Audi R8 LMS At F1 Grand Prix circuit Fotos
Audi R8 LMS At F1 Grand Prix circuit Fotos
Audi R8 LMS At F1 Grand Prix circuit Sepang Malaysia Report
The 11th copy of the Merdeka Millennium Endurance chase happens this weekend at Sepang (flag off on Saturday midnight), and the antagonism is accepting tougher. Petronas Syntium Aggregation (PST) is the arresting best afterward a 1-2 accomplishment at aftermost year’s race, but it won’t be accessible for the Super Taikyu alternation pacesetters (four wins out of four so far) to absorb their “home race” title.
“The affection of the participants will absolutely add to the akin of antagonism we will be up against. This year, we are abiding to booty on the claiming in the new GT-Class with the two BMW Z4M Coupes. Attractive at the akin of antagonism in the class, it will be difficult to apprehend a echo of the absurd accomplishment we accomplished actuality aftermost year. Notwithstanding, anybody on the aggregation has been alive adamantine advancing for this chase and we are optimistic that we can be competitive,” said David Wong, PST Aggregation Principal.
PST’s claiming will be spearheaded by 27-year old Malaysian Fariqe Hairuman who will be abutting by adolescent Malaysian Melvin Moh Chun-Ho in his MME debut. Additionally active car No. 1 is accomplished Japanese Tatsuya Kataoka. In car No. 28 Masataka Yanagida and Nobuteru Taniguchi will drive with Malaysian amateur Imran Zaharias Shaharom.
They should be up adjoin a able aggregation in Audi Chase Experience Aggregation Joest, which will accompany their Le Mans acceptable Audi R8 LMS actuality for its Asian debut. This Audi works aggregation will additionally avowal two above LeMans winners in drivers Frank Biela and Marco Werner. They will be abutting by above MME and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia best Daryl O’ Young.
“Yes, we accept some big names. Frank won it (Le Mans) 5 times as a disciplinarian and I did it 3 times. Anybody says we are the baton in the race, but I see ourselves as a beginner,” said Werner. “The ambit is new for us, not alone for the drivers, but additionally for the team. I’m new to the GT class. I did alone 5 or 6 contest with the R8, mostly on the Nurburgring, but there is a huge aberration back compared to antagonism on an F1 Grand Prix ambit like this one actuality in Sepang,” he added.
Partner Biela aggregate the aforementioned tone. “When you appear actuality it looks appealing easy, but back we went out there, we apparent that award a acceptable accent is not as accessible as it seems back you’re attractive at it for the aboriginal time,” he said.
