Saturday, September 5, 2015

Blancpain Sprint Series: Christopher Mies and WRT Audi take pole position at Portimao

Blancpain GT Series Press Release Christopher Mies proved to be quickest in the qualifying session of the Algarve round of the 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series. With his #2 Audi Sport Team WRT R8, the German was almost four tenths quicker than Vincent Abril in the #84 Bentley Team HTP Continental, with...

Thursday, September 3, 2015

World RX: A record number of seven Audi Rallycross racers heading to Loheac

By Tarek Ramchani The FIA World Rallycross Championship is moving to France this weekend. The challenging Loheac circuit will play host to the ninth round of the 2015 season. The French event will feature no less than seven Audi Rallycross racers. Six will compete in the upper Supercar class and...

Bathurst 12 Hour: Five Audi R8 LMS cars on provisional entry list

By Tarek Ramchani Bathurst 12 Hour organizers have published today the provisional entry list for the famous Mount Panorama enduracne event. The Audi Sport customer racing squad is represented by five cars. For the 2016 race, five Audi R8 LMS and ultra cars will challenge for the ovrall victory...

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Blancpain Sprint Series: Six Audi R8 LMS ultras ready for the Portimao round

By Tarek RamchaniPortimao will play host to the fifth round of the 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series. Following an unlucky Russian round at the Moscow Raceway, the Audi teams will be eager to take victories and big points in the Algarve. Belgian Audi Club Team WRT will fied a total of...

Pirelli World Challenge: Positive debut for Compass360 Racing Audi TT RS at Sonoma

By Tarek Ramchani Compass360 Racing debuted with the Audi TT RS in the Pirelli World Challenged at Sonoma Raceway last weekend. The car competed in the GTS class showing some positive performances. The #78 Audi TT RS was driven by team's regular Paul Holton. He ended Satruday's opening race...

DTM: Antonio Giovinazzi delighted with strong DTM debut in Moscow

By Tarek Ramchani Antonio Giovinazzi debuted last weekend in the demanding Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at the Moscow Raceway. The Italian driver replaced Timo Scheider behind the wheel of the Audi Sport Team Phoenix run Audi RS 5 DTM. Antonio Giovinazzi who leads the competitive FIA Formula...

Sunday, August 30, 2015

FIA WEC: Audi takes third and fourth in a thrilling 6 Hours of the Nürburgring

By Tarek Ramchani Audi Sport Team Joest finished the 6 Hours of the Nürburgring in positions three and four. The two factory Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars battled very well against the strong Porsche Team in front of a great crowd. Outright race victory went to the #17 Porsche 919 Hybrid shared...

DTM: Dominant race 2 victory for Mike Rockenfeller in Moscow Raceway

By Tarek Ramchani Mike Rockenfeller clinched a dominant DTM race 2 victory at the Moscow Raceway. It was a perfect Sunday for the Audi Sport Team Phoenix driver with pole position in a win. Rocky started the 1-hour race from pole position and never been challenged for the lead. The 2013 DTM champion...

DTM: Sensational pole position for Mike Rockenfeller in Moscow qualifying 2

By Tarek Ramchani The Audi brand had an amazing second DTM qualifying session at the Moscow Raceway. Mike Rockenfeller took a sensational pole position with his #99 Audi RS 5 DTM. The Audi Sport Team Phoenix ace set the fastest time in the session with a quick 1:28.540 . A fully deserved result...

Super GT: Top 5 finish for Audi team Hitotsuyama at Suzuka 1000km

By Tarek Ramchani Audi team Hitotsuyama took a solid fifth place at the Suzuka 1000km endurance race. The famous Honda owned track played host to the fifth round of the 2015 Super GT. The Japanese team performed very well in the stellar event of the series against very strong rivals representing...

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Pirelli World Challenge: Podium for Mike Skeen Audi in Sonoma race 1

By Tarek Ramchani Mike Skeen clinched a strong podium in the opening Pirelli World Challenge race at Sonoma, California. The driver of the #2 Audi R8 LMS ultra from CRP Racing had a solid race. The 2014 Pirelli World Challenge runner-up was among the fastest in a very demanding GT field. Mike...

DTM: Fourth place for Jamie Green in a chaotic Moscow Raceway race 1

By Tarek Ramchani Audi driver Jamie Green narrowly missed the podium in the first DTM race of the weekend at the Moscow Raceway. It was an action packed and chaotic race 1 won by Mercedes-Benz's Pascal Wehrlein at the Russian track. Right from the start, Miguel Molina (Audi Sport...

FIA WEC: Audi will start from the second row at the Nürburgring

By Tarek Ramchani Audi Sport Team Joest will start the 6 Hours of the Nürburgring - round four of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship - from the second row of the grid. The two factory Audi R18 e-tron quattro performed well. The best ranked car was the  #8 Audi R18 e-tron quattro...

DTM: Jamie Green third fastest in Moscow Raceway qualifying 1

By Tarek Ramchani Jamie Green qualified in a strong third place in the first DTM qualifying session at the Moscow Raceway. Unlike in the second practice session earlier today, weather and track conditions were perfect. Jamie Green (Audi Sport Team Rosberg) set a personal best time of 1:28.985....