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BACK-TO-BACK BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA PODIUMS FOR AUDI R8 LMS GT4

Anderson Tanoto and Mark Williamson rounded off an eye-catching Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia debut for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 by claiming their second podium of the weekend in round six of the championship. Tanoto put in a strong stint at the famously unforgiving Suzuka Circuit in Japan to be running third in class, with Absolute Racing teammate Williamson advancing one place further to finish second in the GT4 class amongst a strong line-up of series regulars..

AUDI R8 LMS GT4 SET FOR BLANCPAIN GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA DEBUT

The Audi R8 LMS GT4 will make its debut in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia next weekend, with reigning Audi Sport R8 LMS GT4 Cup champion Anderson Tanoto of Indonesia and experienced Australian privateer Mark Williamson at the wheel. The pair joins four GT3 Audi Sport customer racing Asia entries contesting the overall, Silver and Pro/Am titles for round three of the championship at the iconic 5.807km Suzuka Circuit in Japan from 22-23 June.

NEW RECORD FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING

Never before has Audi Sport customer racing been equally successful with its customers in international motorsport: On its tenth anniversary, the customer racing department reports 256 individual race victories (+63 % versus 2017), a total of 634 podiums (+46 %), 21 overall drivers’ titles (+40 %) and 38 additional class titles (+217 %). The Audi RS 3 LMS and Audi R8 LMS GT3 model ranges and the Audi R8 LMS GT4 that debuted in the customer’s hand account for these successes.

BELL AND GMG RACING TEAM LEAD CALIFORNIA 8 HOURS BUT PLAGUED BY BAD LUCK IN FINAL TWO HOURS

Entering the event with their sights set on a podium result, Jason Bell and his GMG Racing squad attacked 2.238-mile long WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Teamed with a pair of fellow Audi R8 GT4 LMS drivers, the trio took on the California 8 Hours Intercontinental GT Challenge this past weekend. Showing speed and advancing forward from their fifth place starting position to lead in class, Bell, James Sofronas and Andrew Davis would be denied of the victory with issues in the latter stages of the eight-hour endurance event.

FLYING LIZARD CLAIMS VICTORY AT PWC WATKINS GLEN FINALE

The Pirelli World Challenge 2018 drew to a close Sunday morning, and Flying Lizard Motorsports closed the season on a high note, clinching the GTSA class win in race two at Watkins Glen International. Mike Hedlund drove his No. 45 Audi R8 LMS GT4 to victory in the final race of the season, finishing fourth in the sprint championship points, narrowly missing out on a double podium weekend.

FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS BRINGS AUDI GT4 SQUAD TO UTAH MOTORSPORT CAMPUS

The penultimate round of the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) season has arrived, and this week the two Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 GT4 cars will compete at the Grand Prix of Utah in Tooele, Utah. Adam Merzon and Ryan Eversley will compete in the No. 23 Case-It Racing by Flying Lizard Motorsports car while series newcomers Michael Dinan and Robby Foley will stand in for Michael Hedlund in the No. 45 Audi R8 LMS.

TEN YEARS OF AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER RACING

“Audi Sport customer racing today is experiencing the largest model offensive in its history,” says Michael-Julius Renz, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH. “In 2018 we’re aiming for our fifth overall victory in the world’s biggest endurance race, the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. The race is under the banner of our anniversary which we’re celebrating with the customers, fans and friends of our company.”

FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS PREPARED FOR SUCCESS AT VIR

After a month break in the Pirelli World Challenge GTS calendar, Flying Lizard Motorsports returns to VIRginia International Raceway this weekend for rounds three and four of the SprintX championship with Mike Hedlund, Adam Merzon, and Ryan Eversley in the pair of Audi R8 LMS GT4 cars. In preparation for the event, the team has completed three days of testing at this particular track, in both dry and wet conditions, confident with the progress made entering into the next rounds of the championship.

JASON BELL TO TACKLE VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY THIS WEEKEND

Floridian and Audi Sport customer racing driver Jason Bell will be competing in his next Pirelli World Challenge Series event this coming weekend at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Traveling to Alton, Virginia and back for another round with M1 GT Racing, Bell will once again enter the GTSA division and is excited to get back to the VIR facility, one of his favorite tracks on the 2018 calendar.

FIRST VICTORY FOR THE AUDI R8 LMS GT4 IN THE UNITED STATES

GMG Racing celebrates first American success for Audi R8 LMS GT4: James Sofronas and Alex Welch stood on the top step of the podium in the SprintX season opener of the Pirelli World Challenge. The two Americans from Team GMG Racing won the second single race of the opening event on the circuit of Austin, Texas, achieving the first victory for the new customer sport race car in North America. After the one-hour race, the advantage of their Audi R8 LMS GT4 was 3.3 seconds. With 37 entrants the GT4 category in the Pirelli World Challenge is one of the best-filled GT4 classes worldwide. Sofronas, who is both the team’s owner and a driver, is ranked in third place of the standings after two of a total of eight individual races in the GTS class of the SprintX classification.

JASON BELL PREPARES FOR TEXAS WITH M1 GT RACING

Jason Bell and M1 GT Racing started their 2018 season in the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) program at the Streets of St. Petersburg two weekends ago. Standing on the podium in his first event behind the wheel of the sleek-looking Audi R8 LMS GT4, Bell is determined to improve to the top step of the podium this coming weekend at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

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