First titles in 2018 for Audi Sport customer teams

Audi R8 LMS GT3

Best in class: On the fifth and last race weekend of the Pirelli World Challenge GT SprintX at Utah Motorsport Campus, the Audi R8 LMS from TruSpeed AutoSport with Parker Chase and Ryan Dalziel at the wheel finished both races in second place of the Pro/Am class. As a result, the duo also won the title in this class. 

Two victories: On the second race weekend of the GT Masters Asia at Shanghai International Circuit, Audi Sport customer teams achieved several podium finishes. In race one, Xu Jia and Mitch Gilbert in the Audi R8 LMS of Team Kings took victory. Their brand colleagues Adderly Fong/Vincent Floirendo from Team EN Sport Motors by Absolute Racing finished third. In addition, Team Tianshi Racing with drivers David Chen and Naomi Zhang secured first place in the GTC class. The second race was canceled due to difficult weather conditions.

Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)

Remaining in front: Dmitry Bragin defended his lead of the standings on the fifth race weekend of the TCR Russia. In race one at Moscow Raceway, the driver from Team Taif Motorsport finished third. His fiercest rival in the title race scored no points. In race two, Audi Sport celebrated a one-two-three result: Aleksey Dudukalo won ahead of his teammate from Lukoil Racing, Ivan Lukashevich, and Bragin.

Podium in North America: On the fourth race weekend of the Canadian Touring Car Championship at Trois-Rivières, Marco Cirone in the Audi RS 3 LMS from Mark Motors Racing achieved third place in his class.

Coming up next week

17–19/08 Virginia (USA), round 9, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
17–19/08 Virginia (USA), round 8, IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge
17–19/08 Zandvoort (NL), rounds 9 and 10, ADAC GT Masters
17–19/08 Zandvoort (NL), rounds 9 and 10, ADAC TCR Germany
17–19/08 Wakefield Park (AUS), rounds 5 and 6, GT-1 Australia
18–19/08 Slovakia Ring (SK), rounds 7 and 8, GT4 Central European Cup
18–19/08 Slovakia Ring (SK), rounds 9 and 10, FIA CEZ
18–19/08 Assen (NL), rounds 9 and 10, TCR Europe
18–19/08 Assen (NL), rounds 7 and 8, ASS TCR Swiss Trophy
18–19/08 Assen (NL), rounds 7 and 8, TCR Benelux
18–19/08 Karlskoga (S), rounds 10 to 12, TCR Scandinavia
18–19/08 Karlskoga (S), rounds 5 and 6, GT Sweden
18/08 Nürburgring (D), round 5, Endurance Championship Nürburgring

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