Audi R8 LMS (GT3)
Victory for Audi customer team in Hungary: The fourth race weekend of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup in Hungary was a complete success for Marcel Fässler and Dries Vanthoor. The Swiss-Belgian driver duo won the qualifying race and the main race at the Hungaroring in an Audi R8 LMS from Belgian Audi Club Team WRT. The second victory of the season was not the only thing to celebrate for team principal Vincent Vosse: the Dutch-British combination of Pieter Schothorst/Jake Dennis reached third in the qualifying round and went on to take second in the race just 0.570 seconds behind the winners. Belgian Audi Club Team WRT has now taken the lead of the team rankings for the first time this year with a 13-point advantage before the season finale at the Nürburgring in three weeks’ time. Fässler/Vanthoor have climbed from eighth to third place on the drivers’ rankings and now sit just four points off the top of the table.
Podium in Le Castellet: The Optimum Motorsport team took its third podium result of the season in the GT3 class of the Le Mans Cup. The British driver combination of Flick Haigh/Joe Osborne finished third in an Audi R8 LMS at Le Castellet in southern France. The team and the drivers now both occupy third in each ranking with two rounds remaining.
Rookie title for Audi customer: The Audi customer racing team Car Collection Motorsport celebrated a title win in the 24H Endurance Series. After 24 race hours, Max Edelhoff, together with his teammates, reached third place in the A6 Amateur class in an Audi R8 LMS at the season finale in Portimão, winning the title for the best junior driver.
Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
Two victories in TCR China: Chu Han Huang won two races of the TCR China. The Chinese prevailed in Shanghai in an Audi RS 3 LMS from the New Faster team in the third round. Teammate Andy Yan completed a New Faster 1-2 victory in the first race with second place, whilst also finishing third in the second race.
Dates for next week
01–03/09 Anderstorp (S), TCR Scandinavia 16th to 18th rounds
01–03/09 Anderstorp (S), GT Sweden 7th to 8th rounds
02/09 Nürburgring (D), VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring 6th round
01–03/09 Austin (USA), Pirelli World Challenge SprintX/TC 9th and 10th rounds
01–03/09 Barcelona (E), 24H Touring Car Endurance Series 4th round
01–03/09 Buriram (THA), TCR International Series 8th round
02–03/09 Braga (P), TCR Portugal 7th to 10th rounds
02–03/09 Autopolis (J), Super Taikyu Series 5th round