Cars That Go Fast: Audi Motorsport Newsletter - 23rd August, 2009

Audi Motorsport Newsletter - 23rd August, 2009
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Elton on 24 August, 2009 01:41:00
 
Christian Abt defends championship lead
ADAC GT Masters: Christian Abt defended the ADAC GT Masters championship lead
with Team ABT Sportsline’s Audi R8 LMS, although Abt and team mate Jan
Seyffarth retired due to a puncture in the first of the two races supporting the
1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring. With the heaviest car in the entire
starter field Abt and Seyffarth clinched a notable second place in the second
race on Sunday. With their third place the day before, Frank Kechele and Kuba
Giermaziak (ARGO Racing) presented the Audi R8 LMS with yet another podium
result.
Team Kolles narrowly misses podium finish
LMS: At the 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring the privateer team Kolles
scored its best result to date in the European based Le Mans Series (LMS) with
fourth place overall. After a faultless race Andy Meyrick, Narain Karthikeyan
and Charles Zwolsman finished fourth in their Audi R10 TDI behind the three
Aston Martin "factory" cars. After almost six hours of racing only 14.5 seconds
separated them from a podium finish. The second Audi R10 TDI retired at the
start of the second hour due to an accident when lapping a GT car.
Results and point scores
Nürburgring (D), 22 August,  ADAC GT Masters round 9
1 Wirth/Klingmann (BMW Alpina) 29 laps in 1h 00m 04.748s
2 Hennerici/Ludwig (Corvette) + 14.784s
3 Kechele/Giermaziak (Audi R8 LMS) + 16.401s
4 Hohenadel/Seiler (Corvette) + 16.865s
5 Bergmeister/Schmickler (Porsche) + 46.379s
6 Haase/Moser (Audi R8 LMS)  + 50.643s
7 Armindo/Campanico (Audi R8 LMS) + 55.433s
8 Terting/Gruber (Audi R8 LMS) + 58.819s
...
18 Yamamoto/Binder (Audi R8 LMS) - 8 laps
Nürburgring (D), 23 August, GT Masters round 10
1 Hennerici/Ludwig (Corvette) 29 laps in 1h 00m 08.358s
2 Abt/Seyffarth (Audi R8 LMS) + 12.178s
3 Bergmeister/Schmickler (Porsche) + 18.408s
4 Hohenadel/Seiler (Corvette) + 26.088s
5 Armindo/Campanico (Audi R8 LMS) + 26.993s
6 Haase/Moser (Audi R8 LMS) + 28.049s
7 Terting/Gruber (Audi R8 LMS) + 40.174s
...
9 Mies/Outzen (Audi R8 LMS) + 55.415s
18 Yamamoto/Binder (Audi R8 LMS) - 2 laps
21 Kechele/Giermaziak (Audi R8 LMS) - 8 laps
Positions after 10 of 14 rounds: 1 Abt, 56 points; 2 Seyffarth, 54; 3
Hennerici/Ludwig, 51; 4 Hohenadel/Seiler, 44; 5 Armindo/Campanico, 43; 6 Moser,
42; 8 Outzen, 34; 9 Giermaziak/Kechele, 23; 10 Haase, 18; 13 Mies, 10; 16
Terting/Gruber, 3; 17 Williams, 2; 18 Yamamoto/Mayer, 1.
Next race: Sachsenring (D), 19 September
Nürburgrig (D), 23 August, Le Mans Series (LMS) round 4
1 Charouz/Enge/Mücke (Lola-Aston Martin) 195 laps in 5h 57m 26.595s
2 Primat/Turner (Lola-Aston Martin) + 1m 04.856s
3 Buncombe/Hall/Ramos (Lola-Aston Martin) - 2 laps
4 Karthikeyan/Meyrick/Zwolsman (Audi R10 TDI) - 2 laps
5 Ragues/Mailleux (Courage-Oreca-Judd) - 5 laps
Positions after 4 of 5 rounds: 1 Charouz/Enge/Mücke, 32 points; 2
Boullion/Tinseau, 26; 3 Primat/Turner, 16; 4 Ramos, 14; 5 Senna and
Mailleux/Ramos, 12; ... 9 Meyrick/Zwolsman, 9; 10 Karthikeyan, 8; 16
Albers/Bakkerud/Mondini, 2.
Next race: Silverstone (GB), 13 September
Coming up next week
Round 6 of the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship at the Nürburgring
(Saturday).