Mark Blundell, Zak Brown, Richard Dean and Eddie Cheever drove their Audi R8 LMS to third place in the GT3 class in the traditional 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps.
As a result, the newly formed team United Autosports achieved a podium finish in its debut 24-hour race. The second United Autosports R8 LMS with Stefan Johansson, Alain Li, Mark Patterson and Emil Assentato at the wheel finished fourth. For a long time two Audi customer teams led the GT3 class. Stéphane Ortelli, Kurt Mollekens, Stéphane Lemeret and François Verbist fell back down the field in the WRT Belgian Audi Club R8 LMS in the 19th hour of the race due to technical problems. Anthony Kumpen, Marcel Fässler, Lucas Luhr and Mike Rockenfeller (Phoenix Racing) retired just after half-distance due to a collision.
Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours Results
1 Dumas/Bergmeister/Ragginger/Henzler (Porsche) 541 laps
2 Narac/Long/Pilet/Lietz (Porsche) + 1m 16.822s
3 Werner/Müller/Adorf (BMW) – 1 lap
4 Müller/Lamy/Alzen (BMW) – 7 laps
5 Waltrip/Cadei/Kauffmann/Cioci (Ferrari) – 22 laps
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9 Blundell/Brown/Dean/Cheever (Audi R8 LMS) – 38 laps
10 Johansson/Li/Patterson/Assentato (Audi R8 LMS) – 40 laps
13 Ortelli/Mollekens/Lemeret/Verbist (Audi R8 LMS) – 44 laps
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- United Autosports aims to give Audi successful British GT Championship debut
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