BES: Brothers Racing Team Audi R8 LMS ultra heading to the Blancpain Endurance Series

By Johan Laubscher

Brothers Racing Team (BRT) from China will be entering the Blancpain Endurance Series this year, joining a number of Audi Sport customer racing teams already entered for the European series.

Earlier during 2014 it was announced that the Brothers Racing Team will be increasing their involvement with Audi Sport customer racing during 2014. The Chinese team fielded a two-car team in the 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup and will be increasing that number up to four cars in the 2014 edition of the Chinese Audi one-make series and also competing in European GT events.

BRT was out testing their Audi R8 LMS ultra at Silverstone recently (pictured above). “Franky” Cheng Congfu and Sun Zheng have already been mentioned as two of the team’s three drivers for the Blancpain Endurance Series.

More can be read at Endurance-Info.com original news post HERE.

The 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series will be getting underway at Monza from 11-13 April.

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Audi R8 LMS Cup
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Audi R8 LMS Cup: Audi China forms motorsport partnership with Chinese racing team BRT

Audi R8 LMS Cup Press Release

• Audi China forms motorsport partnership with Chinese racing team BRT
• Cooperation supports internationalization of Chinese motorsport
• Audi China driver “Franky” Cheng Congfu to race for BRT in Europe
• BRT to field four cars in the 2014 Audi R8 LMS Cup

Beijing, January 21, 2014 – Audi Sport customer racing China has entered into a partnership with Brothers Racing Team (BRT) for the 2014 motorsport season. Audi will provide operational support and training for this year’s extended international motorsport program of the Chinese racing team. The cooperation also includes a driver exchange program. Audi China driver “Franky” Cheng Congfu is scheduled to race an Audi R8 LMS ultra for BRT in European GT competitions.

“BRT is one of the most ambitious racing teams in China and we are very happy to form this new partnership with them. Audi and BRT share the vision of further developing motorsport in China and are both committed to offer new opportunities to Chinese drivers to compete on the world stage”, says Rene Koneberg, Director of Audi Sport customer racing Asia. “We are looking forward to further advance the internationalization of Chinese motorsport, together with Audi as our strong partner”, commented BRT founder “Ricky” Ren Wei.

As part of the extended cooperation, BRT will field a record four cars in this year’s Audi R8 LMS Cup, compared to two cars in the 2013 season. The Audi R8 LMS Cup was founded in 2012 and is the first brand cup of Audi worldwide. The Asia-based competition will visit China, South Korea, Japan and Malaysia in 2014, including support races for the German Touring Car Championship, DTM, and the WEC in China.

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