Brazilian GT: Audi Top Service Ebrahim Motors ready for round 1 at São Paulo

By Tarek Ramchani

The 2013 Brazilain GT Championship will kick off this weekend at São Paulo. A single Audi R8 LMS ultra will take part in the event, with support from Audi Brazil.

Ebrahim Motors has raced with the Audi R8 LMS in the last two season of the Brazilian GT Championship. Strong performances from the privateer team, but also very bad luck many times as well. The team updated their car to ultra specification in the middle of 2012.

Ebrahim Motors will be the official Audi Brazil dealer team for 2013. The #20 Audi R8 LMS ultra (2012 specification model) will have a factory silver and red paint scheme and will carry the Audi Top Service sponsorship. A step ahead for a team managed and run by the Ebrahim brothers, Fábio and Wagner. With this kind of recognition, the Audi team will target the overall championship title.

The first round will be held on the streets of São Paulo, at the temporary Anhembi Circuit supporting the IndyCar Series. We wish the best of luck to Ebrahim Motors and their Audi R8 LMS ultra.

Photo credit: Audi Brazil official Facebook

Consistent and strong Audi R8 LMS results in Brazilian GT round 1

By Johan Laubscher

The Brazilian GT series has gotten a facelift for 2012, a new website, logo and a new Facebook page. The first round of the series got under way this past weekend at Santa Cruz in Brazil. One Audi R8 LMS is present in the 2012 Brazilian GT championship, entered by Ebrahim Motors and driven by Fábio and Wagner Ebrahim. The pair qualified well taking second position on the grid for both of the weekend’s races. Race one was yet another wet race after a massive rain shower just after the race had started. Just like the first FIA GT1 and FIA GT3 races at Zolder on the same Saturday the track began to dry. The R8 LMS was very fast in the wet. The Ebrahims finished second after having held the lead the entire race until loosing the lead on the penultimate lap to the factory BMW Z4 team. Race two took place in warm and dry conditions. The Ebrahim R8 LMS spent the race in second position with a spirited drive in the closing stages to catch the leader but eventually had to settle for second position. A very good weekend, two second places and the overall championship lead in Brazil for the Ebrahim pairing.

The photos are hosted at PortalGT's flickr

More information:
Brazilian GT (PortalGT) website
Brazilian GT (PortalGT) FB page
Brazilian GT (PortalGT) flickr