Neuburg a. d. Donau, May 7, 2018 – The customer teams of #Audi Sport customer #racing came out on top and clinched further podium places in some of the world’s most challenging series again last weekend. #Audi #R8LMS GT3 Perfect showing in the #unitedkingdom: The second race weekend in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup went perfectly for the customer teams of #Audi Sport at Brands Hatch. Belgian Dries Vanthoor and his British driver colleague Will Stevens won race one in the #Audi #R8LMS for Belgian #Audi Club Team WRT. Their teammates, Alex Riberas/Christopher Mies, trailed them with a gap of 1.195 seconds in second position. In round two, the #Audi R8 MS even achieved a 1- 2-3 win, with another British campaigner, Stuart Leonard, claiming victory. He shared the cockpit with Frédéric Vervisch. Half a second later, Riberas/Mies took second place once again. Third position went to Steijn Schothorst/Kelvin van der Linde who four weeks earlier had scored their first win with Team Attempto #racing in the opener at Zolder. Stuart Leonard is leading the standings with a 1.5-point advantage ahead of van der Linde/Schothorst. Riberas/Mies are ranked in position three. Victory and podium places in Australia: In round two of the Victorian State Circuit #racing Championships on the circuit of Phillip Island, Vince Muriti clinched his first victory this season. The Australian in his #Audi #R8LMS ultra won race one in the Australian state of Victoria, achieved second place in round two and, finishing the following competition in third position, secured another trophy. Ryan How as the runner-up in race three was another customer of #Audi Sport to finish on podium. #Audi #R8LMS GT4 To be continued: As previously in the GT4 European Cup season opener, Milan Dontje and Nicolaj Møller Madsen again won a race in the second event at Brands Hatch. Both were promoted from the #Audi Sport TT Cup. In race one, the Dutch-Danish pairing prevailed in a field of 46 GT4 entrants in the #Audi #R8LMS GT4 of Team Phoenix #racing.
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