EuroV8 Series: Audi Sport Italia back with the RS 5 quattro

By Tarek Ramchani

The EuroV8 Series will replace the Superstars Series this year. The Italian based touring car championship will have a 6-round calendar in 2014 with Audi Sport Italia set to join the field.

The EuroV8 Series will welcome the cars of the old Superstars Series. The Audi RS 5 quattro the car that dominated the competition since 2012 will be back to defend the titles.

Audi Sport Italia has been officially confirmed as a full season competitor by the series organisers. The number of cars and driver line-up will be announced soon by the official Audi Italia dealer team.

In 2012 Swedish driver Johan Kirstoffersson won the title with his family run KMS Motorsport after a titanic battle with Mercedes-Benz AMG driver Vitantonio Liuzzi. In 2013 it was the turn of Gianni Morbidelli to be crowned with Audi Sport Italia, despite a very penalizing Balance of Performance hitting the RS 5 quattro.

You can read Audi teams 2013 season review in the Superstars Series right here.

Audi Sport Italia and the Audi RS 5 quattro will have strong rivals from BMW, Mercedes-Benz AMG and Chevrolet teams.

The season opener of the EuroV8 Series is set at Monza, April the 6th.

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Italian GT: Audi Sport Italia back with Dindo Capello and two Audi R8 LMS ultra

By Tarek Ramchani

Audi Sport Italia will enter the 2013 Italian GT Championship with two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars, and a strong driver line-up. The team will aim for the 2013 title, after the dramatic finale at Monza last year.

Andrea Sonvico missed the title by only a single point, loosing the title to the BMW drivers. Sonvico is back with the team and will share the first Audi R8 LMS ultra with Dindo Capello. The Italian Audi legend will compete in the Italian GT as a full season competitor for first time in years, after focusing on the Le Mans effort with the factory Team Joest. The second car will be in the hands of Alex Frassineti, who also drove for the team last year, and the 2012 Superstars Series champion, Johan Kirstoffersson. The Swedish driver had a great 2012 by winning the Superstars Series, the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia. He is not stranger to Audi Sport Italia, the team who built his Audi RS 5 quattro, which entered by his father's team KMS.

The first round of the Italian GT Championship is set for next weekend at Misano. No doubts that Audi Sport Italia will be among the big favorites for the title hunt.

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