Audi Confirms Three-Car Factory-Supported N24 Attack
Audi Sport customer racing has confirmed that three Audi Sport-supported teams and 12 factory drivers will be taking part in the 2023 Nürburgring 24 Hours, where the German brand will fight for its seventh overall victory in the race.
For 2023 Audi’s factory-supported GT3 effort will be spearheaded by Scherer PHX, Car Collection and Land, with additional private GT3 entries expected to feature from other Audi customer teams.
The Scherer Sport PHX team, which is a collaboration between Phoenix Racing and partner Scherer, will be competing in the Eifel-based race as Audi Sport Team Scherer PHX.
Belgian Frédéric Vervisch, who won the race with Audi Sport Team Phoenix in 2019 and 2022, joins fellow Audi Sport drivers Italian Mattia Drudi and Swiss Ricardo Feller. Dennis Lind completes the line-up of four drivers for the team’s R8 LMS. The young Dane has previous GT3 experience with Audi from 2021, including driving an R8 from Audi Sport at the Spa 24 Hours that year.
Meanwhile, a quartet of youngsters from the Audi Sport driver line-up are teaming up to compete with Audi Sport Team Car Collection. Germans Luca Engstler and Dennis Marschall, together with Belgian touring car ace Gilles Magnus, will be joined by Austrian Max Hofer, who is new to the Audi Sport driver line-up this year.
Peter Schmidt’s Car Collection Motorsport squad has been an Audi Sport Team at the Nürburgring since 2019 and has finished in the overall top three for Audi twice.
The third team is Audi Sport Team Land, which won the 24 Hours overall with Audi in 2017. Wolfgang and Christian Land’s team will race with three Audi Sport drivers this year, including two former two-time winners. Germans Christopher Haase (winner in 2012 and 2014) and Christopher Mies (2015 and 2017) will be driving together with Swiss Patric Niederhauser.
In addition, Audi Sport drivers Frank Stippler and Markus Winkelhock will be strategically placed to support customer R8 LMS entries at the Nürburgring.
“With our experienced partners at our side, we are in a strong position for the race again this year,” says Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing.
“After taking our sixth overall victory last year, we are striving to add another chapter to our success story at the Green Hell and continue to prove the capabilities of the Audi R8 LMS.”
The 51st edition of the Nürburgring 24 Hours will take place from May 18–21, 2023.
Featured image courtesy of Audi Sport
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