The Audi Sport TT Cup is starting the second half of its inaugural season. At Oschersleben, the permanent entries will be battling for the next championship points on the fourth of a total of six race weekends. In addition, another prominent selection of guest drivers will be on the grid at Germany’s northernmost race track.
When meteorological fall begins, the Audi Sport TT Cup has ended its six-week summer break. The Motorsport Arena Oschersleben will be the venue of rounds seven and eight. “The summer break was pretty short for us. We primarily used it to reassemble the cars that were involved in the accident at Spielberg,” says Project Leader Rolf Michl. “A big thank you goes to the numerous mechanics and helping hands that invested a lot of time so that we’ll be perfectly set again at Oschersleben.”
On the race track not far from Magdeburg, the next chapter of the successful guest entrant duels in the Audi Sport TT Cup will be written as well. Following rallycross drivers, noblemen and ski superstars, three legends of motorsport – Frank Biela (D), Uwe Alzen (D) and Harald Grohs (D) – will be on the grid at Oschersleben. The 51-year-old Biela won the Le Mans 24 Hours five times and became DTM Champion in 1991. Alzen’s track record includes a victory in the Spa 24 Hours and in the GT class at Le Mans. In addition, the now 48-year-old was on the top step of the podium in six DTM races. Grohs, between 1984 and 1987, even won seven DTM rounds. Furthermore, the 71-year-old competed in more than sixty 24-hour races. “I’m very excited about the competition between the ‘old hands’ and the ‘young guns’,” says Michl. “These legends have more racing experience under their belt than the entire driver field of the Audi Sport TT Cup combined.”