A successful weekend for Audi on and off the race track: While the GT3 customer teams collected trophies in various racing series, the factory drivers were engaged in personal activities and PR commitments.
One-two result for Audi in Blancpain Sprint Series
The Audi customer teams achieved a one-two result at the fifth event of the Blancpain Sprint Series (BSS). In the main race at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve near Portimão, Robin Frijns and Laurens Vanthoor in the Audi R8 LMS ultra of the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT had started from position two and within the one-hour event consistently went on to notch up their third victory of the season. In second place, Niki Mayr-Melnhof and Markus Winkelhock (Phoenix Racing) in another R8 LMS ultra crossed the finish line, earning the Austrian-German duo its first podium finish in this BSS season.
Alex Yoong new leader of the standings in Audi R8 LMS Cup
A change in the drivers’ standings of the Audi R8 LMS Cup: Following the fourth race weekend, Alex Yoong is the new front runner. In front of a home audience at Sepang International Circuit, the Malaysian in race one achieved his second victory of the season in front of Marchy Lee and the Swiss Rahel Frey. In race two, Lee won ahead of Congfu Cheng, Frey and Yoong. In the standings, title defender Yoong climbed from position four to the top spot. The previous leader, the Indian Aditya Patel, after a retirement and a fifth place in Malaysia, is now only in fourth place overall.
Wang extends lead of the standings with victory
Successful showing by Jerry Wang in GT Asia: The Hong Kong Chinese won the GTM class in round seven of the season at Sepang, Malaysia. Wang tackled the 3-hour event – the first endurance race in the series’ history – together with his team-mate from Audi customer team Absolute Racing, the Australian Warren Luff, from pole position. The duo in the R8 LMS spared no effort up to crossing the finish line and clinched first place in the GTM category. In the overall class standings, Wang defended his top spot.
Audi driver Christoph Dupré twice in second place
Podium results for Christoph Dupré on the seventh race weekend of the DMV GTC. In the first of two 30-minute races on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the 42-year-old German in his Audi R8 LMS ultra of Team Dupré Motorsport had started from position six and crossed the finish line in second place. Dupré achieved the same result in race two which he started from position five. Both second places corresponded to victories in his class.
Podium place for Audi customer team in VLN
Audi customer team Twin Busch Motorsport celebrated third place in round seven of the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring. In the 6-hour race, Dennis Busch, Marc Busch and Marc Basseng showed an impressive recovery. After starting from position 16, the Audi R8 LMS ultra saw the checkered flag in position four and, thanks to a retroactive time penalty imposed on the third-placed Mercedes, advanced by one more position.
Oliver Jarvis got married
Audi driver Oliver Jarvis has tied the knot with his girlfriend. Chelsea de Silva and the Briton had been a couple for six years. On Friday, they got married in the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely in the County of Cambridgeshire. Besides the couples’ families and friends, team-mate Lucas di Grassi attended the ceremony. Audi Sport extends best wishes to the newlyweds.
Nico Müller visits Audi quattro Cup
Last week, DTM driver Nico Müller visited the German finale of the Audi quattro Cup on the outskirts of Berlin. Together with Johannes Polgar from AUDI AG he presented the trophy to the winners of the golf tournament. The two winning teams prevailed against a total of 260 finalists and will travel to the world finale in Mexico at the end of November. There the overall winners of the Audi quattro Cup that celebrates its 25th season this year will be determined. The five days of the German finale at the Nick Faldo Course were not only centered on the golf ball. Instructed by professional sailors, Audi offered the participants an Audi Sailing Experience on the Scharmützelsee lake as well.
