By Johan Laubscher
1. The Weekend
Focussing this week on the weekend of 1 - 2 December
2012
2. The Events
- Australian GT
- Brazilian GT
- Midas Clubmans
- POC
2.1. Australian GT
The final round of the Australian GT Championship took
place on the steets of Sydney. Two Audi R8 LMS cars from Melbourne Performance
Centre were at the event, the cars of Rod Solman and Peter Conroy. The cars performed
well and both drivers achieved top five finishes during the weekend.
2.2. Brazilian GT
The penultimate round of the 2012 Brazilian GT
Championship was hosted at Cascavel. The Ebrahim Motors Audi R8 LMS ultra was
entered at the event. It was a difficult weekend as they had pace in qualifying but
the races did not go to plan. They finished sixth in race one and lower down in
race two.
2.3. Midas Clubmans
The Midas Clubmans season came to an end at Killarney
this weekend. Two Audi A4 cars were entered for the event. The Modack Audi A4
was again driven by Kosie Swanepoel who achieved pole position and second place
in race one. The second A4 was that of Andre Johnson who raced the ex-Terry
Moss Racing Audi A4 for the first time, he only practiced with the car at the
previous round. An Audi TT also took part in the Sports and GT category on the
day.
2.4. POC
The Porsche Owners Club (POC) was at Willow Springs
Raceway this weekend. The event was the second occasion where GMG Racing
entered its R8 LMS cars in this Porsche Club series. James Sofronas was seen on track in his R8 LMS.
GMG Racing FB page
Results
2.5. Other Audi News
034 Motorsport continue their preparations for
the 25 Hours of Thunderhuill which takes place next weekend. They will debut
the Audi TT RS VLN SP4T in North America at this event. They were seen testing
recently.
Every year Audi Sport hosts a DTM test
session for young and upcoming race drivers. This year the driver line-up
includes James Rossitter, Tom Blomqvist, Nico
Müller, Carlos Sainz jr., Miki Monras, Andrea Sonvico, William Buller and Johan
Kristoffersson. The test was held at Monteblanco in Spain with the addition of
Miguel Molina and Filipe Albuqerque to guide the test.
GMG Racing hosted a track day at Willow
Springs. Among the cars present was the Audi R8 twin tubro which GMG have been
developing. The car has bodywork which is very similar to the R8 LMS and it was
wearing a new red and white livery for this first time.
It was announced this week that the WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra is now available on the new
Need for Speed World racing game.
The Official Audi Sport Facebook page
published an outstanding wallpaper this week. It features the collection of 2012 endurance race winners from Audi. The endurance race wins include the: Le Mans 24 Hours, Spa 24 Hours, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Zolder 24 Hours and
the Bathurst 12 Hours.
3. Next Weekend’s events (8-9/12/2012)
- 25 Hours Thunderhill
- DTCC
- Bologna Motor Show
All photos are hosted at their respective
website which are listed within the Weekend Round Up
