Audi R8 LMS GT4
Second place in Great Britain: Team Steller Motorsport went by ups and downs on the second weekend of the British GT at Silverstone. Sennan Fielding scored the second pole place in his class this 12 months in the Audi R8 LMS GT4 earlier than a turbulent three-hour race started. Shortly after the start, an Aston Martin collided with the Audi, ensuing in a spin for Sennan Fielding and a ten-second penalty for his opponent. Steller Motorsport adjusted its technique, refueling much less and permitting Fielding and teammate Richard Williams to run shorter stints. As a consequence, they caught up thanks to their higher lap instances and moved up to third place. After a penalty for a BMW workforce, the Audi privateers have been handed second place in the ultimate classification.
Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
First victory for new Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR Italy: On simply the second race weekend, the customer-run Audi RS 3 LMS gen II clinched its first victory of the season in TCR Italy. In the race collection with an impressive area of 30 entrants, Gil Rubén Fernàndez began the second dash at Imola from pole place. While the first days of the occasion have been wet and the sky overcast, the Auto Club RC2 Valles workforce had labored out an ideal set-up of the Audi for the dry and sunny race Sunday. Fernàndez led from the start, however had to concede the lead to Michele Imberti after a small mistake on lap 5. After a security automotive interval the Audi privateer overtook the automotive in entrance of him once more on lap 10. In the finish, he clinched his first victory of the season with a lead of slightly below half a second over Imberti in a Hyundai. As a consequence, Gil Rubén Fernàndez improved from twelfth to fifth place in the standings.
Audi Sport buyer racing Asia
Driver squad introduced: Audi Sport buyer racing Asia enters the 2022 Asian motorsport season with 5 race drivers. Cheng Congfu, final 12 months’s China GT Champion, two-time Thailand Super Series Champion Sandy Stuvik and long-time Audi driver Shaun Thong kind the core workforce. The two younger drivers Yu Kuai and Cao Zhuo, who’re being promoted in the new Audi Sport Asia Junior Programme, full the lineup. “Since 2018, the Audi Sport Asia Driver pool has been utilized by our customers and teams in Asia to bolster their championship bids across the region,” mentioned Alexander Blackie, Manager of Audi Sport buyer racing Asia. “With seasoned championship winners Cheng Congfu, Shaun Thong and Sandy Stuvik, joined by our impressive juniors Yu Kuai and Cao Zhuo, we believe we have equipped ourselves and our customers very well for the various title assaults in the season ahead.” Audi Sport buyer racing Asia will decide the particular person applications for every of its drivers at a later date.
Coming up subsequent week
12–15/05 Pergusa (I), spherical 1, Campionato Italiano GT Endurance
13–14/05 Anderstorp (S), spherical 1, GT4 Scandinavia
13–15/05 Bathurst (AUS), spherical 1, Intercontinental GT Challenge
13–15/05 Bathurst (AUS), spherical 2, GT World Challenge Australia
13–15/05 Magny-Cours (F), spherical 2, GT4 France
13–15/05 Mid-Ohio (USA), spherical 4, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
13–15/05 Hockenheim (D), spherical 4, 24H Series
13–15/05 Magny-Cours (F), spherical 2, GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
14/05 Snetterton (GB), spherical 3, British Endurance Championship
14–15/05 Zolder (B), spherical 1, Belcar Series
