Two young European drivers, each reigning champions, join the Cup this season, strengthening its international credentials: Jan Kisiel (Poland) has been promoted to GT3 sports car racing from the Audi Sport TT Cup and Martin Rump (Estonia) is switching from the Formula Masters China Series to the Audi R8 LMS Cup. 15 of the 20 entries are contesting the races in the new Audi R8 LMS while five drivers will be competing in last year’s model for the new Masters Cup title. “We’re pleased to see so many customers relying on our new race car in the Audi R8 LMS Cup as well,” says Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing. “There’s no doubt in our minds that it’s going to demonstrate its impressive potential in this challenging field, too.”
For the first time Teams Phoenix Racing and KCMG are joining Absolute Racing as service teams for the Cup’s race cars this year. This season, the series will feature twelve races on six weekends in China, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan and, for the first time, in Thailand. The finale of the Audi R8 LMS Cup will be held jointly with the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Shanghai.
All 12 races will be live streamed on the Audi R8 LMS Cup website and on Chinese video portals LeSports and PPTV. Highlight shows will also be screened around Asia on Fox Sports Asia and Star Sports Asia; in Australia on Fox Sports Australia; in China on Guangzhou Broadcasting Network, Tianjin TV and Sichuan TV; in the United States on Bon TV and Tuff TV; and in Europe on Motors TV.
Live streaming of all races: www.audi-motorsport.com
2016 calendar
May 21–22 Shanghai International Circuit, China
Jul 23–24 Chang International Circuit, Thailand
Aug 13–14 Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit, Malaysia
Sep 24–25 Korea International Circuit, Korea
Oct 15–16 Penbay International Circuit, Taiwan
Nov 04–05 Shanghai International Circuit, China
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