A selection of great photos from Team Novdriver at Monza. The Portuguese team performed well with their #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra in the two International GT Open races.
Our GT Open Monza report is here.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
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Showing posts with label International GT Open. Show all posts
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
PHOTOS: Team Novadriver Audi R8 LMS ultra in GT Open at Monza
A selection of great photos from Team Novdriver at Monza. The Portuguese team performed well with their #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra in the two International GT Open races.
Our GT Open Monza report is here.
Sunday, 28 September 2014
GT Open: Double top ten class results for Team Novadriver at Monza
By Johan Laubscher
Monza hosted the seventh and penultimate round of the International GT Open this weekend. Team Novadriver from Portugal took part with their #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra driven by season regulars, César Campaniço and Aditya Patel.
Qualifying saw the Audi duo taking fourteenth overall and ninth in the GTS (GT3) class for race one, followed by sixteenth overall and eleventh in class for race two.
Race one was held on Saturday and concluded with the Novadriver squad finishing within the class top ten, placing tenth in GTS and fourteenth overall.
The second and final race concluded the weekend on Sunday afternoon. The #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra crossed the line in seventh place within the GTS class.
Barcelona will be hosting the final round of the International GT Open, with the eighth meeting of the season taking place at Circuit de Catalunya from 1-2 November.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
Monday, 7 July 2014
GT Open: Top 10 result and a lot of frustration for Team Novadriver Audi in Hungaroring race 2
By Tarek Ramchani
As was the case in race 1, Team Novadriver had a very difficult International GT Open race 2 at the Hungaroring.
The #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra in the hands of César Campaniço and Aditya Patel finished the 33-lap race in thenth place overall. The two drivers were sixth within the GTS class open to GT3 cars.
At Budapest the Portuguese Audi Sport customer racing team was left without a single chance to challenge the front runners. Overall it was a 1-2 Corvette C6.R win but it was an all Ferrari 458 GT3 in GTS class. The Audi R8 LMS ultra was heavily penalized in the Hungarian event.
César Campaniço and Aditya Patel are now thriteenth overall in the dirver's standing with 38 points each. The International GT Open will resume at Silverstone, July 18th-20th.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
Sunday, 6 July 2014
GT Open: Frustrating race 1 for Team Novadriver Audi in Hungaroring
By Tarek Ramchani
The Hungaroring near Budapest hosted the first International GT Open race of the weekend. Team Novadrvier the only Audi in the field had a frustrating event.
The Portuguese Audi Sport customer racing team finished the race in eighth overall and fifth within the GTS class. The car was shared by César Campaniço and Aditya Patel.
Team Novadriver drivers battled really hard but were clearly penalized by the Balance of Performance and simply couldn't fairly fight for the top spots.
Race victory went to the #63 Ferrari 458 GT3 from Ombra Racing. The #56 Ferrari 458 GT3 from AF Corse was second. The #2 Corvette C6.R from V8 Racing was third.
The second race is set for tomorrow. We wish the best of luck to Team Novadriver and their drivers.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
Saturday, 5 July 2014
Friday, 4 July 2014
GT Open: Team Novadriver Audi heading to the Hungaroring
By Tarek Ramchani
The International GT Open is moving to Central Europe, the Hungaroring near Budapest will host the fourth round of the season. A single Audi R8 LMS ultra will take part in the event from Team Novadriver
The Portuguese Audi Sport customer racing team is the only Audi regular team in the International GT Open this season. The #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra will be driven by team's regualrs César Campaniço and Aditya Patel.
Team Novadriver performed very well last time out at Jerez in Spain. The target at the Hungaroring will be another GTS class victory and fight for the top spots overall challenging the stronger Super GT cars (GT2).
César Campaniço and Aditya Patel are twelfth overall in the championship standing with 33 points each.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
PHOTOS: Team Novadriver Audi R8 LMS ultra in GT Open at Jerez
A selection of great photos from Team Novadriver at Jerez. The Portuguese team performed well with their #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra in the two International GT Open races of the weekend.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver / Rafa Sanchez
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
VIDEO: Highlights of GT Open race 2 in Jerez
By Tarek Ramchani
The Portuguese Team Novadriver narrowly missed the GTS podium the second International GT Open race at Jerez de la Frontera. The #58 Audi R8 LMS driven by César Campaniço and Aditya Patel finished the race in sixth overall and fourth within the GTS class. You can read our race 2 report right here.
Below the video highlights of the Jerez race 2.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver / Rafa Sanchez
Monday, 23 June 2014
GT Open: Team Novadriver Audi narrowly missed GTS podium in Jerez race 2
By Tarek Ramchani
Team Novadriver had a dream Saturday in Jerez de la Frontera with an overall pole position followed by a strong second in Race 1 in the demanding International GT Open.
In Sunday's Race 2 Team Novadriver performed well again showing a strong pace. The #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra in the hands of César Campaniço and Aditya Patel battled very well for top spots overall and within the GTS class.
At the end of the 33-lap sprint race the Portuguese Audi Sport customer racing team finished in a positive sixth place overall. César Campaniço and Aditya Pate narrowly missed the GTS podium with fourth place in class.
Race victory went to the #1 Ferrari 458 GTC from Scuderia Villorba Corse. The #74 Nissan GT-R NISMO from Nova Race was second. The #55 Ferrari 458 GT3 from AF Corse was third.
Race 2 results can be seen here.
After the Jerez de la Frontera round, César Campaniço and Aditya Pate are twelfth overall in the championship standing with 33 points each.
The next round for the International GT Open will be at the Hungaroring, July 4th-6th.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver / Rafa Sanchez
Sunday, 22 June 2014
VIDEO: Highlights of GT Open race 1 in Jerez
By Tarek Ramchani
The Portuguese Team Novadriver performed very well in the first International GT Open race at Jerez de la Frontera. The #58 Audi R8 LMS driven by César Campaniço and Aditya Patel started from pole postion and finished the race in a strong second overall and won the GTS class. You can read our Race 1 report right here.
Below the video highlights of the Jerez race 1.
Photo credit: GT Open
GT Open: Second overall and GTS class win for Team Novadriver Audi in Jerez race 1
By Tarek Ramchani
A great start of the weekend for the Team Novadriver at Jerez de la Frontera. The Portuguese Audi Sport customer racing team performed very well in today's International GT Open race 1.
The #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra in the hands of team manager and driver César Campaniço and Aditya Patel was the star of the day. The two drivers secured a sensational overall pole position in the Qualifying 1 ahead of stronger Super GT cars.
Later in the race the Team Novadriver Audi was very fast and among the bests in the field. César Campaniço and Aditya Patel finished in a very strong second overall and took a fine GTS class victory. They were only 1.822s behind the race winning Ferrari 458 GTC from SMP Racing -Russian Bears after a thrilling 39-lap race.
Race 2 is set for tomorrow at Jerez, Team Novadriver and their drivers will fight again for the outright victory.
Photo credit: GT Open
Thursday, 19 June 2014
GT Open: Team Novadriver with an Audi R8 LMS ultra at Jerez
By Tarek Ramchani
Jerez de la Frontera will host the thrid round of the 2014 International GT Open this weekend. A single Audi R8 LMS ultra will enter the event from Team Novadriver.
The Portuguese Audi Sport customer racing team will fied the #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra in the GTS class. The car will be shared by team manager and driver César Campaniço and Aditya Patel.
The two drivers performed well in the opening two rounds at the Nürburgring and Portimao but faced a lot of bud luck. César Campaniço and Aditya Patel are twenty-fourth overall with five points in the championship standing.
Photo credit: GT Open
Monday, 5 May 2014
GT Open: Two Audi R8 LMS ultra teams competed at the Nürburgring opener
By Johan Laubscher
The International GT Open hosted its opening round at the Nürburgring this weekend. Two Audi Sport customer racing teams took part.
Team Novadriver entered the #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra with drivers César Campaniço and Aditya Patel. The German Team Spirit Race team, who are regular DMV TCC competitors, entered their #69 Audi R8 LMS ultra with Suzanne Weidt and Dietmar Haggenmüller. Both teams were entered in the GTS category for FIA GT3 specification machinery.
The first qualifying session saw Team Novadriver qualifying fifth in class, twelfth overall, ahead of Team Spirit Race, fourteenth in class. Team Novadriver again placed twelfth overall during the second qualifying session, taking sixth in class. Team Spirit Race qualified fifteenth in GTS.
Race one concluded with Team Novadriver scoring eighth place within the GTS class, followed by Team Spirit Race in fifteenth.
Round two of the International GT Open will be hosted at Portimão, 6-8 June.
Photo credit: GT Open [FOTOSPEEDY]
Thursday, 1 May 2014
GT Open: Team Novadriver with an Audi R8 LMS ultra at the Nürburgring
By Tarek Ramchani
The 2014 International GT Open season will kick off this weekend at the Nürburgring. Two Audi R8 LMS ultra will enter the event including one from Team Novadriver.
The Portuguese Audi Sport customer racing team is back with Audi for the fifth straight year. The team managed by Cesar Campanico won multiple GT titles races wins in Portugal and Europe.
The International GT Open is a familier series for Team Novadriver and their Audi R8 LMS ultra cars. At the Nürburgring only one car will be fielded. The #58 Audi R8 LMS ultra will be shared by César Campaniço and Aditya Patel from India.
There is a big change this year in International GT Open rules. GT Sport, the series promoters and organisers merged Super GT (GT2 cars) and GTS (GT3 cars) into a single and unified class using a special Balance of Performance. Therefore the Audi R8 LMS ultra will be able to to target overall race wins in the Spanish based series. In Germany, Team Novadriver will be eager to fight for top spots and collect big points.
The second Audi effort at the Nürburgring is coming from Team Spirit Race. Their #69 Audi R8 LMS ultra will be driven by Suzanne Weidt and Dietmar Haggenmüller.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
Saturday, 28 December 2013
GT Open: Audi teams 2013 season review
By Johan Laubscher
Team Novadriver fielded a two-car team in the 2013 Spanish IBER GT Championship, which coincided with three of the International GT Open rounds. They were also joined by Belgian Audi Club Team WRT's R8 LMS ultra that contested the final round of the year.
The season review has been compiled from the 2013 Audi Motorsport Blog Weekend Round Up posts. Each round has been added as was seen in the individual Weekend Round Up posts during 2013, which can be accessed via the links throughout the review below:
Round 2: PortimãoTeam Novadriver competed in the Spanish IBER GT Championship this weekend. Round one of the Spanish GT was run together with round two of the International GT Open at Portimao. The team was fast in the sessions and qualified on the GTS (GT3 class) pole for race one. Novadriver took victory in the GTS class for both the Spanish GT and GT Open in race one, also achieving third place overall. The team unfortunately suffered a difficult race two with a DNF and a twenty-third place finish.
Round 4: JerezThe second round for the Spanish IBER GT Championship at Jerez once again coincided with a round of the International GT Open, this being round four. Team Novadriver entered the event with their two-car Audi R8 LMS ultra team. They competed well during the red-flag affected first race. In the end they finished fifth overall with the #81, second in the GTS and Spanish GT category, whilst their teammates finished in eleventh overall. Race two saw the #80 Audi finishing third overall and second amongst the GTS competitors, but they did take the win within the Spanish GT category. Their teammates in the #81 had a hard race and finished in thirteenth.
Round 8: Catalunya
The International GT Open season concluded at Circuit de Catalunya this weekend. Two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars were entered for the GT Open finale. The GT Open finale was held alongside the finale of the Spanish IBER GT Championship, with both series running together on track.
Both championships are split into two categories: the SGT class for GTE specification vehicles and GTS for GT3 specification vehicles. Three Audi R8 LMS ultra cars were on the grid, of which two were GT Open entrants.
The first car was from Team Novadriver, who had entered their #81 Audi R8 LMS ultra in GT Open with drivers Cesar Campanico and GT Open GTS class (GT3) title hopeful, Rafael Hideo Suzuki. This #81 car was also entered for the Spanish IBER GT. Team Novadriver also entered a second Audi in the event, but this #80 car was only entered in the Spanish IBER GT class. Team Novadriver was aiming for the Spanish IBER GT title and Suzuki was aiming to become the GT Open GTS champion. The second GT Open entered car was entered by Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, the #88 Audi R8 LMS ultra of Filipe Albuquerque and Yves Weerts.
Qualifying for race one saw the #81 of Campanico and Suzuki taking seventh on the overall combined grid. Thus they took seventh overall within the GT Open and second in the GT Open GTS (GT3) class. The #88 WRT Audi qualified way back in the field by taking thirty-fifth overall.
The first race was held late on Saturday and concluded with the #81 Audi R8 LMS ultra finishing fourth overall within the combined standings. They took third place within the GT Open GTS class. The WRT Audi was running at the back of the field, but Albuquerque was able to recover during his stint and the #88 WRT Audi finished in twenty-eighth place.
Qualifying for race two saw the #81 Audi in ninth place overall in the combined results. This was a sixth place starting position within the Open GT GTS class. The #88 WRT Audi qualified eighteenth overall.
The second and final race got underway on Sunday. This final race of 2013 again saw the #81 R8 LMS ultra as the highest placed Audi finisher. Campanico and Suzuki finished seventeenth overall, after a huge time handicap penalty during the pitstop. They finished thirteenth within the GT Open GTS class. Unfortunately Suzuki lost out on the GT Open GTS title. The #88 WRT Audi finished further back in twenty-second position overall. This weekend concluded the 2013 International GT Open season.
Photo credit: Team Novadriver
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