Audi Motorsport Newsletter

August, 2010

Ludwig and Mies continue with title chances
 
ADAC GT Masters: With a second and a sixth place on the sixth weekend of the ADAC GT Masters at the Nürburgring Luca Ludwig and Christopher Mies in the Audi R8 LMS fielded by Team ABT Sportsline have maintained their chances of winning the title. The two youngsters reduced their 16-point gap to the leader of the standings to nine points in the Eifel and will travel to the season’s finale at Oschersleben (October 1-3) as the hunters. Their team-mates Jens Klingmann and Frank Kechele scored points twice by achieving sixth and seventh place. Kenneth Heyer and Michael Ammermüller (Team Rosberg) finished both rounds in the points as well: in round one they took fourth place, in the second race the duo was running in fifth before Kenneth Heyer dropped to eighth place on a rainy track in the final phase.
 
Two Audi R8 LMS cars on the podium
 
GT3 France: Bruno Hernandez and Soheil Ayari finished the fifth race weekend of the French GT Championship in the Audi R8 LMS of Audi Team Oreca as the runners-up in front of their brand colleagues Stéphane Lemeret and Greg Franchi in the R8 LMS of Team WRT. The race distance at Magny-Cours was two hours with a double number of points instead of the regular two rounds lasting for one hour each. The Audi drivers David Hallyday and Stéphane Ortelli (Audi Team Oreca), who had started from the pole position, finished in sixth place in front of the R8 LMS driven by David Tuchbant and Kurt Mollekens (WRT).
 
Kristensen at Media Day in Silverstone
 
Le Mans Series: Tom Kristensen was a guest at the Media Day held on Wednesday on the occasion of the 1000-kilometer race at Silverstone (September 10 to 12). After numerous interviews the eight-time Le Mans winner took part in a kart race in which each of the karts was shared by a racer and a journalist.

News bits
 
Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday. The Austrian has been in charge of Audi Sport since 1993 ... Before their DTM home round at Brands Hatch the British Audi drivers Katherine Legge and Oliver Jarvis will answer journalists’ questions at a Media Dinner in London on Wednesday night.

Results and points
 
Nürburgring (D), August 28, ADAC GT Masters, round 11
1 Wirth/Matzke (BMW-Alpina) 29 laps in 1h 01m 44.174s
2 Ludwig/Mies (Audi R8 LMS) + 9.962s
3 Kentenich/Asch (Porsche) + 11.149s
4 Heyer/Ammermüller (Audi R8 LMS) + 11.905s
5 Ritskes/Salo (Corvette) + 22.156s
6 Klingmann/Kechele (Audi R8 LMS) + 25.241s
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20 Hammel/Johansson (Audi R8 LMS) - 7 laps
Nürburgring (D), August 29, ADAC GT Masters, round 12
1 Wirth/Matzke (BMW-Alpina) 29 laps in 1h 00m 09.556s
2 Kentenich/Asch (Porsche) + 9.041s
3 Seiler/Hohenadel (Corvette) + 13.092s
4 Bergmeister/Schmickler (Porsche) + 13.206s
5 von Thurn und Taxis/Kox (Lamborghini) + 13.756s
6 Ludwig/Mies (Audi R8 LMS) + 14.273s
7 Klingmann/Kechele (Audi R8 LMS) + 19.922s
8 Heyer/Ammermüller (Audi R8 LMS) + 35.328s
9 Herndlhofer/Frankenhout (Audi R8 LMS) + 41.929s
Standings after 12 of 14 rounds: 1 von Thurn und Taxis and Kox, 67 points each; 3 Mies and Ludwig, 58 each; 5. Wirth and Matzke, 44 each; 7 Kentenich, Bergmeister and Asch, 44 each; 10 Klingmann, 35.
Next race: Oschersleben (D), October 2
 
Magny-Cours (F), August 28, French GT Championship, round 9
1 Groppi/Bornhauser (Porsche) 66 laps in 2h 01m 17.509s
2 Ayari/Hernandez (Audi R8 LMS) + 7.609s
3 Franchi/Lemeret (Audi R8 LMS) + 13.620s
4 Bouchut/Piccini (Audi R8 LMS) + 38.572s
5 Derlot/Peyroles (Corvette) + 1m 05.399s
6 Ortelli/Hallyday (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 13.335s
7 Mollekens/Tuchbant (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 29.146s
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20 Lunardi/Sourd (Audi R8 LMS) - 15 laps
Next race: Albi (F), September 11