Super GT: Stéphane Ortelli joins Hitotsuyama Racing for endurance events in Japan

By Johan Laubscher

On Wednesday Hitotsuyama Racing announced that they will be returning to the 2015 Super GT with support from W Racing (WRT) from Belgium.

The Japanese Audi Sport customer racing team will be entering one Audi R8 LMS ultra with the 2014 driving duo of Richard Lyons and Tomonobu Fujii. It was mentioned that they will be joined by a third driver who could possibly be an Audi factory driver.

On Friday it was announced that a driver with extensive Audi R8 LMS ultra experience and a very strong track record with WRT will be joining the team in Japan - none other than Stéphane Ortelli.

He will be joining Audi Team Hitotsuyama for the endurance events this year, rounds two and five, the Fuji 500 km and the Suzuka 1000 km.

The 2015 Super GT season will get underway at Okayama from 4-5 April.

Photo credit: Audi Communications - Motorsport

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Super GT: Hitotsuyama Racing joins forces with WRT for 2015 in Japan

By Johan Laubscher

Hitotsuyama Racing has announced that it will be supported by W Racing Team (WRT) for its 2015 campaign in the Japanese Super GT.

The Audi Team Hitotsuyama squad will again be entering one Audi R8 LMS ultra in the GT300 class of the Japanese series. This #21 entry will be driven by the team's duo from 2014, Richard Lyons and Tomonobu Fujii. The third driver for longer events will be announced later, but the possibility of the team being joined by an Audi factory driver also exists.

An Audi R8 LMS ultra from WRT arrived in Japan during January. The collaboration deal with WRT includes engineer and mechanic support from WRT at all of the Super GT events, including the addition of WRT's Pierre Arnaud as the team director of Audi Team Hitotsuyama.

The 2015 Super GT season will get underway at Okayama from 4-5 April.

Photo credit: Audi Communications - Motorsport

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BRCC: WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra heading to round two at Dijon

By Johan Laubscher

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By Tarek Ramchani

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FIA GT: The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT hopeful to secure Team title at stellar final event in Baku

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The FIA GT Series is about to live an exceptional closing to the 2013 season, as teams and drivers head to make history at the Baku World Challenge.

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British GT: Audi teams 2013 season review

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By Johan Laubscher

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FIA GT: WRT switches to 2012 spec Audi R8 LMS ultra

By Johan Laubscher

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Spa 24 Hours: WRT Movie Documentary - A Must Watch

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The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT has produced a 52 minute movie documenting their 2013 Spa 24 Hours. It was a race of ups and downs, perfectly captured in this film.

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British GT: Top six for United Autosports Audi R8 LMS ultra at Brands Hatch

By Johan Laubscher

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British GT: Disappointing qualifying for Audi teams at Brands Hatch

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Spa 24 Hours: WRT Movie Documentary coming soon…

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Belgian Audi Club Team WRT has produced many outstanding event videos in the past. Their latest work, a movie documentary featuring the 2013 Spa 24 Hours, looks excellent.

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BES: Fourth additional R8 LMS ultra for WRT at the Spa 24 Hours

By Johan Laubscher

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