The line-up of challengers proves how attractive this event is as well. This year, 37 GT3 race cars from eight manufacturers will be battling for overall victory. “Audi has the largest representation with customers in this fierce competitive environment,” says Chris Reinke. “This kind of trust is not only attributable to our product, but to our trackside customer support, too.” For years, Audi Sport customer racing has been guaranteeing comprehensive pre-race as well as on-site support, plus extensive spare parts supply.
The teams from Phoenix and WRT are each fielding an R8 LMS with support from Audi and another one on their own. The Audi race experience will be on the grid for an amazing sixth time – no other manufacturer offers its customers the opportunity to compete as amateur race drivers for the brand. Twin Busch Motorsport is contesting the 24-hour race for the fourth consecutive time with an Audi R8 LMS while Montaplast by Land-Motorsport and Car Collection Motorsport are relying on Audi at the Nürburgring for the first time.
Racing fans can watch the battle for Audi’s fourth overall victory live on television. RTL Nitro will be airing continuous coverage from the “Green Hell” from 15:00 (CEST) on Saturday, May 28, to 16:50 on Sunday. From the Grand Prix in Monaco, RTL Television will additionally join in for the starting stage and again for the finish of the 24-hour race.
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The Audi teams in the Nürburgring 24 Hours
Audi Sport Team WRT
#1 Pierre Kaffer/Christopher Mies/Nico Müller/Laurens Vanthoor (D/D/CH/B)
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
#2 Robin Frijns/Stuart Leonard/Edward Sandström/Frédéric Vervisch (NL/GB/S/B)
Phoenix Racing
#5 Anders Fjordbach/Niki Mayr-Melnhof/Edoardo Mortara/Frank Stippler (DK/A/I/D)
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
#6 Christopher Haase/René Rast/Frank Stippler/Markus Winkelhock (D/D/D/D)
Audi race experience
#10 Franky Cheng/Marchy Lee/Shaun Thong/Alex Yoong (CN/HK/HK/MAL)
#11 Christian Bollrath/Maximilian Hackländer/Ralf Oeverhaus/Micke Ohlsson (D/D/D/S)
Twin Busch Motorsport
#16 Dennis Busch/Marc Busch/Christian Mamerow/René Rast (D/D/D/D)
montaplast by Land-Motorsport
#28 Marc Basseng/Connor De Phillippi/Mike Rockenfeller/Timo Scheider (D/USA/D/D)
Car Collection Motorsport
#33 Ronnie Saurenmann/Peter Schmidt/Andreas Ziegler (CH/D/D)