The Audi Sport crews planned for the 8H. of California

Team WRT and Team Land share the six Audi Sport drivers for the 8 Hours of California, the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Published on 21/03/2019 à 12:23

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The Audi Sport crews planned for the 8H. from California

The new Audi R8 LMS EVO will make its first appearance in the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) during the 8 Hours of California (March 28-29). The second round of the 2019 season will see two examples of the German GT3 allocated to Audi Sport factory drivers.

#IntGTC NEWSFLASH

Last season's #Cal8H top-two – Land Motorsport and Team WRT – will again represent @audisport at @WeatherTechRcwy on March 28-30. And they're both armed with the new R8 LMS GT3 Evo!

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— Intercontinental GT Challenge (@IntercontGTC) March 21, 2019

Victorious last year when the event marked the end of the 2018 season, Team Land will retain two of the three title holders, namely Kelvin van der Linde and Christopher Mies. They will be joined by Markus Winkelhock.

The Team WRT structure will trust the Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Frédéric Vervisch. These two will welcome the German in their car Christopher Haase. Their task will be to get back on track after a very lackluster 12 Hours of Bathurst (Australia). Audi had only scored three small points.

Held on the Laguna Seca circuit, the 8 Hours of California will begin on Friday March 29 with a “shootout” qualifying session to determine the first 15 places. The race will launch on Saturday March 30 at 16h French time.