Audi R8 LMS GT4
Fourth place and the lead in the standings: The Saintéloc Racing team finished third in the second round of the GT4 European Series with the Audi R8 LMS GT4. Gregory Guilvert and Fabien Michal were just 4.2 seconds short of overall victory in the second one-hour race at Le Castellet. In the two individual races, the French driver pairing also won the Pro-Am classification in each case. As a result, they lead the drivers’ standings in this class, and Saintéloc Racing is also ahead in the team standings.
Two podium places at Navarra: At the Campeonato de España Resistencia opener, Pierre Arraou clinched two podium places. The Frenchman was second in his class in the first race at Navarra in the Audi R8 LMS GT4 and won the classification in the second race.
Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
Fraternally shared: Team Tecnodom Sport achieved the maximum result at the opening round of the TCR DSG Europe at Monza with pole position, victory and fastest race lap. The Audi RS 3 LMS of the Italian squad was shared by the three brothers Kevin, Jonathan and Steven Giacon. In qualifying, Jonathan achieved the two fastest times and also set the best time in the race. The number 6 Audi led the two-hour contest from the first to the last of the 32 laps, but there was still some tension towards the end. Half an hour before the end, the safety car neutralized the field and brought the competitors closer together again. In the end, Tecnodom won by 4.4 seconds ahead of HC Racing with drivers Gaetano Oliva/Simone Patrinicola, followed by BF Motorsport with Romy Dall’Antonia/Samuele Piccin. All three teams fielded an Audi RS 3 LMS each. All teams in the racing series rely exclusively on TCR race cars with dual-clutch transmissions from the Volkswagen Group.
Silverware in Spain: Mirco van Nostrum/Álvaro Fontes clinched a podium result at the start of the Campeonato de España Resistencia. The Dutch-Spanish driver duo from the Circuito Do Sol team finished second in the TCR class in the Audi RS 3 LMS in the first race in Navarra. After 50 minutes of racing, they were only 3.6 seconds behind the winners and 29 seconds ahead of their closest pursuers.
Coming up next week
03–05/06 Nürburgring (D), round 1, FIA WTCR
03–06/06 Nürburgring (D), 24h Nürburgring
04–05/06 Ljungbyhed (S), round 1, TCR Scandinavia
04–06/06 Misano (I), round 2, Campionato Italiano GT Sprint
04–06/06 Albi (F), round 3, GT4 France
04–06/06 Spa (B), round 3, Belcar Endurance Championship
04–06/06 Virginia (USA), round 3, GT4 America SprintX
05–06/06 Misano, round 2 TCR Italy