finished third in the first sprint race at Suzuka in the Audi RS 3 LMS fielded by Audi Team Mars.
Coming up next week
18–21/05 Nürburgring (D), 24h Nürburgring
19–20/05 Jyllandsringen (DK), round 1, TCR Denmark
19–21/05 Pergusa (I), round 1, Campionato Italiano GT Endurance
19–21/05 Ningbo (CHN), round 2, China Endurance Championship
20–21/05 Red Bull Ring (A), round 3, Eset Cup
20–21/05 Red Bull Ring (A), round 3, TCR Eastern Europe
20–22/05 Mosport (CDN), round 1, Sports Car Championship Canada presented by Michelin
