Audi R8 LMS wins European GT3 Championship Title for the R8 LMS also in Belgium Stuck father and son in the Audi R8 LMSTeam Kolles with two Audi R10 TDI cars in Japan Guest run of the Audi R8 LMS in SpainAudi R8 LMS wins European GT3 Championship FIA-GT3: The Audi R8 LMS won the FIA European GT3 Championship right away in its debut season. Team Phoenix Racing secured the title in the finale at Zolder with Christopher Haase and Christopher Mies. The two Germans won the first race with a commanding performance and defended their lead of the standings in the chaotic second race. After the win of the ADAC GT Masters by Christian Abt, this is the second major title for the new GT3 sports car of AUDI AG. Title for the R8 LMS also in Belgium Belgian GT Championship: Team Phoenix Racing not only won the FIA European GT3 Championship at Zolder but also the Belgian GT Championship. The two Belgians Jean-Francois Hemroulle and Tim Verbergt only needed two second places in the two last races to achieve overall victory. Stuck father and son in the Audi R8 LMSVLN: Debut at the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship at the Nürburgring: In the finale next Saturday, Hans-Joachim Stuck and his son Johannes will compete together for the first time in an Audi R8 LMS of Team Phoenix Racing. Dennis Rostek will be the third driver. The second Phoenix R8 will be driven by Marc Basseng, Frank Biela and Frank Stippler. Team Kolles with two Audi R10 TDI cars in Japan Asian Le Mans Series: The private Kolles team will contest the two rounds of the newly incepted Asian Le Mans Series at Okayama (Japan) next weekend. Christian Bakkerud and Oliver Jarvis as well as Christijan Albers, Matteo Cressoni and Hideki Noda will be at the wheel of the two Audi R10 TDI cars. Guest run of the Audi R8 LMS in Spain Open GT: Next weekend the Audi R8 LMS will debut in the international "GT Open" racing series. Jean-Denis Deletraz and Andrea Piccini will compete at Barcelona (Spain) for Team Phoenix Racing.Zolder (B), October 25, FIA European GT3 Championship round 111 Haase/Mies (Audi R8 LMS) 34 laps in 1h 00m 18.344s2 Bontempelli/Gattuso (Ferrari) + 18.493s3 Nygaard/Gruber (Ford) + 21.012s4 Armindo/Campanico (Audi R8 LMS) + 21.322s5 Rodrigues/Makowiecki (Aston Martin) + 24.653s... 18 Navratil/Bonifacio (Audi R8 LMS) - 4 lapsZolder (B), October 25, FIA European GT3 Championship round 121 Bontempelli/Gattuso (Ferrari) 34 laps in 1h 00m 56.226s2 Walter/Hürtgen (BMW) + 35.553s3 Mamerow/De Doncker (Ford) + 1m 30.283s4 Haase/Mies (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 30.775s5 Petit/Fumal (BMW) + 1m 35.904s...8. Armindo/Campanico (Audi R8 LMS) - lapFinal standings after 12 rounds: 1 Haase/Mies, 54,5 points; 2 Armindo/Campanico and Accary/Rodrigues, 43; 3 Makowiecki/Rodrigues, 34; 4 Gattuso, 33; 5 Nygaard/Gruber and Salles/Mutsch, 30.
Coming up next weekAsian Le Mans Series at Okayama (Saturday/Sunday) ... Finale of the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship at the Nürburgring (Saturday) ... 13th and 14th round of the GT Open Series at Barcelona (Saturday/Sunday).
