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’
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…)
Between Stephane Ortelli and the 24 Hours of Spa, we can speak of love story. On four occasions, Monaco is actually mounted on the top step of the podium in GT2 class. In 2003, he was even able – to everyone’s surprise – to put this race under his belt as he had with his teammates in a Porsche in the second category. For this 62nd edition of the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the Belgian team will join Stephen W Racing Team. At the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS, the former Le Mans winner hopes to make a new coup in the Belgian Ardennes. (continue reading…)
On the second weekend of July, the circuit of Spa-Francorchamps will host thousands of spectators at the 25 Hours VW Fun Cup, a rendezvous of the most popular motor sport in Belgium. So facing the large crowd that the Belcar Endurance Championship, the Belgian Championship Endurance live his third event of the season, the second row on the Ardennes circuit. (continue reading…)
Created last winter by Yves Weerts, Vincent Vosse and René Verbist, the new Belgian team W Racing Team will commit not less than three Audi R8 LMS in the next Total 24 Hours of Spa. In addition to pilots familiar with the team, WRT count in its ranks Frank Biela, Stephane Ortelli and Frank Stipple. (continue reading…)
Created last winter by Yves Weerts, Vincent Vosse and René Verbist, the new Belgian team W Racing Team will commit not less than three Audi R8 LMS in the next Total 24 Hours of Spa. In addition to pilots familiar with the team, WRT count in its ranks Frank Biela and Stephane Ortelli. (continue reading…)
