One-two lead for Audi R8 LMS in European ChampionshipNew US team banks on Audi R8 LMSAnother podium result on the Nordschleife Second victory for R8 LMS in France Emanuele Pirro wins as wild card entrant
One-two lead for Audi R8 LMS in European Championship FIA GT3: Despite a serious accident Christopher Haase and Christopher Mies defended the lead of the standings in the FIA GT3 European Championship at Le Castellet (France). Like several other drivers, Mies became the victim of a sudden rain shower that resulted in the early end of the first race on the fourth lap. Mies suffered a concussion. The Audi R8 LMS of Team Phoenix Racing was so heavily damaged in the incident that the two Germans were not able to start anymore on Sunday. In the second race Nicolas Armindo and Cesar Campanico in the Audi R8 LMS of Team Rosberg clinched second place and thus gave Audi a one-two lead in the overall standings.
New US team banks on Audi R8 LMS FIA GT3: During the European Championship round at Le Castellet a new private American race team was introduced that wants to contest the FIA GT3 European Championship and other select races with two Audi R8 LMS cars in 2010. The American businessman Zak Brown is the principal of the "United Autosports" team.
Another podium result on the Nordschleife VLN:Marc Basseng, Frank Biela and Hans-Joachim Stuck clinched another podium result for the Audi R8 LMS on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. At the eighth round of the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship, the trio from Team Phoenix Racing took third place overall. René Rast, Dennis Rostek and Nicki Thiim in the second R8 LMS of Team Phoenix Racing finished fifth despite a stop-and-go penalty.
Second victory for R8 LMS in France
French GT Championship: Team Oreca clinched the second victory of the Audi R8 LMS in the French GT3 Championship at Le Castellet. In the first round Stéphane Ortelli and David Hallyday achieved a commanding win. In the second race they finished as the runners-up.
Emanuele Pirro wins as wild card entrant Cayman Cup: Running as a wild card entrant in the Italian Porsche Cayman Cup, Audi "factory" driver Emanuele Pirro claimed a dominant win at the penultimate race of the season at Vallelunga (Italy). In the finale at Misano on October 24/25 Pirro together with Dindo Capello will again compete in the Cayman Cup.
Results and point scores
Nürburgring (D), October 3, BFGoodrich Endurance Championship round 81 Mamerow/Werner (Porsche) 28 laps in 4h 04m38.202s2 Tiemann/Dumas/Klasen (Porsche) + 55.585s3 Basseng/Biela/Stuck (Audi R8 LMS) + 55.710s4 Müller/Farfus (BMW) + 1m 27.690s5 Rast/Rostek/Thiim (Audi R8 LMS) + 3m 25.589sNext race: Nürburgring (D), October 17
Le Castellet (F), October 3, FIA GT3 European Championship round 91 Accary/Rodrigues (Aston Martin) 2 laps in 4m 23.174s2 Klingmann/Matzke (BMW) + 3.906s3 Quaife/van Dongen (Ferrari) + 6.284s4 Enjalbert/Scheier (Morgan) + 6.447s5 Ludwig/Sourd (Corvette) + 7.644s ... 8 Mies/Haase (Audi R8 LMS) + 10.795s17 Deletraz/la Marca (Audi R8 LMS) + 18.176s28 Navratil/Bonifacio (Audi R8 LMS) - 1 lapLe Castellet (F), October 4, FIA GT3 European Championship round 101 Mutsch/Salles (Ford) 27 laps in 1h 00m48.118s2 Campanico/Armindo (Audi R8 LMS) + 14.487s3 Sourd/Ludwig (Corvette) + 15.652s4 Makowiecki/Rodrigues (Aston Martin) + 16.685s5 Stuck/Lunardi (Porsche) + 29.922s... 7 Bonifacio/Navratil (Audi R8 LMS) + 46.003s9 Deletraz/la Marca (Audi R8 LMS) + 59.657sStandings after 10 of 12 rounds: 1 Mies/Haase, 40.5 points; 2 Armindo/Campanico, 37; 3 Accary/Rodrigues, 34; 4 Makowiecki/Rodrigues, 31; 5 Nygaard/Gruber, 24.Next race: Zolder (B), October 24
Le Castellet (F), October 3, French GT3 Championship round 111 Hallyday/Ortelli (Audi R8 LMS) 27 laps in 1h 01m 28.864s2 Dubreuil/Amando (Lamborghini) + 3.629s3 Jakubowski/Campbell (Ferrari) + 19.765s4 Peyroles/Thevenin (Lamborghini) + 21.258s5 Tuchbant/Lelerc (Lamborghini) + 23.215sLe Castellet (F), October 4, French GT3 Championship round 121 Policand/Prignaud (BMW) 27 laps in 1h 01m 22.506s2 Ortelli/Halliday (Audi R8 LMS) + 8.651s3 Briche/Tardif (Lamborghini) + 15.247s4 Leclerc/Tuchbant (Lamborghini) + 19.756s5 Amado/Dubreuil (Lamborghini) + 23.074sNext race: Ledenon (F), October 17
