Audi Sport announces its line-up for the Total 24 Hours of Spa

Audi Sport announces its line-up for the Total 24 Hours of Spa

The Audi Sport customer racing driver line-up for Total 24 Hours of Spa has been confirmed: twelve international drivers compete with four factory-supported Audi R8 LMS cars in the second round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. In addition, six other privately entered Audi R8 LMS cars will race. The aim: to take the fourth victory after 2011, 2012 and 2014. The race takes place on July 29 and 30 on the Belgian Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

The Total 24 Hours of Spa count towards the Blancpain GT Series as well as the Intercontinental GT Challenge. “We are sending our four factory-supported race cars to compete under the supervision of experienced teams who regularly contest the Blancpain GT Series”, says Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing. “Together we have drawn up promising combinations of drivers that should enable us to fight for victory in the Ardennes.”

Audi Sport Team WRT has taken part in the event as a factory-supported team ever since 2011. I.S.R. Racing from the Czech Republic and Saintéloc Racing from France are given this status for the first time ever in Spa. Three experienced professionals alternate in every car. In René Rast, Frank Stippler and Markus Winkelhock, there are three veterans on board who have already won the endurance classic with Audi. In addition to this line-up, Belgian Club Team WRT is set to enter privately four more Audi R8 LMS cars. I.S.R. Racing and Saintéloc Racing each plan to compete with one additional race car.

Audi Sport customer racing supports the following teams

Audi Sport Team I.S.R.

Pierre Kaffer/Kelvin van der Linde/Frank Stippler (D/ZA/D)

Audi Sport Team Saintéloc

Jules Gounon/Christopher Haase/Markus Winkelhock (F/D/D)

Audi Sport Team WRT

René Rast/Nico Müller/Antonio García (D/CH/E)

Christopher Mies/Connor De Phillippi/Frédéric Vervisch (D/USA/B)