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Audi R8 LMS GT3
NEW PRODUCTION RECORD FOR THE AUDI R8 LMS
At mid-year 2021, Audi Sport customer racing has reached an important milestone: The 138th GT3 model of the second-generation Audi R8 LMS, which has been marketed since the end of 2015, has been built. The successful predecessor model, which was available from 2009 to 2015, had been produced in a series of 137 units. In … Continue reading
2020 SEASON READY TO BEGIN AT MUGELLO FOR RICCARDO AGOSTINI
Riccardo Agostini makes his track return in the Italian GT after claiming last year the Sprint series title. The Italian racer is set for the first out of four rounds of the Endurance Championship scheduled for this coming weekend, 18/19 July, making his debut at the wheel of an Audi Sport Italia-run R8 LMS GT3 … Continue reading
SANDY KRAOKAEW STUVIK SIGNS BACK ON FOR THAILAND SUPER SERIES TITLE DEFENCE
B-Quik Absolute Racing is pleased to announce that Sandy Kraokaew Stuvik will continue with the team for a second season in Thailand Super Series and will be aiming to defend his Super Car GT3 Driver’s Champion crown. Sandy joined us for the first last year, switching to sportscars after several seasons racing Formula 3 and … Continue reading
TAN AND RUMP RETURN AS PART OF ABSOLUTE RACING’S UNCHANGED GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA AUDI LINE-UP
2019 championship contenders Weiron Tan and Martin Rump are reprising their GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS partnership with Absolute Racing and Audi this year. The Malaysian-Estonian duo won twice and scored two more podiums en route to finishing sixth in the overall standings and fourth in Silver Cup, while the latter also mounted … Continue reading
X WORKS ANNOUNCES AUDI ENTRY FOR 2020 GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA
The successful X Works team is the first Audi customer squad announced for the GT World Challenge Asia 2020 season, with privateer Philip Tang named as the first of the two drivers. The team will enter an Audi R8 LMS GT3 in the GT3 Pro-Am category of the region’s biggest multi-marque GT series. “The team … Continue reading
STARWORKS MOTORSPORTS WITHDRAWS FROM UPCOMING NORTHEAST IMSA EVENTS
Following a challenging first-half of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, Starworks Motorsports has opted to withdraw its No. 8 Audi R8 LMS from the upcoming events at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Lime Rock Park. “It has been our goal all along to run the full season, but common sense tells us that we … Continue reading
FIVE-STRONG AUDI GT3 ENTRY FOR BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA THAILAND ROUNDS
The five Audi R8 LMS GT3 entries are back in action this weekend as the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia resumes at the 4.554km FIA Grade I Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand. All four Audi Sport Asia drivers are in action alongside the region’s leading privateers and they will be on the hunt … Continue reading
RISING GT STAR SECURES SUPPORT FROM THE REIGNING CHAMPION
Melbourne teenager Ryan How was a sensation during the opening round of the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship at Albert Park, the 17-year old Audi driver mixing it in amongst the outright cars in his 2011 model R8 LMS GT3 – despite the fact that he was contesting the Trophy Series division – on a … Continue reading
STARWORKS MOTORSPORTS CONFIRMS PARKER CHASE FOR REMAINDER OF IMSA SEASON
Following the completion of the first two endurance races of the season, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship begins its string of sprint races next week with the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge. Parker Chase, previously confirmed for the 2019 IMSA endurance races with Starworks Motorsports in the No. 8 Audi R8 LMS, is now locked in … Continue reading
TEAM ISR KEEP FAITH WITH FILIP SALAQUARDA AND FRANK STIPPLER IN THE ADAC GT MASTERS
After a debut season outstanding for the victory they scored at the Nürburgring, Team ISR go into the 2019 ADAC GT Masters with renewed determination. The driver line-up is the same as before: last year’s duo of Filip Salaquarda (35, CZ) and Frank Stippler (43, GER) will be driving an upgraded Audi R8 LMS. The … Continue reading
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