Audi R8 LMS GT4
First Audi victory in France: Saintéloc Racing celebrated the first victory of the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in the GT4 France. The long-standing Audi customer team won the first round at Magny-Cours on the fourth race weekend with Gregory Guilvert/Fabien Michal. In race two, the driver duo took second place ahead of its teammates, Christophe Hamon/Lonni Martins. In the Pro-Am drivers’ classification, Guilvert/Michal thus advanced from fourth to second position on the fourth of six race weekends. At the same time, Saintéloc Racing occupies second place in the teams’ classification. With some 40 participants in the field the French championship is one of the world’s toughest GT4 series.
Podium in America: Team Carbahn Motorsports scored its first podium with the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. In the Grand Sport class, Tyler McQuarrie/Jeff Westphal achieved third place on the ninth race weekend at Laguna Seca.
Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup
Kris Heidorn first Cup winner: Kris Heidorn is the first driver to have won the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup. The 29-year-old from Lower Saxony in the finale at the Nürburgring won race one ahead of the Pole Robin Rogalski who had managed a strong comeback from position eight on the grid. Third place went to Mike Hesse. In race two, Bartosz Paziewski from Poland celebrated his second victory this season. The German Fabio Citignola as runner-up and the Pole Pieniazek Przemyslaw in third place were pleased to have scored their best results this season as well. Vivien Keszhtelyi was happy too: The 17-year-old Hungarian who had been promoted from the Audi Sport TT Cup to the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup finished the season runner-up ahead of Bartosz Paziewski. Keszhtelyi was only one of four talents to have scored points in every race. In addition, she mounted the podium twice. 23 participants contested the new one-make cup in an Audi R8 LMS GT4 during the year either as occasional or permanent entrants.
Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
Second in class in 24-hour race: In round five of the 24H TCE Series, Team Baporo Motorsport brought home a podium finish in a strong field of 16 entrants. In the Barcelona 24 Hours, the local team had competed with Italians Alberto Vescovi and Roberto Ferri and Spaniards Jaime Font Casas and Alvaro Vela. Their Audi RS 3 LMS crossed the finish line in second place of the TCR classification.
Runner-up in Central Europe: Václav Nimč jr. achieved second place in a field of 16 entrants in the TCR classification of the Eset V4 Cup. The Czech in an Audi RS 3 LMS of Team Krenek Motorsport clinched two third places on the fifth race weekend at Brno. During the season, the up-and-coming driver had won his class twice and achieved two second and five third places.
Another turn in title race: Britt Casey jr./Tom Long turned the tables in the title race once more on scoring their fourth success this season in the TCR class of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Due to its victory at Laguna Seca, the duo from Team Compass Racing in an Audi RS 3 LMS took the lead of the standings before the finale with a five-point advantage ahead of its teammates, Rodrigo Sales/Kuno Wittmer, who placed fifth. Second place in California went to Michael Johnson and Stephen Simpson from JDC-Miller MotorSports, third place to Tom O’Gorman/Kenton Koch from eEuroparts.com Racing. All teams are relying on the Audi RS 3 LMS.
Coming up next week
14–16/09 Nürburgring (D), rounds 9 and 10, Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
14–16/09 Nürburgring (D), rounds 11 and 12, GT4 European Series
14–16/09 Vallelunga (I), rounds 11 and 12, TCR Italy
15–16/09 Nürburgring (D), rounds 5 and 6, GT4 Belgium
15–16/09 Sugo (J), round 6, Super GT
15–16/09 Braga (P), rounds 5 and 6, TCR Portugal
15–16/09 Zhuhai (CN), Pan Delta Super Racing Festival
15–16/09 Imola (I), round 7, Coppa Italia Turismo
15/09 Teretonga Park (NZ), round 1, South Island Endurance Championship
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