By Johan Laubscher
The German VLN Endurance Championship held its sixth meeting of the season at the Nürburgring today. It was an unlucky race for the R8 LMS ultra competitors, but it was certainly a good day for the Audi TT RS entrants.
Only two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars were entered this weekend, a single
entry each from Twin Busch Motorsport and Phoenix Racing.
Twin Busch Motorsport was the highest placed Audi during qualifying,
having taken fourth place ahead of the Phoenix car in ninth. The #1 LMS
Engineering TT RS claimed eighteenth overall and pole in the SP3T class. Rotek
Racing and their #249 TT RS was on pole for the SP4T class, twenty-forth
overall.
The Audi TT RS teams stole the show for Audi at the four hour VLN race today.
LMS Engineering made it a victorious comeback and debut for their #1 Audi TT
RS. They achieved class pole position, class victory and they finished in a very
impressive sixth overall. It was also an Audi 1-2-3-4-5-6 in SP3T, as the #334 Møller Bil
Motorsport TT RS finished second ahead of the Raeder Motorsport #331 TT RS in
third and the #290 TT RS in fourth. Audi TTS race cars also finished fifth and sixth in SP3T. The TT RS clean sweep was completed by the
Rotek Racing #249 taking victory in SP4T.
Both Audi R8 LMS ultra entries faced problems today. The #15 Phoenix Audi finished twenty-fifth overall and the Twin Busch Motorsport #44 Audi unfortunately retired after running as high as second.
Both Audi R8 LMS ultra entries faced problems today. The #15 Phoenix Audi finished twenty-fifth overall and the Twin Busch Motorsport #44 Audi unfortunately retired after running as high as second.
The next VLN round will be taking place on 28 September.
Photo credit: LMS Engineering
