It was not all smooth sailing for the #32 Audi R8, piloted by Dries Vanthoor, Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts, although through pit strategy they reclaimed first place after losing it to fellow Audi runners Sainteloc Junior Team’s #25 entry.
WRT’s #32 team had bagged the first pole position of the 2022 season kicking off the new-spec Audi R8’s great debut at Imola.
The first corner was drama free, yet the #83 Iron Dames car was knocked, spun and placed perpendicular on the track, which caused the car to be out of the race on just lap 1, despite driver Rahel Frey being the quickest of all Ferraris in Q1.
But after half an hour, Sainteloc’s #25 – driven by Lucas Legeret, Christopher Mies and Patric Niederhauser – had assumed the lead of the race; Weerts went wide, which allowed Mies to easily take the race lead.
But WRT outfoxed its rival when it came to pit strategy, with an undercut that proved to be the best strategy to reclaim track position – which allowed the #32 to take…
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