By Tarek Ramchani
The legendary Nordschleife will play host to the demanding Nürburgring 24 Hours this upcoming weekend. In addition to the Audi R8 LMS ultra cars in the upper SP9 class, the race will feature many Audis in SP3T and SP4T classes.
In SP3T five Audi TT, TTS and TT RS cars will fight for class honors. The Audis will have to fight against the factory Subaru Impreza WRX STI from Subaru Tecnica International as well privateer entries from Volkswagen, Seat and Ford teams.
#111 Audi TT RS - Raeder Motorsport:
Elmar Deegener, Jürgen Wohlfarth, Christoph Breuer and Dieter Schmidtmann.
#116 Audi TT - MSC Sinzig e.V.i ADAC:
Rudi Speich, Roland Waschkau and Klaus Hormes
#120 Audi TT RS - LMS Engineering:
Daniela Schmid, Christopher Tiger, Roland Botor and Constantin Kletzer
#123 Audi TT RS - Scuderia Colonia e.V.:
Matthias Wasel, Thomas Wasel, Marcos Löhnert and Roman Löhnert
#124 Audi TT KM:
Professor Jörg Wellnitz, Manfred Krammer junior, Johann Wanger and Thomas Mühlenz
In SP4T three Audi TTS and TT RS cars will enter the class. The three Audi entries will face a single rival, a Ford Focus.
#108 Audi TT RS – Rotek Racing:
Rob Huff, Robb Holland, Richard Meins and Kevin Gleason
#110 Auddi TT RS – Besaplast Racing Team:
Franjo Kovac, Martin Tschornia, Fredrik Lestrup and Kurt Thiim
#112 Audi TTS – Pro Handicap e.V:
Wolfgang Müller, Walter Nawotka, Jutta Kleinschmidt, Carlos Arimon
Photo credit: Nürburgring
