Three wins at Hockenheim
The Audi Sport customer racing teams enjoyed a successful race weekend in the DMV GTC at Hockenheim, the fifth race weekend of the 2016 season. Land-Motorsport led an Audi R8 LMS 1-2-3 in qualifying and won the first race with “Ronny C’Rock”, ahead of the HCB-Rutronik Racing duo of Fabian Plentz and Tommy Tulpe in second and third respectively. Tulpe won the second DMV GTC race of the weekend from pole and his teammate Plentz finished third. HCB-Rutronik Racing’s success continued in the Dunlop 60 race, where Plentz and Tulpe started from pole position and piloted their Audi R8 LMS to victory.
Podium in Australia
Jamec Pem Racing celebrated a podium finish during the fifth race weekend of the Australian GT Championship, which was held on the street circuit in Townsville. Christopher Mies, on his first return to the Australian championship since March, clinched pole position. Mies and teammate Tony Bates then finished runner-up in the one-hour race on Saturday, wherein Mies set the fastest lap of the race and also broke the lap record.
Audi driver Benoît Tréluyer not at Nürburgring
While training on his mountain bike three-time Le Mans winner Benoît Tréluyer fell and injured his spinal column. The injury will heal without surgical intervention and have no further consequences. As the recovery period will be several weeks, the 39-year-old Frenchman has to skip round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). As a result, his teammates, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer, will be contesting the race at the Nürburgring on July 24 as a team of two in the number “7” Audi R18. “On behalf of Audi Sport, I wish Benoît a speedy and full recovery so that he’ll be ready to race again in the subsequent event in Mexico,” says Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich.
Audi R18 drives through Neckarsulm plant
The Audians at the Neckarsulm plant experienced Le Mans flair at their place of work on Thursday. The Frenchman Loïc Duval who had taken third place in the Le Mans 24 Hours in June with his teammates, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis, did a lap in the Audi R18 on the plant premises. Subsequently, the former Le Mans winner signed autographs for the workforce and met with employees of the race engine department as well. The near-514-hp V6 TDI engine of the Audi R18 is produced in Neckarsulm.
Tom Kristensen in Audi RS 5 DTM
Ten years after his victory in the DTM race at Zandvoort, Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen will again be at the wheel of a DTM race car on the Dutch dune circuit. On July 16 and 17, the Dane will be driving guests around the challenging race track in the Red Bull Audi RS 5 DTM race taxi. Kristensen competed for Audi in the DTM from 2004 to 2011 and celebrated a total of four victories. Subsequently, he concentrated on Le Mans prototypes before announcing his retirement from active racing at the end of 2014.
Slotcar Challenge at Zandvoort
The DTM at Zandvoort will see a revival of the Audi DTM Challenge. Three Audi drivers from the DTM will be pitted against three drivers from the Audi Sport TT Cup – on a slot car race track. The “big little race” will be held at the Audi Team & Media Hospitality on Saturday, July 16, 10 AM and covered live on Facebook.