Audis weekend round up

   Audi duo dominatesGT Spain: With two victories on the penultimate weekend of the Spanish GT Championship at Navarra the Portuguese drivers César Campaniço and João Pedro Figueiredo in their Audi R8 LMS extended their lead of the standings in the GTS category. In round two the duo from the Novadriver Total team even managed to clinch second place overall amidst the more powerful Super GT vehicles.Audi drivers maintain title chanceGT Italy: By finishing rounds eleven and twelve of the Italian GT Championship at Vallelunga in second place Marco Bonanomi and Felipe Albuquerque maintained their title chances in the GT3 class. Before the season’s finale at Monza at the end of October the Italian-Portuguese driver pairing has a nine-point gap to the front runners, with 30 championship points yet to be awarded. Their team colleagues at Audi Sport Italia, Gianluca Giraudi and Richard Antinucci, finished the first round in third place and retired in the second race.Tough race for Audi teamsVLN: The two Audi R8 LMS cars were not very fortunate in round eight of the Endurance Championship Nürburgring. The GT3 sports car of the Phoenix Racing team driven by Frank Stippler and Marc Basseng started from position eight. But as early as on lap one of the race the car faultlessly became entangled in a collision and forced to retire. Sean Paul Breslin, Sean Patrick Breslin and Kenneth in the Audi R8 LMS of the Black Falcon Racing team finished the race that was stopped early due to numerous accidents in 16th place.Results and pointsNürburgring, September 25, VLN Endurance Championship, round 81 Luhr/Westbrook (Porsche) 20 laps in 2h 57m 57.006s 2 Klasen/Dumas (Porsche) + 35.454s 3 Hohenadel/Arnold (Corvette) + 1m 05.048s 4 Hahne/Krumbach/Gindorf (Porsche) + 1m 44 796s 5 Abbelen/Schmitz/Kentenich (Porsche) + 2m 06.335s …16 Breslin/Breslin/Heyer (Audi R8 LMS) - 1 lapNext race: Nürburgring (D), October 16Navarra (E), September 25, Spanish GT Championship, round 91 Campaniço/Figueiredo (Audi R8 LMS) 29 laps in 52m 13.662s 2 Enge/Turner (Ford) + 0.941s 3 Beaubellique/Balthazard (Ferrari) + 33.854s4 Palencia/Puig (Ferrari) + 46.040s 5 Escámez/Monzón (Lamborghini) - 1 lapNavarra (E), September 26, Spanish GT Championship, round 101 Campaniço/Figueiredo (Audi R8 LMS) 28 laps in 50m 08.338s 2 Coimbra/Silva (Aston Martin) + 48.045s3 Mücke/Nygaard (Ford) + 48.818s 4 Beaubellique/Balthazard (Ferrari) - 1 lap5 Palencia/Puig (Ferrari) - 1 lapStandings after 10 of 12 rounds: 1 Campaniço and Figueiredo, 62 points each; 3 Palencia, 51; 4. Coimbra and Silva, 47 each.Next race: Jerez (E), October 16Vallelunga (I), September 26, Italian GT Championship, round 111 Roda/Lietz (Porsche) 30 laps in 50m 28.225s 2 Albuquerque/Bonanomi (Audi R8 LMS) + 9.321s 3 Antinucci/Giraudi (Audi R8 LMS) + 28.964s 4 Lavio/Gattuso (Ferrari) - 1 lap 5 Earl/Garofano (Ferrari) - 1 lap Vallelunga (I), September 26, Italian GT Championship, round 121 Lavio/Gattuso (Ferrari) 29 laps in 50m 14.525s 2 Albuquerque/Bonanomi (Audi R8 LMS) + 12.551s 3 Roda/Lietz (Porsche) + 22.626s 4 Bontempelli/Caccia (Ferrari) + 31.867s 5 Earl/Garofano (Ferrari) - 1 Rd. Standings after 12 of 14 rounds: 1 Roda, 135 points; 2 Albuquerque and Bonanomi, 126 each; 4 Lavio and Gattuso, 112 each; 6 Giraudi, 106; … 12 Capello, 59; 13 Antinucci, 47.Next race: Monza (I), October 24Coming up next weekSeptember 29-October 2: ILMC Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta (USA)October 01-02: Swedish Junior Touring Car championship, Mantorp Park (S)October 02-03: ADAC GT Masters, Oschersleben (D)October 01-03: International GT Open, Monza (I)October 01-03: Portuguese GT Championship, Estoril (P)


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