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november 25, 2020 - Audi
Audi ready for the finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge
Audi will face the world GT3 sports car elite for the last time this year at the #kyalami race track between #johannesburg and #pretoria from December 10 to 12, 2020. After three major #endurance races in Australia, the USA and Europe, the #kyalami 9 Hour race will complete the 2020 season in the #intercontinentalgtchallenge (IGTC). Three Audi Sport race cars and a privately used R8 LMS represent the brand in #southafrica.
The traditional #kyalami 9 Hour #event, which was revived last year, inspired participants and audience alike. “The varied circuit in #southafrica has prepared an exciting race for us and also marks the finale of a demanding season in the IGTC in 2020,” says #chrisreinke, Head of Audi Sport customer #racing. “We are third position in the manufacturers classification and are doing our utmost to improve our position.” Audi Sport Team WRT from Belgium, which has already won 24-hour races, other major competitions and dozens of championships with the R8 LMS, is preparing two race cars. #markuswinkelhock, currently fifth in the standings and the best-placed driver of the four rings, shares a cockpit with his Audi Sport driver colleagues #driesvanthoor and #kelvinvanderlinde. In the Belgian outfit’s second car, Charles Weerts has a chance to prove himself alongside Audi Sport drivers #fredericvervisch and #mirkobortolotti. At 19 years of age, privateer Weerts is the youngest ever driver to win the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, a feat he achieved in October in one of the most fiercely contested GT3 #racing series in Europe.
Audi Sport Team Car Collection completes the line-up of Audi Sport customer #racing in #southafrica with another R8 LMS. There, the Audi Sport drivers Mattia Drudi, Christopher Haase and Patric Niederhauser take turns in the cockpit. Last year, Christopher Haase and #markuswinkelhock in fourth place at #kyalami missed the podium by just six seconds. Peter Schmidt’s team, which has years of experience in #endurance #racing, will also be entering an #audir8lms for a private driver line-up yet to be determined.
After the #audir8lms attracted a lot of attention last year with its eye-catching zebra design created exclusively for #kyalami, the three Audi Sport #racing cars will again receive unique liveries for the finale this year, which will reflect the colors of #southafrica. The drivers can look forward to a varied 4.522-kilometer circuit with significant changes in elevation and 16 corners with very different radii. Its layout made many exciting situations and overtaking maneuvers possible twelve months ago. The #kyalami 9 Hour race will be streamed live on www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com on 12 December from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (CET).
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