Audi has decided to end its factory involvement in GT3 racing from next year. No new cars will be manufactured and its pool of works drivers will be disbanded: Full story:
and Christopher Mies, among others, will be dissolved at the end of the current racing season.
However, as speculated previously, Audi has decided against completely shutting down its customer racing division. Instead, the R8 LMS GT3 and other customer cars will continue to remain homologated, with the Ingolstadt-based manufacturer offering basic supply of spare parts until 2032. But according to sources, after efforts from both Audi Sport boss Rolf Michl and customer racing head Chris Reinke, a decision was made around the Nurburgring 24 Hours for continue its involvement in customer racing in a reduced capacity. This was approved by the board of directors on Monday.The idea was to ensure that cars that have already been purchased by customer teams will remain operational for the foreseeable future.
"We're sad that we can't continue our strategic commitment," Michl told Motorsport-Total.com."But it's more important that we don't close down. A new era is beginning now, which will continue with the same reliability and passion."
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