Audi R8 LMS wins GT Asia Series opening event

Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)

Podium result at Suzuka: Audi Team DreamDrive started the season in the Super Taikyu Series with a podium position. After five hours of racing, Naoto Takeda, Takuya Shirasaka and Shozo Tagahara in an Audi RS 3 LMS took third place in the TCR category on the circuit at Suzuka.

Audi Sport customer racing Japan

Grand appearance at Fuji: At the 2018 Audi Sport Conference, Audi Japan presented eight driver teams and their programs for the upcoming motorsport season in Japan to an audience of invited guests and members of the media. Toru Saito, President of Audi Japan, on the race track at Fuji presented the Audi Sport brand in his country and the racing program. Audi Team Hitotsuyama and Team Taisan, each fielding an Audi R8 LMS, are contesting the GT 300 classification of the leading Super GT racing series. Phoenix Racing Asia and J-Fly Racing by Phoenix Racing Asia are competing in the ST-X class of the Super Taikyu Series with a total of three Audi R8 LMS cars. Audi Team DreamDrive, Audi Team DreamDrive Noah and Birth Racing Project are racing with three Audi RS 3 LMS cars in the ST-TCR class of the Super Taikyu Series.

Coming up next week

07–08/04 Marrakech (MA), rounds 1 to 3, WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup

07–08/04 Zolder (B), rounds 1 and 2, GT4 Belgium

07–08/04 Zolder (B), rounds 1 and 2, GT4 European Series

07/04 Nürburgring (D), round 2, VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring

06–08/04 Zolder (B), round 1, Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

07–08/04 Okayama (J), round 1, Super GT