Friday, July 3, 2015

Blancpain Sprint Series: 1-2 Audi in Moscow Raceway second practice


By Tarek Ramchani

A 1-2 Audi in second Blancpain Sprint Series practice session at the Moscow Raceway. Laurens Vanthoor and Robin Frijns were the fastest drivers in the session.

The overall championship leaders set the best time with a 1:37.501 with their #1 Audi R8 LMS ultra from Belgian Audi Club Team WRT.

Their team-mates Christopher Mies and Enzo Ide performed very well too. They were second fastest in the session with the #2 Audi R8 LMS ultra.

Another car from Belgian Audi Club Team WRT made it inside the Top 5. Frank Stippler and James Nash were fifth with the #4 Audi R8 LMS ultra.

The lone Phoenix Racing entry was seventh with drivers Markus Winkelhock and Niki Mayr-Melnhof  sharing the #6 Audi R8 LMS ultra. Marco Bonanomi and Filip Salaquarda were eighth with the #75 Audi R8 LMS ultra from ISR Racing. The #3 Audi R8 LMS ultra from Belgian Audi Club Team WRT was fourteenth with drivers Stéphane Ortelli and Stéphane Richelmi.

The qualifying sessions, the qualifying race and the main race will be held tomorrow.

Photo credit: Blancpain GT Series