24H Series: Unlucky race for Audi TT RS and Audi R8 teams at the 12H Italy-Mugello

By Johan Laubscher

The International Endurance Series (24H Series) hosted the 12H Italy-Mugello this weekend, round two of the season. Two Audi teams entered one car each in the SP2 class for this endurance race at Mugello in Italy.

This 12-hour event was split into two parts, the first four hours were run on Friday and the final eight hours on Saturday after the cars were parked overnight.

Regular 24H Series entrant, Red Camel Racing, entered its #159 Audi R8 driven by Robert Nearn, Henk Thijssen and Ivo Breukers. It is one of the two privately built Creventic Audi R8 V8 race cars, which are also known as “CR-8”. These Audis were built by Creventic and the first one debuted at the 2008 24 Hours of Dubai. Red Camel Racing later acquired one of the cars and has been competing with it for a number of years.

Red Camel Racing was joined on the grid by LMS Engineering. The German team entered one of its Audi TT RS cars that normally competes in the SP3T class of the VLN Endurance Series. The #96 Audi TT RS was driven by Chris Tiger, Ulrich Andree and Patrik Kaiser. This car was originally entered in the A3T class of the 24H Series, but it was moved up to the SP2 class following its pace in qualifying.

Qualifying saw LMS Engineering listed as taking pole position in the A3T class, setting the thirty-second fastest time overall. The car was run in the SP2 class during the race. Red Camel Racing was fourth in class, thirty-eighth overall.

Both Audi teams ran well during the opening four hours on Friday. LMS Engineering ended the first segment of the race third in class and Red Camel Racing was fourth, twenty-second and twenty-fifth overall respectively.

Eight more hours of racing got underway on Saturday and LMS Engineerig continued to run well and moved forward through the class. With less than three hours to go the LMS Engineering Audi TT RS moved into the SP2 class lead and everything looked good until tragedy struck for the German team at the ten-hour mark. A gearbox failure unfortunately put an end to LMS Engineering's race whilst the #96 Audi TT RS was leading the SP2 class.

Red Camel Racing ran into gearbox linkage and crankshaft sensor issues during Saturday and dropped back down the order. The team soldiered on and finished fifth and last among the SP2 class runners, fifty-fourth overall.

Round three of the 24H Series will be the 12H Zandvoort from 29-30 May.

Photo credit: 24H Series

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Dubai 24 Hours: Red Camel Racing Audi R8 finished fourth in class

By Johan Laubscher 

The tenth running of the Dubai 24 Hours was the opening event for the International Endurance Series (24H Series) this weekend. The massive entry list included one Audi team who fielded an Audi R8 V8 race car.

The Audi was entered by Red Camel Racing, a regular entrant in the 24H Series. It is one of the two privately built Creventic Audi R8 V8 race cars, which are also known as “CR-8”. These Audis were built by Creventic and the first one debuted at the 2008 24 Hours of Dubai. Red Camel Racing later acquired one of the cars and has been competing with it for a number of years.

The #159 Red Camel - Jordans.nl entry was driven by Rik Breukers, Ivo Breukers, Tommy Lindroth and Tarek Elgammal.

Qualifying yielded a forty-eighth position on the overall grid, sixth within the SP2 class. The race itself concluded with a fourth position in class for the Red Camel Racing Audi R8, fifty-fifth overall.

The 24 Hours of Dubai weekend results can be seen HERE.

The 24H Series will now be heading to Italy for the second running of the 12 Hours of Italy, hosted at Mugello from 13-14 March.

Photo credit: Red Camel Racing

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Dubai 24 Hours: Red Camel Racing Audi R8 ready for the 10th edition race

By Tarek Ramchani

The 10th edition of the Dubai 24 Hours will be held next weekend at Dubai Autodrome, United Arab Emirates. The Middle Eastern endurance race quickly became a true classic and the first race of the international sportscar calendar each year.

The entry list of the 2015 race is stronger than ever with a great quality field mixing GT and Touring Cars. Unfortunately there is only a single Audi race car. The privately built Audi R8 (not Audi R8 LMS) from Dutch team Red Camel Racing will compete in the SP2 class. The team will be challenged by Ford Focus and Maserati Gran Turismo cars for class honors. All the cars in the race will use Hankook tires after years with Dunlop.

Action will start Thursday with three practice sessions - including a night one - and qualifying. The start of the race is set for Friday at 14:00 local time.

2015 Hankook Dubai 24 Hours entry list is here.



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24H Series: Red Camel Racing Audi R8 narrowly missed the podium at Mugello

By Johan Laubscher

The 24H Series hosted the 12H Italy-Mugello this weekend. One Audi R8 team took part in the event.

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Red Camel Audi R8 at Hungary 12 Hour

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