Video: Audi vs Lamborghini titanic battle for the lead at Zolder

By Tarek Ramchani

Circuit Zolder in Belgium hosted the second round of the FIA GT Series last weekend. The main Championship Race on sunday saw an epic battle for the lead, which whent to the checkered flag. The battle was between the Audi R8 LMS ultra (Belgian Audi Club Team WRT) of local hero, Laurens Vanthoor, and the Lamborghini Gallardo (Reiter Engineering) of Slovakian driver Stephan Rozina. Audi didn't win in the end, but here is an extraordinary and very fair fight to the finish line, one of the most exciting GT battles in recent years.

Photo credit: SRO / FIA GT Series

5 Cylinder Glory: Audi Coupe at Zolder

By Tarek Ramchani

Audi and Belgium is such a great story. The brand of the Four Rings has a great racing heritage in the country with multiple wins in national Belgian motorsport series. Here is an iconic and legendary car. It is an Audi Coupe from Nothelle-Kamei. This car has a very special connection to the modern Audi Sport family. Henri Lotterer, father of Andre Lotterer the two times Le Mans 24 Hours overall winner with Audi, was part of the team behind this car. Mr Lotterer was heavily involved with the assembly of the car’s engine, which ensured that the car was amazingly quick and loud. It is a 2.0L engine producing around 240 bhp. Here are two nice videos made by Belgian-Motorsport.com about this great looking car. The first video is from last April with Lotterer himself driving the car, the second is from the end of August. Enjoy the 5 Cylinders symphony.

More information:
Photo gallery of the Audi Coupe Kamei

WRT and Audi on pole at Zolder 24 Hours

By Tarek Ramchani 

The Zolder 24 Hours is this weekend, the 34th edition of this Belgian endurance event. A single Audi R8 LMS ultra is entering the race from Belgian Audi Club Team WRT.

Team WRT Audi achieved a well deserved pole position for the race tomorrow after a very fraught qualifying session. The Belgian team had a fantastic three-way battle with the BMW Z4 GT3 of Marc VDS and the Porsche 997 GT3 R from ProSpeed Competition. The defending champions in this event are entering the #32 R8 LMS ultra which is shared by four strong drivers: Laurens Vanthoor and Anthony Kumpen both from Belgium, accompanied by Edward Sandström from Sweden and Audi factory driver Marco Bonanomi from Italy.

Only three GT3 cars are on the entry list. The three cars are from the top three Belgian GT teams. They will be the big favorites for the overall win. The other competitors are mainly smaller prototypes called CN, the best of these are three seconds down on the pole setting Audi.

The race start is set for tomorrow at 4:00 PM local time. Good luck to WRT.

Qualifying session times

Photo credit: Fabrice Bergenhuizen / Endurance-Info.com

Audi 50 at Zolder Race Festival

By Tarek Ramchani

Circuit Zolder in Belgium hosted the Youngtimer Trophy a week ago. The event was part of the Zolder Race Festival. Very beautiful and glorious Audi 50 cars were at the event. Here are some nice photos from our friends at Speed-O-Graphica.

More information:
Speed-O-Graphica official website
Speed-O-Graphica official Facebook
Circuit Zolder official website