HABSBURG AND ANDRADE CLAIM HARD-FOUGHT PODIUM IN SPA
Bullet Athletes Ferdinand Habsburg and Rui Andrade alongside Norman Nato battled the elements in the Ardennes to finish in second place in the 6hrs of Spa FIA World Endurance Championship race.
Bullet Athletes Ferdinand Habsburg and Rui Andrade alongside Norman Nato battled the elements in the Ardennes to finish in second place in the 6hrs of Spa FIA World Endurance Championship race.
Ferdinand Habsburg’s DTM season is going well – he’s taken a pole position and a podium and is edging closer to a race win – but when he was called-up during the 24 Hours of Spa race week to join Audi Sport and represent WRT, no one expected him and his team-mates to get through to SuperPole and to finish inside the top 15.
ROFGO Junior driver Benjamin Goethe has faced the biggest challenge of his young racing career at the 24 Hours of Spa – a race which put even the seasoned professionals to the test.
Ferdinand Habsburg should have been having a much-deserved weekend off this Saturday and Sunday but, thanks to an impressive DTM season in the Audi RS5 DTM, including a pole position, two front row starts, four second row starts and a podium, Audi Sport has called him up to represent the brand in the biggest GT3 race in the world, the 24 Hours of Spa.
Ferdinand Habsburg has left Spa Francorchamps in Belgium disappointed in the race results – which were hampered through no fault of his own – but with a positive attitude; an optimistic outlook and confidence in WRT Team Audi Sport and his REMUS-liveried Audi RS 5 DTM car.