Another podium for the Audi R8 LMS Victory for Audi R8 LMS in Spanish guest race Three Audi drivers at the Race of Champions

Oliver Jarvis makes successful sportscar debutAsian Le Mans Series: Oliver Jarvis made a successful sportscar debut: At the wheel of the privately run team Kolles Audi R10 TDI the Audi ‘factory’ driver finished fourth and fifth together with Christian Bakkerud in the inaugural running of the Asian Le Mans Series at Okayama (Japan). In his first sportscar race on Saturday Jarvis even mounted the podium. However, Jarvis/Bakkerud subsequently lost third place due to a time penalty. Another podium for the Audi R8 LMSVLN: Team Phoenix Racing recorded another podium result with the Audi R8 LMS at the final round of the BFGoodrich endurance championship at the Nürburgring. Marc Basseng, Frank Biela and Frank Stippler finished third in front of the sister car of Hans-Joachim Stuck, Johannes Stuck and Dennis Rostek which had fallen well down the field following a spin in the opening stages. Victory for Audi R8 LMS in Spanish guest raceInternational GT Open: Team Phoenix Racing steered the Audi R8 LMS to victory in its first ever appearance in the "International GT Open" sportscar race series at Barcelona: After fifth place in the first race on Saturday the two Swiss drivers Jean-Denis Deletraz and Andrea Piccini won the GTS class with their R8 LMS in the second race on Sunday. Three Audi drivers at the Race of ChampionsRace of Champions: On Tuesday and Wednesday in the Olympic stadium in Beijing (China) the Race of Champions is held – a competition between the world’s best racing and rally drivers. The two Audi ‘factory’ drivers Tom Kristensen and Mattias Ekström, who has already won the Race of Champions twice in 2006 in Paris and 2007 in London, compete once again. Furthermore, the Audi drivers form Team Scandinavia in the Nations Cup. Former Audi ‘factory’ driver Emanuele Pirro, who qualified for the final in China with a win in the Race of Champions South Europe, starts in the Nation Cup for Monaco. Results and points standingsOkayama (J), October 31, Asian Le Mans Series round 11 Tinseau/Nakano (Pescarolo-Judd) 126 laps in 3h 00m 24.018s2 Lapierre/Duval (ORECA-Aim) + 6.930s3 Mücke/Primat (Lola-Aston Martin) - 2 laps4 Bakkerud/Jarvis (Audi R10 TDI) - 2 laps5 Albers/Cressoni/Noda (Audi R10 TDI) - 4 lapsOkayama (J), 1. November, race 2 Asian Le Mans Series1 Mücke/Primat (Lola-Aston Martin) 128 laps in 3h 01m 8.944s2 Tinseau/Nakano (Pescarolo-Judd) + 1m 00.177s3 Lapierre/Duval (ORECA-Aim) + 1m 8.479s4 Drayson/Cocker (Lola-Judd) - 1 lap5 Bakkerud/Jarvis (Audi R10 TDI) - 1 lap6 Albers/Cressoni/Noda (Audi R10 TDI) - 3 lapsFinal standings after 2 races: 1 Tinseau/Nakano, 18 points; 2 Mücke/Primat, 16; 3 Lapierre/Duval, 14; 4 Bakkerud/Jarvis, 9; 5 Drayson/Cocker, 9; 6 Albers/Cressoni/Noda, 7.Nürburgring (D), October 31, BFGoodrich endurance championship round 101 Mamerow/Werner (Porsche) 28 laps in 4h 3m 8.786s2 Tiemann/Collard (Porsche) + 1m 12.596s3 Basseng/Biela/Stippler (Audi R8 LMS) + 2m 38.745s4 Stuck/Stuck/Rostek (Audi R8 LMS) + 4m 4.435s5 Rehfeld/Renger/Merten (Corvette) + 6m 3.042sBarcelona (E), October 31, International GT Open round 131 Cameron/Griffin (Ford) 35 laps in 1h 10m 38.416s2 Makowiecki/Dayraut (Ferrari) + 8.288s3 Broniszewski/Peter (Ferrari) + 24.094s4 Wiser/Guerrero (Aston Martin) + 25.345s5 Deletraz/Piccini (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 00.409sBarcelona (E), November 1, International GT Open round 141 Deletraz/Piccini (Audi R8 LMS) 26 laps in 50m 50.425s2 Broniszewski/Peter (Ferrari) + 37.860s3 Cameron/Griffin (Ford) + 53.689s4 Savary/Ricci (Ferrari) + 1m 15.884s5 Makowiecki/Dayraut (Ferrari) - 1 lapComing up next weekRace of Champions in Beijing (Tuesday/Wednesday).