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In European touring car racing, an Audi Sport customer team put in a convincing performance at the highest European level. At the TCR Europe season opener in Portugal, Team Clairet Sport took the lead of the standings after a victory. Further successes for the Audi RS 3 LMS as well as the GT3 and GT4 versions of the Audi R8 LMS on several continents rounded off the results in April.
- Jimmy Clairet leads the TCR Europe standings in an Audi RS 3 LMS
- Worldwide podium results for the Audi R8 LMS in GT3 racing
- Audi R8 LMS GT4 with class win in Italy
Successful start to the European season: TCR Europe is very well positioned for the 2025 season debut in Portimão. With 21 drivers, eleven teams and five manufacturers, the pan-European racing series has a strong grid. Audi is one of the most popular brands in the field with six RS 3 LMS cars from the customer teams Clairet Sport, Aikoa Racing and PMA Motorsport. Jimmy Clairet already showed a bold performance in qualifying: The Frenchman secured pole position with a lead of 46 thousandths of a second over fellow Audi driver Felice Jelmini from PMA Motorsport. While Jelmini retired after a collision, Clairet built up a 3.7-second lead over the course of 15 laps to become the first winner of the season. In the Youth category, Canadian Nicolas Taylor finished second for PMA Motorsport, while Nicola Baldan from Aikoa Racing won the Diamond category in another Audi. In the second race, the Italian Baldan was the second-best Diamond driver. Jimmy Clairet leads the overall TCR Europe standings by three points from Cupra driver Jenson Brickley, with Teddy Clairet in an Audi a further twelve points behind in third. After the first of six events, Team Clairet Sport leads the team standings by 22 points, while Nicola Baldan is second in the Diamond classification. At the second round of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, the Audi RS 3 LMS was once again among the fastest touring cars in different categories. Møller Bil Motorsport from Norway won the TCR classification with Håkon Schjærin, Atle Gulbrandsen and Kenneth Østvold with a one-lap lead ahead of Team Goroyan RT by sharky-racing with Nathanaël Berthon/Danny Brink/Artur Goroyan. In the AT 3 class, Max Kruse Racing with Benjamin Cartery/Timo Hochwind/Nicholas Otto came out on top with a gap of 3m37s in another Audi RS 3 LMS. In the TCR Asia Series in Shanghai, Zhang Qianshang from RevX Racing won the first race in an Audi RS 3 LMS ahead of Liu Zichen in an Audi from the 326 Racing Team. In the second race, victory went to Liu Zichen, while Zhang Qianshang finished third. In the TCR China Championship, which was also held in Shanghai, Wu Yifan took second place in the first sprint in an Audi RS 3 LMS entered by the Zhejiang 326 Racing Team. In the second sprint, second place in the Am classification went to his teammate Lai Jinwen.
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