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Audi confirms DTM stars at Nürburgring 24h

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Audi have entered no less than four Audi R8 LMS cars for the legendary Nürburgring 24 hour race on May the 23/24th. ABT Sportsline and Phoenix Racing will field two cars each. Regular DTM drivers Mike Rockenfeller, Mattias Ekstrom and Timo Scheider are going to drive the race along side Audi stars like Christian Abt, Marcel Fassler, Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela.

The large entry for the race is to mark the introduction of the new Audi R8 LMS as well as giving the car a test in order to see where they are compared to the opposition, as Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich explains.

“The Nürburgring-Nordschleife is considered one of the world’s toughest and most demanding race tracks. Similar to Sebring for the sports prototypes, it is superbly suited for revealing the final improvement potential of any new race car.

This is exactly what we’re planning to do at the 24-hour race before delivering the R8 LMS to customers, starting this fall.”

One of the cars will carry the 100 race number, in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the famous Audi brand. Here is the complete line up:



Audi R8 LMS #97 (ABT Sportsline)


Christian Abt (D)


Jean-François Hemroulle (B)


Pierre Kaffer (D)


Lucas Luhr (D)




Audi R8 LMS #98 (Phoenix Racing)


Marc Basseng (D)


Frank Stippler (D)


Mike Rockenfeller (D)




Audi R8 LMS #99 (Phoenix Racing)


Frank Biela (D)


Marcel Fässler (CH)


Emanuele Pirro (I)


Hans-Joachim Stuck (A)




Audi R8 LMS #100 (ABT Sportsline)


Mattias Ekström (S)


Timo Scheider (D)


Marco Werner (D)

The cars will first hit the Nordschleife track on Thursday the 21st of May for the first free practice session, while the race will start at 16.00 CET.