One point for Team Kolles at LMS debut

VLN: At its first test race in the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, the Audi R8 LMS indicated its potential. In qualifying, Hans-Joachim Stuck achieved the third-best time in class with the new GT3 sports car and ninth overall out of 171 vehicles. In the race, Stuck, Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro set promising lap times as well. However, due to fuel supply problems each of the three Audi drivers had to pit early to refuel. In addition, the team used the opportunity to test various set-up versions during the race. One point for Team Kolles at LMS debutLMS: Private Audi customer team Kolles was struck by major misfortune at its debut in the European-based Le Mans Series (LMS): Christijan Albers and Christian Bakkerud started from the third row of the Circuit de Catalunya at Barcelona in their Audi R10 TDI cars. They were running in position three for part of the time before suspension damage forced them to retire in the final third of the race. The second R10 TDI lost a lot of time as early in the race due to a puncture and an excursion into a gravel trap. When the vehicle was pulled out, the rear was damaged in the process. After six hours, Michael Krumm, Andrew Meyrick and Charles Zwolsman occupied eighth place in the LMP1 class and thus still scored one championship point.