To that end, the team has called in some of the drivers involved in the FIA GT Series. René Rast will partner Laurens Vanthoor and Stéphane Ortelli while Edward Sandström and Frank Stippler will be joined by German driver Christopher Mies, a member of the champion trio of 2012. Another of the FIA GT Series drivers, Niki Mayr-Melnhof, will team up with New-Zealander, Matt Hallyday, who shone in GT1 last year, and Switzerland’s Rahel Frey, who joins straight from the DTM series. This year, the three Audis R8 LMS ultra of the Belgian squad will be included in the Pro Cup category.
No doubt: the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT is committed defend Audi’s nametag in the GT scene and the 2013 season promises to be busy and exciting!
The season kick-off in just over two weeks time at Monza on 13/14 April.