Audi customer team Eastalent Racing takes the lead in the International GT Open standings

Audi R8 LMS GT4Lead extended: Team Speedcar is leading the standings at the halfway point of the GT4 European Series powered by Rafa Racing Club season. At the third round in Spa, Robert Consani/Benjamin Lariche in their Audi R8 LMS increased their lead in the Silver classification by 27 to 40 points. In the field of 20 driver pairings, their teammates Gregory Guilvert/Paul Petit improved to sixth place in the standings. The two Frenchmen secured their first win of the season in the first race with the Audi R8 LMS from fifth on the grid. Two overtaking maneuvers on the first lap, a late pit stop, a fast in-lap by Guilvert for the pit stop and a quick driver change to Petit were decisive for their success. For their part, Consani/Lariche had started from eleventh position and completed a one-two in the end. Pascal Destembert’s team thus continued a fine series: the team from the south of France took a race win at all three events this season. In the second race, Consani/Lariche shone with a race to catch up from 15th position, which put them back on the podium in third place in a field of 43 participants. As the best of 15 teams, Speedcar currently has a 47-point lead in the Silver Cup at the halfway point of the season. Bernd Schaible/Tobias Erdmann achieved a respectable success in the amateur classification of the racing series. The German driver duo drove the Seyffarth Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 to second place in its class in the first race. In the second round of the Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy, the Audi R8 LMS GT4 achieved a double victory in its class. Jürgen Hemker from Team Up2Race brought his car home in the first race ahead of the identical model driven by Sandra Pawlowitz from Team Land-Motorsport. In the second race, Hemker was second ahead of Pawlowitz. In the second round of the SRO GT Cup, Chuang Chi Shun was the best driver of an Audi R8 LMS. The amateur driver had qualified sixth for the first race on the Pingtan circuit. After a tough battle with many lead changes in his class, he improved to third place and won the amateur classification ahead of 16 other participants. In the second race, the driver from Level Motorsports repeated his performance, making several lead changes in the Am classification with a Porsche and was again third overall as the best amateur.Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR)Surprise victory in TCR Europe: At the start of the second half of the TCR Europe season, Audi’s customer teams had to cope with difficult conditions. The narrow track layout in Misano, which favors other race car concepts, proved to be a significant burden. Only one of six Audi cars made it into the second qualifying session of the top twelve participants: Teddy Clairet finished the qualifying session in tenth place and did not get past this position in the first race either. However, he started the second race from pole position due to the reverse grid defined in the regulations. With a lead of seven tenths of a second, the Frenchman secured his second win of the season after his success in Spa in temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius. Clairet defended his place against Cupra driver Eric Gené, who was unable to find any opportunities to overtake on the narrow track. As a result, Teddy Clairet overtook his brother Jimmy as the previous leader in the standings and now has a 14-point lead. Team Clairet Sport, for its part, has a 25-point lead in the team standings as the best of twelve teams. In the Diamond class, both race wins went to Audi privateer Sandro Pelatti from PMA Motorsport. The Coppa Italia Turismo was also held in Misano. Audi’s customers recorded no fewer than nine podium finishes with the RS 3 LMS on the third race weekend of this series. Yuri Brigliadori won Division 1 for BF Motorsport in the first race in Misano, with Koray Kamiloglu finishing 2.8 seconds behind in second place for the Erven Maden H2K Racing Team. BF Motorsport came out on top again in the second race, but this time with Fulvio Ferri. Kamiloglu finished third. In Division 2, Giacomo Orioli won both races for Planet Motorsport in an Audi RS 3 LMS with DSG transmission. His teammate Tiziano Bergamasco and Temel Camlidag from BF Motorsport completed a one-two-three for the Audi RS 3 LMS in the first sprint. Bergamasco finished third in the second race. The Goroyan Racing Team by sharky-racing achieved two victories at the Nürburgring. The NLS Light event of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, held for the first time outside the regular championship calendar, attracted 53 driver teams to the Eifel. In the SP3T class, the Audi customer team with Dr. Stefan Lohn/René Steiger/Sascha Siegert in the Audi RS 3 LMS came out on top. The team achieved a second victory in the TCR class: Danny Brink/Roman Mavlanov/Oleg Kvitka also won their classification after four hours of racing in an Audi RS 3 LMS. VP-Racing celebrated its third class victory in the third race in the Belcar Endurance Championship. On the Spa circuit, Olivier Bertels/Nick van Pelt in the Audi RS 3 LMS won the Supersport category with a two-lap lead. Audi customers celebrated several podium finishes at the third round of TCR China. On the Zhejiang circuit, Lai Jingwen in the Audi RS 3 LMS of the 326 Racing Team was the second-best amateur driver in the first championship sprint ahead of Fu Bin in the Audi of Jiren Motorsport. Lai Jingwen again finished the second race as second-best amateur. In the Challenge category, Zhang Qianshang won the first race in the RevX Racing Audi ahead of Liu Zichen in the 326 Racing Team Audi. The second competition was won by Liu Zichen ahead of Zhang Qianshang. Zhang now has a six-point lead over Liu in the standings. Audi Team Show Apex achieved a podium result in the fourth round of the Super Taikyu Series. The Audi RS 3 LMS of Genki Nishimura/Ryosuke Kagami/Takahiro Kimura/Shigetomo Shimono finished third in the TCR classification after four hours of racing on the Sugo circuit.Coming up in the next weeks11–13/07 Mugello (I), round 2, Campionato Italiano GT Sprint11–13/07 Nürburgring (D), round 3, ADAC GT Masters11–13/07 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CDN), round 6, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge11–13/07 Fuji (J), round 4, GT World Challenge Asia12–13/07 Red Bull Ring (A), round 3, Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy18–20/07 Virginia (USA), round 5, GT America18–20/07 Misano (I), round 3, GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup18–20/07 Misano (I), round 4, GT4 European Series powered by Rafa Racing Club18–20/07 Le Castellet (F), round 5, International GT Open