24.5.2019. Audi Sport customer racing will start with its customers for the eleventh Time at the 24 hours at the Nürburgring. The largest German car racing go from the 20. up-to-the-23. June, three Teams with five of the current Audi R8 LMS at the Start, add to that a Audi R8 LMS of the first Generation of private teams.
“We focus our support this year to the Teams Car Collection Motorsport Land Motorsport and Phoenix Racing. Each of these Teams has won with Audi at least a 24-hour race,“ says Chris Reinke, head of Audi Sport customer racing.
“Two Audi drivers from the DTM and the nine Audi Sport drivers in the customer sports start at the Nürburgring in a total of five Audi R8 LMS.” The three-time Nürburgring winner Markus Winkelhock and two-time winner Christopher Haase in the Audi sports Team Car Collection is in the Cockpit with the three-time Le Mans winner Marcel Fässler.
DTM Champion René Rast, who has so decided, such as Kelvin van der Linde once the 24-hour race in the Eifel for yourself, driving for Audi Sport Team country together with Christopher Mies, the winner of the 2015 and 2017. Rast and Haase are nominated on each other’s car in addition, as a further pilot. The former winner Frank Stippler, the Audi Sport Team Phoenix in the process.
The Audi Sport driver Dries Vanthoor and Pierre Kaffer complete this line-up together with your team-mate Frédéric Vervisch, who won in January at the 24 hours of Dubai. In addition, Stippler is reported so with Audi works driver Jamie Green in the DTM in a privately-entered R8 LMS of Phoenix Racing.
The private pilot, Vincent Kolb and Kim-Luis Schramm are so called on this car. Rahel Frey support finally, the private Team RaceIng driver and starts at the page of Bernhard Henzel, Frank Schmickler and Pavel Lefterov. Furthermore, Car Collection Motorsport, with a private driver team. Audi Sport is also expected in other classes, more customer teams with the brand’s products.
Audi Sport Team Car Collection
Christopher Haase/Marcel Fässler/René Rast/Markus Winkelhock
Audi Sport Team Country
Christopher Haase/Kelvin van der Linde/Christopher Mies/René Rast
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Pierre Kaffer/Frank Stippler/Dries Vanthoor/Frédéric Vervisch
Car Collection Motorsport
Stefan Aust/Christian Bollrath/Jean-Louis Hertenstein/Klaus Koch
Phoenix Racing
Jamie Green/Vincent Kolb/Kim-Luis Schramm/Frank Stippler
Team RaceIng
Rahel Frey/Bernhard Henzel/Pavel Lefterov/Frank Schmickler
René Rast (Photo: Audi Communications Motorsport / Michael Kunkel)
