Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)
Customers triumph in Belgium, Germany and Italy: In the TCR Europe, the Audi customer team Clairet Sport continued its winning streak on the second race weekend. Teddy Clairet took his first win of the season in the second sprint at the Spa circuit in Belgium. In his Audi RS 3 LMS, the Frenchman crossed the finish line nine seconds ahead of his brother Jimmy’s identical car. Teddy Clairet overtook the Lynk & Co of the Swede Viktor Andersson right at the start and could no longer be caught at the front. Teddy Clairet leads the overall series standings after the first third of the season, four points ahead of his brother. In the team standings, Clairet Sport is already 57 points ahead of the Cupra team Monlau Motorsport. In the Diamond classification, Nicola Baldan in the Audi RS 3 LMS from Aikoa Racing took victory in both races. The Italian currently has a twelve-point lead in this category of the standings. The Audi RS 3 LMS is also continuing its winning streak in the TCR Italy with a number of satisfied customers. Nicolas Taylor celebrated his second win of the season at the second event in Vallelunga. The defending champion won the first sprint for PMA Motorsport ahead of four other Audi privateers. Thanks to his third place in the second race, the Canadian remains leader of the overall standings with a three-point lead. He is also the best driver in the Under-25 category. Nicola Baldan from Aikoa Racing took two second places, making him Taylor’s closest rival. BF Motorsport’s Pietro Alessi was third in the first race and now occupies the same position in the standings. In the Masters classification, Denis Babuin celebrated his third and fourth wins of the season for Planet Motorsport and extended his lead in the standings to 36 points. Third and second place in the Master class in both races means that Francesco Cardone from Aikoa Racing is currently third in the standings in this class. Carlo Alberto Bocca from BF Motorsport won the rookie classification in the first race ahead of Zekai Özen from the Texaco team. Özen won the second race and now leads the standings on equal points with his closest rival. The TCR Italy DSG for racing cars with dual-clutch transmissions also made a guest appearance at its second round in Vallelunga. Audi customers were also among the best participants here with the RS 3 LMS. Casals Motorsport secured second and third place in the first race with Gustavo Sandrucci and Sebastian Gavazza, before Sandrucci won the second sprint. In the women’s classification, Italian Carlotta Fedeli prevailed over Seda Kaçan in the first race. The Turkish driver then won the second sprint and was the second-best rookie in both races. The Masters classification went to Sandrucci twice, while Gabriele Giorgi took second and third place. In the Under-25 classification, Gavazza was the second-best driver on Saturday ahead of Planet Motorsport’s Mattia Lancellotti, who in turn finished third on Sunday. In the third round of the TCR UK, Team Power Maxed Racing remained unbeaten in its class. Jeff Alden won the Gen1 classification for older racing cars in each of the three sprints with his first-series Audi RS 3 LMS at Silverstone. At the season opener of the Belcar Endurance Championship, Team VP Racing celebrated a class victory with the Audi RS 3 LMS. Nick van Pelt/Olivier Bertels won their touring car class in the race at Zolder after just over two hours of racing with a two-lap lead. Armando Stanco/Dario Stanco put in a good performance in the SP3T class at the 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers. The two Swiss drivers won the classification in the two four-hour races of the event with their Audi RS 3 LMS. In both competitions, the Goroyan RT by Sharky Racing team also achieved third place in the TCR classification with another Audi RS 3 LMS. The driver quartet Danny Brink/Artur Goroyan/Oleg Kvitka/Roman Mavlanov took turns at the wheel.
Audi R8 LMS GT4
Second win of the season in Europe: Team Speedcar took the lead in the GT4 European Series powered by Rafa Racing Club at the second round with Robert Consani/Benjamin Lariche. In Zandvoort, the French driver pairing celebrated second and first place in the two competitions. In the first race, the Audi R8 LMS GT4 of the Speedcar team was just 0.431 seconds behind the winners on the fast dune circuit. Third place went to the second car of the French racing team, shared by Gregory Guilvert/Paul Petit. They had led the race for a long time, but were handed a five-second penalty for a mistake at the restart after a safety car period. As in the season opener, Consani/Lariche took victory in the second race. After the start, Paul Petit overtook his teammate Robert Consani until a red flag caused the race to be interrupted. After the restart, Consani overtook his teammate again and the number 3 Audi R8 LMS GT4 never relinquished the lead. The lead was 2.4 seconds after 31 laps. Robert Consani/Benjamin Lariche are now 13 points ahead of two Ford drivers in the Silver standings. In the China GT Championship, Audi customer team Incipient Racing achieved a podium result on the second race weekend in Shanghai. Chen Sitong/Air Tong Yu finished the first race in the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in third place in the GTS class.
Coming up in the next weeks
30–31/05 Taupo (NZ), round 1, North Island Endurance Series
30/05–01/06 Monza (I), round 2, GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
30/05–01/06 Buriram (THA), round 3, GT World Challenge Asia
30/05–01/06 Queensland (AUS), round 3, GT World Challenge Australia
30/05–01/06 Queensland (AUS), round 3, GT4 Australia
30/05–01/06 Salzburgring (A), round 2, TCR Eastern Europe
30/05–01/06 Fuji (J), round 3, Super Taikyu Series
31/05–01/06 Spa (B), round 2, Belcar Endurance Championship
06–08/06 Zandvoort (NL), round 3, DTM
06–08/06 Zandvoort (NL), round 2, ADAC GT Masters
06–08/06 Mid-Ohio (USA), round 4, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
06–08/06 Portimão (P), round 3, Campeonato de España GT
06–08/06 Hockenheim (D), round 3, International GT Open
06–08/06 Hockenheim (D), round 3, TCR Europe
07/06 Killarney (ZA), round 3, South African Endurance Series
07–08/06 Snetterton (GB), round 3, GT Cup Championship
07–08/06 Slovakiaring (SK), round 2, TCR European Endurance