Audi ready for 24 Hours of Spa

“All Audi customer teams intensively prepared for the GT3 race with the toughest competition of the year,” said Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing. “The forces are distributed to several teams. Thanks to our customers, we’re well set in terms of quantity and quality this year.” 

Four teams with eleven race cars and 36 drivers are relying on the Audi R8 LMS in the Ardennes on the last weekend in July. Before the single timed laps in the super pole qualifying session on Friday, five other Audi teams took their grid positions in qualifying. Team Saintéloc Racing with the number 25 Audi is in position 25, making it the ninth-best team in the Pro-Am classification. Belgian Audi Club Team WRT took positions 27 (number 1), 43 (number 4) and 45 (number 3). I.S.R. Racing claimed position 36 with number 75. The number 27 Audi of Saintéloc Racing is in grid position 50 of the overall classification as the third-best squad in the amateur class. 

The 24 Hours of Spa will start on Saturday, July 30, at 16:30. Full-length live coverage of the race will be provided at www.blancpain-gt-series.com.

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Qualifying results 

1 Maximilian Götz (Mercedes #86) 2m 17.651s

2 Clemens Schmid (Mercedes #85) 2m 18.025s

3 Felix Rosenqvist (Mercedes #88) 2m 18.034s

4 Maro Engel (Mercedes #00) 2m 18.223s

5 Maximilian Buhk (Mercedes #84) 2m 18.259s

6 Dani Juncadella (Mercedes #56) 2m 18.328s

7 Laurens Vanthoor (Audi #28) 2m 18.505s

8 Franck Perera (Audi #74) 2m 18.547s

9 Mirko Bortolotti (Lamborghini #16) 2m 18.691s

10 Maxime Soulet (Bentley #8) 2m 18.698s