Audi R8 LMS dominates at Assen Podium place for Phoenix Racing
Audi R8 LMS dominates at Assen ADAC GT Masters: At the only foreign round of the ADAC GT Masters the two Audi R8 LMS cars entered by Team ABT Sportsline were the measure of all things. In qualifying the GT3 sports cars secured the pole position for both races. In Saturday’s rain race Luca Ludwig and Christopher Mies were victorious, fourth place went to the R8 LMS fielded by Heiko Hammel and Jimmy Johansson’s Pole Promotion team. On Sunday the Audi drivers even managed to clinch a one-two-three-four victory on the fastest track of the ADAC GT Masters calendar. This time, the second ABT Sportsline vehicle driven by Kuba Giermaziak and Jens Klingmann was the front runner. Second place was captured by Johansson/Hammel and position three went to Mies/Ludwig. Jan Seyffarth and Bernd Herndlhofer from Team Rosberg in fourth place completed Audi’s exploit.Podium place for Phoenix Racing VLN: Hans-Joachim Stuck, Frank Stippler and Marc Basseng in the Audi R8 LMS took second place for Team Phoenix Racing at the fifth round of the VLN Endurance Championship at the Nürburgring for the third consecutive time. The trio was leading the four-hour race for some of the time but had to admit defeat at the finish with a mere gap of 26 seconds.
Results and pointsAssen (NL), July 17, ADAC GT Masters, round 71 Ludwig/Mies (Audi R8 LMS) 31 laps in 1h 01m 51.694s 2 Wirth/Matzke (BMW-Alpina) + 4.501s 3 Knop/Rehfeld (Ascari) + 38.464s 4 Hammel/Johansson (Audi R8 LMS) + 45.265s 5 Kentenich/Asch (Porsche) + 1m 24.672s ...9 Heyer/Ammermüller (Audi R8 LMS) - 1 lap 14 Herndlhofer/Seyffarth (Audi R8 LMS) - 1 lap Assen (NL), July 18, ADAC GT Masters, round 81 Klingmann/Giermaziak (Audi R8 LMS) 31 laps in 1h 00m 03.972s 2 Hammel/Johansson (Audi R8 LMS) + 3.902s 3 Ludwig/Mies (Audi R8 LMS) + 10.280s 4 Herndlhofer/Seyffarth (Audi R8 LMS) + 19.921s 5 Winter/Veltmann (BMW-Alpina) + 24.279s...10 Heyer/Ammermüller (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 02.093s Standings after 8 of 14 rounds: 1 von Thurn und Taxis and Kox, each 43 points; 3 Mies and Ludwig, each 37; 5 Bergmeister, 31; … 10 Giermaziak and Klingmann, each 23; 12 Johansson, Hammel, Hannawald and Jäger, each 23; … 25 Herndlhofer and Estre, each 8; … 27 Heyer and Ammermüller, each 7; … 29 Seyffarth and Geipel, each 5.Next race: EuroSpeedway (D), August 14Nürburgring (D), July 17, VLN Endurance Championship, round 61 Arnold/Menzel (Porsche) 28 laps in 4h 02m 42.240s 2 Stippler/Stuck/Basseng (Audi R8 LMS) + 25.994s 3 Hahne/Krumbach/Gindorf (Porsche) + 4m 54.128s 4 Riebensahm/Kohlhaas/Brück (Chrysler) + 7m 52.146s 5 Zehe/Schelp/Roloff (Porsche) + 7m 52.487sStandings after 6 of 10 rounds: 1 Leisen, Knechtges and Böhm, each 56.30 points; 4 Jurek, 53.46; 5 Forbes, 49.47.Next race: Nürburgring (D), July 31
