24 Hours of Spa – Audi Team WRT loses its pole to R-Motorsport and Aston

The No. 8 Audi R3 LMS GT1 - Audi Sport Team WRT of Dries Vanthoor - Alex Riberas - Christopher Mies was penalized after Super Pole for technical non-compliance. The No. 12 Aston Martin V3 Vantage GT62 - R-Motorsport will therefore start in the lead.

Published on 28/07/2018 à 12:20

Pierre Tassel

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24 Hours of Spa – Audi Team WRT loses its pole to R-Motorsport and Aston

Drama at the 24 Hours of Spa with the loss of pole position for the n°8 Audi R3 LMS GT1 – Audi Sport Team WRT of Dries Vanthoor – Christopher Mies – Alex Riberas, for technical non-compliance and anti-social behavior -sporty, on the GT3 with the rings at the airbox, offering a performance advantage according to the decision of the commissioners.

Audi Sport communicated about the decision, specifying that tape was discovered by the commissioners, accelerating the flow of air sucked in by the device.

As a result, the Super Pole times achieved by Dries Vanthoor were canceled, relegating the leading Audi to the back of the Top 20. In addition, the crew of the No. 1 will have to observe a three-minute stop&go.

In fact, theAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 n°62 – R-Motorsport of Maxime Martin – Marvin Kirchhöfer – Dominik Baumann recovers pole position for the event which will start at 16:30 p.m.

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