Nurburgring 24 Hours: First pictures of the Audi R8 LMS cars

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Here is our first set of shots coming from the Nurburgring. The top Audi R8 LMS in Qualifying 1 was #100 Team ABT Sportsline with Mattias Ekstrom, Oliver Jarvis, Timo Scheider and Marco Werner where they snagged 5th with a 9:38.334. The #2 Team ABT Sportsline reeled in 7th followed by the #98 Phoenix Racing car in 9th. Pole went to the #43 Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F430.

The Audi R8 LMS customer teams in the 2010 Nürburgring 24 Hours

Team ABT Sportsline (2 vehicles)

Audi R8 LMS #2
Christian Abt (D)
Emmanuel Collard (F)
Lucas Luhr (D)
Christopher Mies (D)

Audi R8 LMS #100
Mattias Ekström (S)
Oliver Jarvis (GB)
Timo Scheider (D)
Marco Werner (D)

Black Falcon (2 vehicles)

Audi R8 LMS #102
Sean Paul Breslin (GB)
Christer Jöns (D)
Kenneth Heyer (D)
Johannes Stuck (D)

Audi R8 LMS #111
Michael Ammermüller (D)
Sean-Patrick Breslin (GB)
Vimal Mehta (EAT)
Rob Wilson (NZ)

Phoenix Racing (3 vehicles)

Audi R8 LMS #97
Marc Bronzel (D)
Luca Ludwig (D)
Dennis Rostek (D)
Markus Winkelhock (D)

Audi R8 LMS #98
Marc Basseng (D)
Mike Rockenfeller (D)
Frank Stippler (D)
Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)

Audi R8 LMS #99
Frank Biela (D)
Pierre Kaffer (D)
Marcel Fässler (CH)
Marc Hennerici (D)

The 24-hour race schedule

Thursday, May 13
13:00–14:30 Free practice
16:00–17:00 Autograph session, Ring Boulevard
19:30–23:30 Qualifying 1

Friday, May 14
10:30–11:30 Meet the Audi Teams
12:45–14:45 Qualifying 2

Saturday, May 15
11:30–12:30 Driver parade
12:30–14:10 Grid formation
14:40 Start of formation lap
15:00 Start

Sunday, May 16
15:00 Finish

TV schedule

Thursday, May 13
12:00–14:00 Sport1, preliminary reports and free practice (live)
16:00–16:15 Sport1, intermediate reports (live)
22:30–00:00 Sport1, qualifying 1 (live)

Friday, May 14
22:30–00:00 Sport1, highlights

Saturday, May 15
12:15–13:30 Sport1, grid formation
14:00–15:55 Sport1, start (live)
19:15–20:00 Sport1, race (live)
22:30–23:00 Sport1, race (live)

Sunday, May 16
07:00–11:00 Sport1, race (live)
13:00–16:00 Sport1, finish (live)





Looking for more? Have a look below.

  1. Seven Audi R8 LMS cars at the Nürburgring 24 Hours
  2. DTM: Audi increases lead in DTM Barcelona qualifying duel with 6 cars in top 10
  3. DTM: Audi with two cars in front at the Norisring
  4. 24hr Nurburgring: All Audi R8 LMS cars in top six
  5. 2009 24 Hour at the Nurburgring schedule


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