Second consecutive victory for Autorama Motorsport

The Volkswagen Golf GTI DSG entered by Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing claimed a second consecutive victory in the 24H TCE Series.
After the success in the season’s opening 24H Dubai, the Swiss team encored in the 12H Mugello. Fabian Danz, who was part of the winning team in the Emirates, was joined in Italy by the Danish duo of Jan Sorensen and Kristian Jepsen.
The first part of the race, that was run Friday afternoon on a three-hour distance, was won by the Monlau Competición CUPRA shared by four Thai drivers: Kantadhee Kusiri –who had set pole position – Munkong Sathienthirakul, Anusorn Asiralertsiri and Chariya Nuya. The Autorama Golf took the chequered flag in second position, 43 seconds behind, while the AC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS DSG of Stéphane Perrin, Vincent Radermecker and James Kaye was classified third with a gap of three minutes.
The CUPRA took the lead at the start of the nine-hour second leg on Saturday morning, but after one hour had to pit to replace a broken driveshaft and lost 11 laps. Eventually the Thai quartet retired with three hours left when Asiralertsiri crashed at T9.
Following the technical issue suffered by Monlau Competición, the Autorama Golf inherited the lead and kept a consistent pace as it was chased by the AC Motorsport Audi; behind them the other two Golf DSG cars of Holmgaard Motorsport and Lestrup Racing Team were fighting for the third position, until the former team dropped one lap behind due to a lose left wheel.
In the final part of the race, Radermecker managed to close in on the leading car, but eventually had to settle in second position, 26 seconds behind Sorensen. Sweden’s Stefan Nilsson, Mats Olsson, Peter Fahlström and Emil Sällberg completed the podium in the Lestrup Racing car.
The next round of the 24H TCE Series will be the 12H Spa-Francorchamps on 19/20 April.

Race
1. Autorama Motorsport, Volkswagen Golf GTI (Danz/Sorensen/Jepsen), 300 laps
2. AC Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS (Perrin/Radermecker/Kaye), 26.79
3. Lestrup Racing, Volkswagen Golf GTI (Nilsson/Olsson/Fahlström/Sällberg), 4 laps

Championship
1. Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing #112 20 pts; 2. AC Motorsport #188 19 pts; 3. Lestrup Racing Team #110 17 pts