8h Indianapolis 2021
Audi R8 LMS #25 (Audi Sport Team Saintéloc), Christopher Haase/Patric Niederhauser/Markus Winkelhock

Audi Sport has achieved a good starting position for the second of three rounds of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The leader of the manufacturers standings will tackle the Indianapolis 8 Hours from the front and third rows of the grid. Patric Niederhauser in the Audi R8 LMS #25 of Audi Sport Team Saintéloc was the fastest Audi Sport driver in second place. The Swiss was a mere 58 thousandths of a second behind the Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi – Audi’s main rival in the title fight. Audi Sport Team WRT starts from the third row with its brace of cars: Belgian Dries Vanthoor was fifth in shootout qualifying in the #32 car, his Italian Audi Sport driver colleague Mattia Drudi in the #37 followed in sixth place with a gap of 28 thousandths. The privateer team of Saintéloc Racing, which had qualified for the shoot-out of the top 15 teams, also managed a good performance. Aurélien Panis finished twelfth in the battle for grid position and was thus the third-best competitor in the group of Silver Cup drivers.