By Tarek Ramchani
The famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium is playing host to the third round of the 2015 ADAC GT Masters season. Audi Sport customer racing is represented by no less than six Audi R8 LMS ultra cars.
The Audi teams performed well in the two qualifying sessions held this afternoon in the Ardennes. In the first qualifying qualifying session, the best ranked R8 LMS ultra was the #1 car from C.ABT Racing driven by Stefan Wackerbauer and Kelvin van der Linde, they qualified in fourth place overall.
The two MS Racing Audis were inside the top 10. Florian Stoll and Marc Basseng were eighth with the #24 Audi. Their team-mates Daniel Dobitsch and Edward Sandström were ninth with the sister #100 R8 LMS ultra.
Audi Qualifying 1 Results:
P4 #1 Audi R8 LMS ultra Stefan Wackerbauer - Kelvin van der Linde (C.ABT Racing)
P8 #24 Audi R8 LMS ultra Florian Stoll - Marc Basseng (MS Racing)
P9 #100 Audi R8 LMS ultra Daniel Dobitsch - Edward Sandström (MS Racing)
P11 #16 Audi R8 LMS ultra Rahel Frey - Philip Geipel (YACO Racing)
P14 #2 Audi R8 LMS ultra Jordan Lee Pepper - Nicki Thiim (C.ABT Racing)
P19 #3 Audi R8 LMS ultra Andreas Weishaupt - Christer Jöns (C.ABT Racing)
In the second qualifying session, Stefan Wackerbauer and Kelvin van der Linde were again the fastest within the Audi squad. The two C.ABT Racing drivers qualified in seventh place overall.
MS Racing's Daniel Dobitsch and Edward Sandström were eighth fastest with the #100 Audi R8 LMS ultra. Their team-mates Florian Stoll and Marc Basseng narrowly missed the Top 10, they ended in eleventh place.
Audi Qualifying 2 Results:
P7 #1 Audi R8 LMS ultra Stefan Wackerbauer - Kelvin van der Linde (C.ABT Racing)
P8 #100 Audi R8 LMS ultra Daniel Dobitsch - Edward Sandström (MS Racing)
P11 #24 Audi R8 LMS ultra Florian Stoll - Marc Basseng (MS Racing)
P12 #3 Audi R8 LMS ultra Andreas Weishaupt - Christer Jöns (C.ABT Racing)
P15 #16 Audi R8 LMS ultra Rahel Frey - Philip Geipel (YACO Racing)
P18 #2 Audi R8 LMS ultra Jordan Lee Pepper - Nicki Thiim (C.ABT Racing)
Photo credit: ADAC GT Masters
