International Highlight Audi Sport TT Cup – Hockenheimring, May 7 th – 8th 2016 Rundown 00:00 - 00:20 Intro 00:20 - 00:27 Audi bumper 00:27 – 00:42 “Sixteen young talents, from eleven different nations. The Audi TT Cup in its second season. The young racing series an attractive entry into the world of motorsports.” 00:42 – 01:04 Philipp Mondelears (Project Manager Audi Sport TT cup.) “The Audi TT Cup is the entrance into motorsport. Above there is the GT Sport, the DTM and the WEC. Audi provides the young talents the chance of getting into the world of motorsport. We also have a guest event in the framework of the DTM and the 24 hours of Nürburgring.” 01:04 – 01:18 “Starting at the Hockenheimring, the young drivers fight against each other in 14 races for every inch. This year ten rookies in the drivers lineup of 16 pilots will participate for the first time in the Audi TT Cup.” 01:18 – 01:34 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) 01:34 – 01:48 “Ambitious and driven by the irrepressible will to improve their abilities to the limit. All opponents in sight and always having the championship in mind.” 01:48 – 02:06 Gosia Rdest (#3 Poland) 02:06 – 02:29 “Audi Sport TT Cup – the second take. The young guns ready for takeoff, to give everything, to be at the top. The big dream to participate in the GT-program of the brand with the four rings.” 02:29 – 04:08 Grid (first three drivers) 1 / 5 International Highlight Audi Sport TT Cup – Hockenheimring, May 7 th – 8th 2016 04:08 – 04:20 Starting grid graphic 04:20 – 06:26 Race Start + replay 07:00 Crash Pavel Lefterov (#6 Bulgaria) drives into Philip Ellis (#23 Great Britain) 07:42-07:58 Pavel Lefterov (#6 Bulgaria) 07:58 – 08:31 Crash Yves Meyer (#91 Switzerland) hits Patrick Egsgaard (#42 Denmark) (Unfortunately no pictures for this crash, drivers talking in the middle of the track) 08:31 – 09:09 Yves Meyer (#91 Switzerland) “It wasn’t a usual race incident it happened during the safety car. It is very unlucky to cause like that. The safety car turned off the lights and the race was on again. I had a little gap to the front then everybody was stepping on their brakes, like you know it from a traffic jam. The driver in front of me was on the right and suddenly turned to the left and then it was too late for me.” 09:09 Restart of the race + safety car 09:46 Safety car disappears 10:36 Finish line 10:54 End results graphic 11:03 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) celebrating 11:13 Drivers Championship graphic 2 / 5 International Highlight Audi Sport TT Cup – Hockenheimring, May 7 th – 8th 2016 11:32 Dennis Marschall (#27 Germany) “I have mixed feelings about the race. The fact that I started from pole position and were not able to score the win. Sheldon was just too fast. But still to be second and scoring important point for the championship is great. Next try tomorrow.” 11:46 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) 12:01 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) celebrating, holding P1 sign in front of car 12:16 – 12:23 Audi bumper 12:23 – 12:39 “The Audi TT cup – Four-in-line gasoline engine – 310 horsepower, and with only 1.125 kilograms a real lightweight. All the details from the three time LeMans – Champion Marco Werner.” 12:39 – 13:15 Marco Werner (Instructor Audi Sport TT Cup) “Here we have the Audi TT cup 2016. There are little differences to the street version like special air inlets for engine cooling and charge air cooling. Important for the aerodynamics this splitter, it delivers contact pressure and brings a lot speed in the turns. That’s important for the boys and girls. Here we see a wheel spacer it helps the car to stay solid on the track. And very important, more aerodynamics on the rear axle with a big rear wing like you see in the DTM. But not a folding wing, we drive with a push to pass system to have the opportunity to overtake. I will show you inside.” 13:19 – 13:52 “Stepping in is not very easy. This is because of the roll bar, which protects the driver in case of an accident. The seat is also important for safety. It holds the driver very tight if something hits the side of the car, you can see this how deep I am sitting here. The steering wheel is pure motorsport like you have in the formula one and the WEC with Audi. Paddel-shifts on the wheel and a lot of buttons. Very important, push to pass. Additional to the 310 horsepower you receive 30 more. That’s the button a racing driver likes.” 13:52 – 14:05 Like last year in its premiere-season, the Audi TT Cup 2016 stands for a lot of action. 3 / 5 International Highlight Audi Sport TT Cup – Hockenheimring, May 7 th – 8th 2016 14:05 – 14:17 Starting grid graphic 14:17 – 15:08 Race start + first lap 15:08 Dennis Marschall (#27 Germany) problems rear tyre + gets overtaken 15:37 Dennis Marschall (#27 Germany) “I think during the second or third round when I hit the curbs the rear tire started grinding. I still don’t know why and how, we have to analyze the situation. Obviously I had big problems with it especially in the beginning.” 15:55 – 16:03 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) new leader + second place Joonas Lappalainen (#4 Finland) 16:03 – 16:13 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) 16:13 Dennis Marschall (#27 Germany) gets overtaken by Christoph Hofbauer (#7 Germany) and Nicklas Nielsen (#5 Denmark) 16:53 – 17:19 Andreas Mikkelsen (#96 Norway) drive through penalty because of starting too early 17:42 Joonas Lappalainen (#4 Finland) with a mistake and gets overtaken by Christoph Hofbauer (#7 Germany) and Nicklas Nielsen (#5 Denmark) 17:49 Replay – Mistake Joonas Lappalainen (#4 Finland) 18:04 Joonas Lappalainen (#4 Finland) 18:27 – 18:57 Battle between Christoph Hofbauer (#7 Germany) and Nicklas Nielsen (#5 Denmark) 4 / 5 International Highlight Audi Sport TT Cup – Hockenheimring, May 7 th – 8th 2016 18:57 Nicklas Nielsen (#5 Denmark) overtakes Christoph Hofbauer (#7 Germany) 19:18 Mistake Paul Holton (#76 USA) and looses two places 20:07 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) wins the race 20:37 – 20:49 Race Result graphic 20:49 – 20:54 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) kissing his mother on mothers day 20:54 – 21:08 Drivers Championship graphic 21:08 – 21:17 Sheldon van der Linde (#31 South Africa) 21:17 – 21:39 Nicklas Nielsen (#5 Denmark) 21:39 – 21:51 Podium 21:51 – 21:57 Audi bumper closing Music: AUDI INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT HOCKENHEIM I XTS042_03 SKYWORLD - 2 Min 06 sek. 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