Successful debut of the Audi TT RS
VLN: The new Audi TT RS, which may possibly extend the Audi customer sport program in the future, made a successful debut. Christoph Breuer, Marc Hennerici and Christopher Mies achieved a much-noted eighth place overall and victory in the SP 4T class at the ninth round of the Endurance Championship. On its first laps on the legendary Nürburgring-Nordschleife the prototype fielded by the Raeder Motorsport team, which is jointly developed by the Technical Development (TE) and Production divisions of AUDI AG and quattro GmbH, immediately ran without the slightest technical problem.
Nürburgring, October 16, VLN Endurance Championship, round 9
1 Jäger/Haase (Mercedes) 20 laps in 3h 26m 47.163s
2 Bernhard/Klasen/Luhr (Porsche) + 24.202s
3 Adorf/Müller (BMW) + 1m 45.520s
4 Weiss/Kainz/Jacobs (Porsche) + 5m 40.191s
5 Busch/Busch (Porsche) + 6m 21.283s
6 Breslin/Breslin/Heyer (Audi R8 LMS) + 7m 09.684s
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8 Breuer/Mies/Hennerici (Audi TT RS) + 7m 57.074s
26 Werner/Hübner/von Saurma-Jeltsch (Audi R8 LMS) - 1 lap
Standings after 9 of 10 rounds: 1 Merten and Silvester, 77.54 points each; 3 Leisen, Knechtges and Böhm, 76.18 each.
Next race: Nürburgring (D), October 30