After a victory in Abu Dhabi 6H the week before and a ⚙️ good preparation through the week despite lot of challenges and surprises, the 🔵⚪️⚫️ #188 Audi Sport RS3 LMS TCR II crew clearly shew the motivation and aim of winning again the classic winter endurance race. ⚡️ Drivers lineup was very strong with Ivars Vallers, James Kaye, Thierry Chkondali and the two young Paul Sieljes and Kobe Pauwels.
We worked hard to set the car for a strong pace in the race, but despite a lot of ⏱ good lap times in practice sessions and the pole position in the TCR category / 2nd place in the TCE class, luck was not with us 😞 this year... An earlier contact after 1 hour of race with a GT3 which missed his braking point left us 5 laps behing the leader. We were back at the 🔝 top of the field fighting for the lead, but unfortunately the power steering assist broke ⛔️ in the night after 12 hours of racing. With no spare parts, we had to retire the car...
Thanks to all the drivers and the AC Motorsport team for the big work done, and congrats to James Kaye for the win of the 🏆 Drivers Middle East title!
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