By Johan Laubscher
The 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours is taking place this weekend. The race itself will be running from Sunday until Monday, over the Whitsun long-weekend in Germany. Phoenix Racing returns as the reigning champions with the Audi R8 LMS ultra. 2012 was the first Audi victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and no less than eight Audi R8 LMS ultra cars are entered this year from, five different teams.
A total of seventeen Audi cars have been entered, including a number of Audi Sport customer racing cars (Audi R8 LMS ultra & Audi TT RS), as well as a variety of privately developed Audi race cars. The Nürburgring 24 Hours always provides a tremendous spectacle and this year, with the projected difficult weather conditions, should provide another great race. Good luck to all of the Audi teams, and we cross our fingers for a repeat of the success achieved in 2012.
1. Preview of the Audi Competitors:
1.1. Audi Sport customer racing teams:
1.1.1. Audi R8 LMS ultra Teams:
G-Drive Racing by Phoenix
#1 Audi R8 LMS ultra
Mike
Rockenfeller
Marcel
Fässler
Frank
Stippler
Markus
Winkelhock
G-Drive Racing by Phoenix
#3 Audi R8 LMS ultra
Frank Biela
Christer Jöns
Luca Ludwig
Roman Rusinov
Phoenix Racing
#4 Audi R8 LMS ultra
Michael Ammermüller
Michael Ammermüller
Frank Stippler
Ferdinand Stuck
Johannes Stuck
Prosperia C.ABT Team Mamerow
#2 Audi
R8 LMS ultra
Christian Mamerow
Thomas Mutsch
René Rast
Marc Basseng
Audi race experience (TKL Motorsport)
#14 Audi R8 LMS ultra
Marco Werner
Christian Bollrath
Pierre Ehret
Ronnie Saurenmann
Audi race experience (TKL Motorsport)
#15 Audi R8 LMS ultra
Rahel Frey
Dominique Bastien
Peter Venn
Alexander Yoong
Twin Busch Motorsport
#16 Audi R8 LMS ultra
Marc
Busch
Dennis
Busch
Manuel
Lauck
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
#29 Audi R8 LMS ultra
Laurens Vanthoor
Edward Sandström
Christopher Mies
Christopher Haase
1.1.2. Audi TT RS Teams:
Besaplast Racing Team
#105 TT RS – SP4T
Franjo Kovac
Martin Tschornia
Frederik Lestrup
Raeder Motorsport
#111 TT RS – SP3T
Elmar
Deegener
Jürgen
Wohlfahrt
1.2. Privately built/developed Audi teams:
Dupré Motorsport
#74 Audi RS 5
Christoph Dupré
Gunther Ofenmacher
Claus Dupré
Hömberg
Motorsport
#101
Audi TTS
Bernd Hömberg
Bernd Hömberg
Alexander
Streit
Torsten
Platz
Bernhard
Henzel
Brandl
Motorsport
#106 Audi
TT RS
Christian
Kranenberg
Stefan
Michels
Benjamin
Weidner
Jochen
Hudelmaier
pro
Handicap e.V.
#112 Audi TTS
Wolfgang Müller
Wolfgang Müller
Oliver Rudolph
Partel Aditya
MSC Sinzig e.V. im ADAC
#118 Audi TT
Professor Jörg Wellnitz
Professor Jörg Wellnitz
Manfred
Krammer Junior
Steffen
Höber
#119 Audi TT
Prof. Jörg Wellnitz,
Manfred Krammer
Steffen Höber
#160 Audi A4 B7
Thomas Hanisch
Thomas Hanisch
Bastian Goercke
Stefan Gies
We wish the best of luck to all of the Audi competitors this weekend as they prepare for 24 Hours of racing at the Green Hell.
Photo credit:
Stuck³ website
Audi Sport Communication / Media
DUPRÉ Motorsport
Photo credit:
Stuck³ website
Audi Sport Communication / Media
DUPRÉ Motorsport
