Audi continues to dominate the world of endurance racing by scoring a perfect one-two victory at the Spa 24 Hours race held over the weekend at the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit. This victory achieved by Audi R8s complement Audi Motorsport’s other major successes during the past 70 days, including victories at the Nurburgring and Le Mans. Amazing performance.

The Spa race saw  two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars beating the competition – comprising of brands like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Ferrari, McLaren and… – after 509 laps of the 7.004-kilometre track. The R8s were amazing, no doubt. But the rain also did them a big favour, slowing down the rear-wheel-drive rivals, while letting Audi drivers to unleash their four-wheel-drive machines.

The race-winning car was driven by Andrea Piccini (I), René Rast (D) and Frank Stippler (D) from Audi Sport Team Phoenix, followed by Christopher Haase (D) Christopher Mies (D) and Stéphane Ortelli (MC) from Audi Sport Team WRT in the second car.

“Winning three 24-hour races within just 71 days is another milestone in the successful motorsport history of our company,” said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich after the historic triumph. “The field at Spa was unique and enormously competitive. There were more than 20 vehicles in contention for victory. In the end, the combination of quality, reliability and speed for which Audi is knownprevailed yet again. Everybody who was involved in achieving this historic triple can be proud – first and foremost of course our teams and drivers, but naturally all of our employees in Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm and Biberach as well.”