2015 Audi Sport TT Cup

[FIRE]

From a total of 165 interested drivers Audi has selected 18 drivers.

Entrylist (18 cars + 6 cars for guest drivers)
Åhlin-Kottulinsky, Mikaela (S, *13. November 1992)
Amweg, Levin (CH, *11. September 1994)
Caygill, Josh (GB, *22. June 1989)
Coleselli, Marc (A, *27. August 1993)
Cypriano, Lucile (F, *2. September 1996)
Hezemans, Loris (NL, *26. May 1997)
Hofbauer, Christoph (D, *15. July 1991)
Kisiel, Jan (PL, *14. July 1994)
Landy, Sebastian (USA, *14. December 1995)
Lappalainen, Joonas (FIN, *1. March 1998)
Lindholm, Emil (FIN, *19. July 1996)
Marklund, Anton (S, *9. December 1992)
Marschall, Dennis (D, *15. August 1996)
Møller Madsen, Nicolaj (DK, *10. March 1993)
Önder, Kaan (TR, *10. January 1997)
Peitz, Dominik (D, *20. November 1991)
Rdest, Gosia (PL, *14. January 1993)
Thong, Shaun (HK, *1. November 1995)

Schedule
May 01–03 Hockenheim (D)
Jun 26–28 Norisring (D)
Jul 31–Aug 02 Red Bull Ring (A)
Sep 11–13 Oschersleben (D)
Sep 25–27 Nürburgring (D)
Oct 16–18 Hockenheim (D)

[GusGasfuss]

I think, it is good mixture. A lot of countries involved.

But why no Italians? Are they not interested?

[FIRE]

Good mix indeed.

Don't know about the Italians.

What budget is required to race in this arrive-and-drive series?

[kurski]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Lindholm, Emil (FIN, *19. July 1996)

He is the son of former international rally driver, Sebastian Lindholm.

[Bramzel]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Hezemans, Loris (NL, *26. May 1997)

Son of Mike, grand-son of Toine. And I thought I read somewhere that Peter Kox' daughter Stéphane was going to make some appearances, but I can't find that article anymore.

[Motorsportfreak]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

Son of Mike, grand-son of Toine. And I thought I read somewhere that Peter Kox' daughter Stéphane was going to make some appearances, but I can't find that article anymore.

She tested only the Car...

[W.A Trichlorostyrene]

That's a pretty young grid.

[Andrew Abbott]

Originally Posted by GusGasfuss

I think, it is good mixture. A lot of countries involved.

But why no Italians? Are they not interested?

The final line-up will have had to be agreed by Audi. Perhaps no-one who fits with the marketing strategy? With as many applications as they had, they can afford to be picky.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

Son of Mike, grand-son of Toine. And I thought I read somewhere that Peter Kox' daughter Stéphane was going to make some appearances, but I can't find that article anymore.

Son of Toine.

According her Twitter Stephane Kox was selected but did not have the budget.
Btw didn't know she's the girlfriend of Robin Frijns.

[Go_For_Pole]

For about a year now. Pity that both lack budget

[Bramzel]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Son of Toine.

Seriously? Half-brother of Mike then? Didn't know that, virile old bugger then

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

Seriously? Half-brother of Mike then? Didn't know that, virile old bugger then

Hezemans komt uit een racefamilie. Zijn vader Toine Hezemans verwierp in de jaren zeventig bekendheid door zijn vele overwinningen en kampioenschappen. De vader van Loris won de 24 uur van Daytona in 1978, daarnaast won hij tweemaal zijn klasse in de 24 uur van Le Mans. De broer van Loris is Mike Hezemans. Mike Hezemans is een befaamd GT coureur met diverse overwinningen in het FIA GT kampioenschap op zijn erelijst.

http://www.racexpress.nl/autosport-i...y-list/n/64349

[andy97]

Should have built and homologated these cars to GT4 spec, and built some for private sale.

[FIRE]

There is or was a TT GT4 version. IIRC it never was used in a GT4 series. Maybe in VLN or N24.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by FIRE

There is or was a TT GT4 version. IIRC it never was used in a GT4 series. Maybe in VLN or N24.

Well there were two versions... the Jörg van Ommen one, that was actually raced in GT4 and VLN 7 years ago and the factory one that was on display at the Shanghai-DTM-round and basically never seen after. Both of them were of the previous generation TT, tough....

[andy97]

The last gen VLN and GT4 cars ( although erroneously the VLN car was described as a DTM car, but that's some journalists for you):

https://www.botb.com/Proxy.ashx?url=...omment-page-1/

[GusGasfuss]

I am not sure, if such a series can lead to a real racing career. Maybe you only may get your name more famous, so you can step up to Porsche Carrera Cup or Supercup (if you have budget). But not really as a paid driver.

[Speed-King]

Well, Kelvin van der Linde graduated from the Scirocco-Cup and became ADAC GT-Masters champ last year. With his former co-pilot Rene Rast being promoted to Audi's LMP1 program, Kelvin is now (one of) the (two) the lead driver(s) of the Christian Abt team, which is just about the most professional racing team in Germany this side of DTM... doesn't necessarily mean he isn't paying to drive anymore, but there are paid drives in GT-racing and if he can show that his title wasn't solely won on the shoulders of Mr.Rast he might just get there. And as Maxi Götz and Maxime Martine have shown, the GT customer programs can even be a spring board into DTM.

[old man]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Good mix indeed.

Don't know about the Italians.

What budget is required to race in this arrive-and-drive series?

I hear €60k, not certain, up a lot this year