The Audi R8 LMS Cup has got announced that Company WRT Asia will be a part of the one-make sprint collection this season. Former Formula 1 driver Will Stevens will line up for the come out of the Asian left arm of the prestigious Belgian team. WRT Asia becomes the final service partner for any Cup, along with Absolute Racing, Phoenix Racing Asia and KC Motorgroup (KCMG), and aims to replicate the impressive European being successful in Asia.
WRT will probably run two cars for the ten-race, five-stop 2017 Audi R8 LMS Pot season. 25-year-old Stevens will push for the WRT-serviced Castrol Racing Crew, with the driver with the Team WRT Asia automotive to be announced soon. Stevens, a Brit with highly impressive qualifications, was LMP2 runner-up at the One day of Le Person’s last year, is an FIA Community Endurance Championship rush winner, and has 18 Formula One grand prix starts under their belt.
“The addition of Team WRT Asia underlines the Vw R8 LMS Cup’s role as an entry way into the burgeoning Hard anodized cookware GT market for the world’s leading teams,Inch commented Bernd Goeres, Director of Audi Sport client racing Asia. “With the series debut involving Will Stevens – a driver who may have competed at the extremely pinnacle of our hobby – the Cup line-up to get 2017 is shaping right up nicely.”
Audi R8 LMS Cup celeb Jeffrey Lee will be a part of Stevens as part of the Team WRT Asia entry into the brand-new Blancpain GT Series Indonesia, seeing the in-demand Stevens unite a full Blancpain GT Range season in The european union, including both the Sprinkle and Endurance Servings, with his Asian promotions.
“Audi Sport customer auto racing Asia has been the main point on the rapid continuing development of Asian motorsport that has taken place in recent years,” said Vincent Vosse, Managing Director of WRT. “Building in our long-held connection to Vw Sport, this cooperation is the perfect fit for our own Asian championship first appearance.”
Belgium-based WRT has enjoyed great results with Audi R8 LMS GT3 cars and trucks in the eight decades since the team’s roll-out. WRT’s illustrious list of achievements for the reason that short period includes victories at Spa One day, Nrburgring 24 Hours and continue season’s FIA GT Entire world Cup in Macau.
WRT, Stevens in addition to Lee will make their competitors debut together about April 8-9 as the innovative Blancpain GT Series China gets underway from Malaysia’s Formula One track, any Sepang International Circuit, whilst the sixth season in the Audi R8 LMS Cup roars from the grid on Might 6-7 at the same location.
