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may 22, 2018 - Audi
FIA WTCR Zandvoort: Second win of the season for Audi Sport
Zandvoort/Neuburg a. d. Donau, May 21, 2018 – Who dares wins: the Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team mastered every challenge in its stride at round four of the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup.
The three races at Zandvoort had many highs and a few lows in store for the Belgian team with the first pole position, an engine change, last place on the grid, a tactical withdrawal, two fastest race laps and 85 points in total. While Jean-Karl Vernay celebrated his second victory of the season after winning a race in the opening round in Morocco, his team mate #gordonshedden was best Audi Sport driver in the first two races.
On his best race weekend so far with Audi Sport, #gordonshedden established himself in the top group from the first qualifying session. Third on the grid and fourth in race one were his personal season-best performances. The Scot subsequently fought his way from eighth on the grid to take sixth in the second race and was again best Audi driver. In the third race, Shedden finished fifth. Jean-Karl Vernay meanwhile needed strong nerves in the Netherlands. After taking fifth place in race one, his team discovered an irregularity in the camshaft drive and decided to make a precautionary engine change. The consequence was that he was demoted to the back of the grid for the second race. The following morning, the Frenchman took the first pole position of the year for Audi. In the second race, he set the fastest race lap from last place, but he withdrew after five laps.
The chances of making up positions too low, and the risk of damaging his car in the process too high. Instead he started the final race with a perfect Audi RS 3 LMS from pole position. A decision that paid dividends: Vernay set the fastest lap on the way to winning by 1.1 seconds. “The team, our drivers and our engineers were faced with tough decisions in Zandvoort,” said #chrisreinke, Head of Audi Sport customer #racing. “They kept a steady hand and overcame every challenge thrown at them.
The reward was a victory and 85 valuable points in the drivers’ classifications.”
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