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Audi Sport customer #racing is starting to the 2016 #racing season with a strong result:Alain Ferté/Stuart Leonard/Michael Meadows/Laurens Vanthoor (F/GB/GB/B) in the new #audi #r8lms of the Belgian #audi Club Team WRT celebrated the first #audi victory in the #dubai24hours. In third place, C.Abt #racing with Daniel Abt/Matias Henkola/Christer Jöns/Isaac Tutumlu Lopez/Andreas Weishaupt (D/FIN/D/E/D) clinched a podium result as well. Four #audi #r8lms cars finished the race in the top 10.
The production-derived race car, 50 percent of which is based on the road-going model, that was handed over to the #audi customer teams at the end of 2015 had previously proved its prowess in qualifying. Fielded by the squads of C.Abt #racing and Land-Motorsport, two new #audi #r8lms cars shared the front row of the race that featured a strong field of 98 entrants. In 517 of the 588 race laps, an #audi was running in front, with the lead changing a total of 22 times. Halfway through the race, Land-Motorsport defended the top spot, but subsequently dropped to fifth place and retired two and a half hours before the end of the race. In the 15th hour, the Belgian #audi Club Team WRT took the lead, commandingly defended it, and crossed the finish line with a five-lap advantage over their closest rivals
For the Belgian squad of Vincent Vosse, this marked the next major success after the new #audi #r8lms had won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring and the Sepang 12 Hours in 2015.
“Sincere congratulations to the two #audi customer teams on podium,” said Romolo Liebchen, Head of #audi Sport customer #racing. “On clinching today’s success, our GT3 sports car has won all renowned #endurance races and been victorious for the first time in the Middle East. This is a great way to set the stage for the market launch of the new #audi R8 in this region in March.”
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