The Belgian team will enter three Audi R8 LMS ultra – in 2013 specifications – in both the Blancpain Endurance Series and the FIA GT Series. In the new sprint series launched by SRO, Swedish driver Edward Sandstrom will partner with Germany’s Frank Stippler, while another car will be driven by Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor and Monaco’s Stephane Ortelli. These two line-ups composed of drivers who are already part of the WRT family will be joined by a third duo, entered in the Pro-Am category, composed of Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof from Austria and Germany’s Rene Rast, explains Belgian Audi Club Team WRT team principal Vincent Vosse. Rene has repeatedly confirmed in recent years that he is a top GT driver and Nikolaus has done an excellent season with Vita4One last year. The pair can certainly aim at the Pro-Am title! Our objective as a team is to do better than the third place conquered in 2012. Continue reading ‘Belgian Audi Club Team WRT confirms 2013 programs’
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After the double victory at Nogaro, during the opening round of the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Belgian team won the Paul Ricard circuit on his first win of the season Blancpain Endurance Series. Christopher Mies, Christopher Haase and Stephane Ortelli imposed their Audi R8 LMS ultra under the checkered flag after a superb fight for victory. The trio in the no1 Audi now hold down second place in the championship, with 12 points ahead of their teammates Vanthoor/Sandstrom/Bonanomi, who were forced to retire early in the race. The withdrawal of the no2 Audi R8 LMS ultra was the only negative note of a weekend that promises to bode well for the next Total 24 Hours of Spa.
Continue reading ‘Belgian Audi Club Team WRT wins at Paul Ricard BES’
The Exim Bank Team China Porsche duo of Matt Halliday (NZL) and Mike Parisy (FRA) produced a superb drive in challenging wet-dry conditions to secure a narrow victory in the Championship Race at Zolder.
The Porsche pair’s win followed their third place in yesterday’s Qualifying Race and lifted them to second in the drivers’ standings. Continue reading ‘Exim Bank Team China Porsche win GT1 at Zolder’
Photo: © 2011 Loek Pictures | oneighturbo.com
Scheduled on Saturday’s evening, this 3-hour race should confirm the excellent position of Belgian Audi Club Team WRT’s drivers in the championship. Following his victory at Spa, Greg Franchi is the leader in the overall standings, ahead of the trio formed by his team mates Stephane Ortelli, Bert Longin and Filipe Albuquerque. Continue reading ‘Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in a favorable position for Magny-Cours’
Porsche returns to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for the year 2014. With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans. The most recent win was in 1998 with the Porsche 911 GT1. Continue reading ‘Porsche returns to Le Mans in 2014′
One week after conquering a first podium finish at Zolder, in the season-opener of the Belcar, the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT is ready to compete its first international event of its 2011 campaign, on the legendary circuit of Monza. This will be the inaugural race of the new Blancpain Endurance Series, where the Belgian squad will be present with two top driver line-ups: Longin-Ortelli-Albuquerque and Franchi-Piccini-Fassler. Continue reading ‘Blancpain: New Challenge For The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT’
Bruno Hernandez and Soheil Ayari finished the fifth race weekend of the French GT Championship in the Audi R8 LMS of Audi Team Oreca as the runners-up in front of their brand colleagues Stéphane Lemeret and Greg Franchi in the R8 LMS of Team WRT. Continue reading ‘French GT: Two Audi R8 LMS cars on the podium’
The three W Racing Team crew have focused mainly on preparations for the race during qualifying. Within the Belgian team, which will play its first 24 hours with three Audi R8 LMS, optimism was rather strict. (continue reading…)
