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STANDINGS
ENDURANCE
The Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR created a
sensation during the ADAC 24-hour race
at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Not only did the Mathilda Racing Golf of
Andreas Gülden, Benjamin Leuchter,
Constantin Kletzer and Dennis Wüsthoff
win the TCR class, it also finished the
race in an impressive 29th position
overall. It was by far the best-placed
Touring Car, leaving behind far more
powerful machines - that ran under more
liberal regulations - and many GT cars.
The winning Golf completed 142 laps of
the 25.5-kilometre road course, six more
than the Bonk Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS
driven by Hermann Bonk, Max Partl and
Rainer Partl that ranked second in the
class and 48th overall.
The third round of the
Super Taikyu series was the
4-hour race at Suzuka,
where the Adenau Golf
team joined the TCR class
running a Volkswagen Golf
GTI, which raised the
entries to five.
For the third time, pole
position was won by the
Audi Team DreamDrive Audi
RS3 LMS driven by Shozo
Tagahara, Takuya Shirasaka
and Naoto Takeda, while
Phillippe Devesa and Shogo
Honda pips Audi at Suzuka
Golf TCR creates sensation at the Nürburgring
Mitsuyama qualified the
Golf in second position.
The race saw the five
cars having a close fight
for all four hours. The
Audi Team DreamDrive
car was leading with
twenty minutes left on
the clock, when it had
to pit with a flat tyre,
handing victory to the
Motul Dome Racing
Project Honda Civic
shared by Takuya
Kurosawa, Keishi
Ishikawa and Hiroki
Kato. This was the
second win for them out
of the three races held
so far, and the third for
Honda.
The next round will be
the 3-hour race at
Autopolis on July 14-16.