Saturday, November 10, 2012

Belgian Audi Club WRT at the 6 Hours of Rome


By Tarek Ramchani

Team WRT have had a very positive 2012 season. They successfully defended their Blancpain Endurance Series driver’s and team’s titles. The Belgian squad also won the Zolder 24 Hours and showed strong performances in the FIA GT1 World Championship and the French GT Tour supporting Team Audi France.

Belgian Audi Club WRT - Audi R8 LMS ultra
WRT is set the challenge a new endurance event, the 6 Hours of Rome at the Vallelunga track. The race is part of the Italian based Dunlop Endurance Champions Cup. Two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars will be there with drivers Vincent Vosse, Yves Weerts, Jean-Luc Blanchemain and Patrick Söderlund.

The Audi team will have very strong competition from RAOL Motorsport who runs the official BMW Italia Team with their semi-works Z4 GT3s as well from Kessel Racing and their regular Ferrari 458s and many other GT cars fighting for overall honours. The race is set for November 25th.

Photo credit: Belgian Audi Club