First title in 2017 season for Audi customer team

Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)

In its debut season, the Audi RS 3 LMS achieved its second endurance racing victory in succession. Following class victory in the 24 Hours of Dubai in January, the new race car from Audi Sport won the TCR class in the 12 Hours of Mugello as well. The two Germans, Hermann Bock/Max Partl, from Team Bonk Motorsport achieved a ten-lap advantage on March 18. They were not the only team to return from Italy with a trophy. Team Car Collection Motorsport completed the TCR success with position three claimed by Siegfried Kuzdas/Monika Parhofer/Christian Schmitz/Dirk Vorländer. 

In the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring, the Audi TCR customer teams kicked off the season on podium. On March 25, Artur Goroyan/Marcus Löhnert/Matthias Wasel in the Audi RS 3 LMS of LMS Engineering took second place in class, trailed by Atle Gulbrandsen/Kenneth Østvold/Håkon Schjærin from Team Møller Bil Motorsport.

In the 24H Touring Car Endurance Series, a new Audi customer celebrated a podium finish on April 2. Pit Lane Competizioni clinched second place with the Audi RS 3 LMS of Zach Arnold/Enrico Bettera/Roberto Ferri/John Filippi/Alberto Vescovi in the 24 Hours of Silverstone in the United Kingdom. 

Two-time champion Stefano Comini is relying on an Audi RS3 LMS in the TCR International Series for the first time. The Swiss began his title defense campaign in the season opener at Rustavi (Georgia) on April 1 by clinching third place with Team Comtoyou Racing. 

In the Super Taikyu Series in Japan, an Audi customer team started the season on podium on April 1. In round one at Motegi, Kouichi Okumura/Key Akiyoshi/Daisuke Yamawaki in the Audi RS 3 LMS of Team Birth Racing Project achieved third place in the ST-R class.

Audi Sport TT Cup

Seven weeks before the Audi Sport TT Cup opens the season at Hockenheim, 14 up-and-coming drivers familiarized themselves with their new race cars. At Audi Sport in Neuburg, the drivers from ten countries received initial instructions on handling the near-340-HP Audi TT cup car on March 16. 

Coming up next week

08–09/04 Hockenheim (D), rounds 1 and 2 DMV GTC

08/04Nürburgring (D), round 2 VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring

07–08/04 Red Bull Ring (A), round 3 24H Endurance Series 

07–08/04 Long Beach (USA), round 3 Weathertech SportsCar Championship 

07–08/04 Long Beach (USA), round 3 Pirelli World Challenge

07–09/04 Sandown (AUS), round 1 Australian GT Trophy

08–09/04 Okayama (J), round 1 Super GT

08–09/04 Sepang (MAL), rounds 1 and 2 Blancpain GT Series Asia