24H Series: One Audi R8 LMS ultra at 24H Circuit Paul Ricard endurance race

By Tarek Ramchani

The Paul Ricard circuit will play host to the fourth round of the 2015 24H Series. The famous French event will be the second 24-hour event this year after the season opener at Dubai.

A single Audi car will compete at the Castellet coming from Simpson Motorsport. Their #16 Audi R8 LMS ultra will be driven by Peter Cook, Frank Pelle, Adam Sharpe and Audi GT factory driver Christer Jöns.

The British Audi Sport customer racing team will battle for the overall victory competing in the upper A6 class open to FIA GT3 machines. Simpson Motorsport's Audi will be challenged by six Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3s, one Ferrari 458 GT3 and one Porsche 997 GT3 R.

24H Paul Ricard Entry List

Action will start at the Paul Ricard on Friday with a free practice session, the qualifying one and a night practice. Warm-up will be held on Saturday morning, the 24-hour race will start at 14:30 CET.

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24H Series: Simpson Motorsport enters 12H Zandvoort with an Audi R8 LMS

By Tarek Ramchani

Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands will play host to the third round of the 24H Series this weekend. A single Audi race car will enter the event.

Simpson Motorsport from the UK will field an Audi R8 LMS in the Dutch endurance race. The #16 car will compete in the A6 class open to FIA GT3 machines. The Audi will be driven by Peter Cook and Frank Pelle. In 2014 Simpson Motorsport took part in one 24H Series event, the 24-hour race at Barcelona.

A total of 50 cars will be at Zandvoort including 10 GT3 cars. The race will have two parts, the first segement (3 hours) one will be held on Friday. The second and final part (9 hours) will be held on Saturday.

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Britcar: Class podium for Simpson Motorsport Audi R8 LMS ultra at Silverstone

By Johan Laubscher 

Britcar was at Silverstone this weekend for its opening round of 2015. The grid for the MSA British MSA British Dunlop Endurance Championship included two Audi race cars.

Simpson Motorsport entered its Audi R8 LMS ultra, a car that is for sale at the moment, in Class 1. The #30 Audi was driven by Peter Cook and Frank Pelle, the same duo who drove this car in the championship during 2014. This Audi R8 LMS ultra is fitted with a mixture of 2012 and 2013 specification aerodynamic components.

Backdraft Motorsport debuted its white Audi S3 with Nick Jarvis behind the wheel this weekend.

The Silverstone National track layout was used. Qualifying saw Simpson Motorsport taking an overall front-row starting position, second overall and on pole in class.

Two 90-minute races were run on Saturday. The Simpson Motorsport squad unfortunately dropped back with damage during the first race, but soldiered on to finish twelfth overall, thirty-one laps down on the race winners. They were classified as second in class.

The second race faired much better for the #30 Simpson Motorsport Audi R8 LMS ultra with Peter Cook and Frank Pelle piloting the car to fourth place overall, third in class.

The Audi S3 of Nick Jarvis was qualified in sixteenth place and unfortunately retired on lap fifty of the first race and did not take part in race two.

Round two of Britcar will be taking place at Zandvoort from 20-21 June.

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Audi Communications - Motorsport / Stevie Borowik Photography
Backdraft Motorsport

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Britcar: Simpson Motorsport overall and class podium at Donington

By Johan Laubscher

The Britcar Endurance Championship held its second round at Donington. Simpson Motorsport and their newly upgraded Audi R8 LMS ultra was out on track for the first time this year.

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Britcar: Simpson Motorsport 2013 season review

By Johan Laubscher

Simspon Motorsport joined the Audi Sport customer racing family during mid-2013. The team acquired the ex-WRT and GT3 Racing Audi R8 LMS for Britcar, the MSA British Endurance Championship.

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Britcar: Class podium for Simpson Motorsport Audi at the Silverstone 1000K

By Johan Laubscher

The Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship held their premiere event of the season this weekend, the Silverstone 1000K. Simpson Motorsport performed very well with their Audi R8 LMS.

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Britcar: Class victory for Simpson Motorsport Audi R8 LMS debut at Brands Hatch

By Johan Laubscher

A new Audi R8 LMS team debuted their Audi in Britain this weekend. Simpson Motorsport, regular Britcar competitors, competed with their newly acquired Audi R8 LMS for the first time at Brands Hatch. 

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