Audi Sport customer racing reached a major milestone last month, recording its 600th title since the program’s launch in 2009. The landmark achievement came at the TCR European Endurance season finale at the Misano World Circuit, where Texaco Team AMS delivered a dominant performance, with its drivers securing three championship titles in a single weekend.
The success at Misano was part of a broader wave of results for Audi customer teams across the globe. Campaigning the Audi R8 LMS in GT3 and GT4 specification, along with the Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR competition, teams continued to collect podium finishes, sprint race victories, and endurance success. The final weeks of the season included strong showings in the year’s last two 12-hour races, underlining Audi’s competitiveness across both sprint and long-distance formats.
Beyond Europe, Audi Sport customer teams added further titles in key markets including China, France, and South Africa, reinforcing the global reach and depth of the program. From endurance racing to touring cars, the past month of competition highlighted not only the consistency of Audi’s race machinery, but also the strength of its customer teams worldwide.
source: Audi Sport customer racing
24H SERIES MIDDLE EAST (GT3) SEASON OPENER EVENT, 12H MALAYSIA, SEPANG CIRCUIT
A strong comeback drive from Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport netted the team third overall with an Audi R8 LMS (pictured) in the 12h Malaysia endurance race at the Sepang Circuit – the season opener of the 2025–2026 24H Series Middle East Trophy. After starting from the pitlane, the driver quartet of Alexander Bukhantsov, Damian Ciosek, Vasily Vladykin and James Winslow pushed hard and moved up through the field in a race that was run under green-flag conditions for almost its entire 12-hour duration. In the end, they finished third overall and second in the Am class.
GULF 12 HOURS (GT3) EVENT, YAS MARINA CIRCUIT
One week later, the Haas RT team celebrated a podium result in the Gulf 12 Hours at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. After having led the Pro-Am class during the first part of the race, the Belgian outfit lost time in the pits at the beginning of the seventh hour. Once they got going again, the driver trio of Simon Balcaen, Peter Guelinckx and Steven Palette continued running strongly during the remaining six hours and moved back up to and finished third in class.
9 HOURS OF KYALAMI (GT3) EVENT, KYALAMI GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT
In South Africa, Gianni Giannoccaro took an overall victory and a third place in the opening two SA GT Super Trophy (Saesracing) races that were held as part of the Nine Hours of Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit’s supporting program. Giannoccaro was behind the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS from BISC Transport Racing run by Stradale Motorsport.
CHINA ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (GT3) SEASON FINALE EVENT, TIANJIN
The GT3 results were rounded off by the 326 Racing Team winning the four-hour China Endurance Championship season finale in Tianjin. This secured the GT3 Am drivers’ title for Wu Yifan and Liu Zichen, while 326 Racing won the teams’ title. Liu Zichen was also crowned as the winner of the 2025 Audi Sport Asia Trophy, the season-long competition open to all Audi privateers in the region. A total of 88 drivers earned points towards the sixth edition of this annual contest. Competing for the 326 Racing Team in GT3 and TCR racing throughout the year, Liu Zichen scored a total of 5,985 points to take home the prize money and trophy. His teammate Wu Yifan finished runner-up in the classification, while the Malaysian duo of Haziq Oh and Aaron Lim from B-Quik Absolute Racing (B-Quik Racing) took a joint third place.
SUPER TAIKYU (GT4) SEASON FINALE EVENT, FUJI SPEEDWAY
The Techno First team finished the Japanese Super Taikyu Series season by taking a class victory at the season finale. Yuuki Fujii, Riki Okusa and Hironobu Yasuda qualified fifth in class with their Audi R8 LMS GT4 (pictured) for the four-hour endurance race at the Fuji Speedway and proceeded to win the ST-Z class for GT4 machinery with a one-lap advantage.
SOUTH AFRICAN ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (GT4) SEASON FINALE EVENT, KYALAMI GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT
At the Nine Hours of Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, the final round of the South African Endurance Championship (Saesracing), G&H Transport Racing. finished fourth overall and first in class with drivers Ant Blunden, Gianni and Riccardo Giannoccaro, and Arnold Neveling. This result secured the Class B drivers’ title for the Giannoccaro brothers.
ULTIMATE CUP EUROPEAN SERIES (GT4) SEASON FINALE EVENT, CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD
In Europe, the finale of the Ultimate Cup European Series at Circuit Paul Ricard saw Team Speed Car’s François Denis taking a class win and two more podium finishes during the final sprint races of the year. Fellow Audi R8 LMS GT4 driver Pierre Arraou from Herrero Racing won the drivers’ title of the UCS4 class.
TCR EUROPEAN ENDURANCE (TCR) SEASON FINALE EVENT, MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT
Audi Sport customer racing’s tally of titles since 2009 reached another milestone with the 600th title being secured at the TCR European Endurance season finale at the Misano World Circuit – thanks to Texaco Team AMS and its drivers. The two-part race saw Audi privateers scoring overall podium results with Audi RS 3 LMS cars at the Italian circuit. After almost two hours of racing, Tuder Motorsport finished second overall and first in the DSG class with Emilio Damante and Edoardo Maccari sharing an RS 3 LMS. Third place on the overall podium was taken by the duo of Sinan Ciftci and Ibrahim Okyay (pictured), who also took first in their class for Texaco Team AMS. In the standings, three titles were decided in favor of drivers from the Turkish team: the Gentleman and Junior Trophies went to Ibrahim Okyay and Berk Kalpaklioglu respectively, while Okyay – together with teammate Sinan Ciftci – also won the class for first-generation TCR cars with sequential transmissions. These three successes contributed to the 600th title being clinched for Audi Sport customer racing in international competition since 2009.
BRITISH ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (TCR) SEASON FINALE EVENT, BRANDS HATCH
At Brands Hatch in the UK, the British Endurance Championship season came to a close with two Audi RS 3 LMS entries scored strong results in their classes. Jac Constable from JHRacing won his category in both races, while SGM Motorsport’s Cedric Bloch twice finished runner-up in the TCR class.
TCR CROATIA (TCR) SEASON FINALE EVENT, AUTOMOTODROM GROBNIK
Robert Pravdič added to the TCR successes on the continent by taking third for the AMD Slovenija Avto team in the opening race of the TCR Croatia season finale at Automotodrom Grobnik.
SUPER TAIKYU SERIES (TCR) SEASON FINALE EVENT, FUJI SPEEDWAY
Further strong results were recorded internationally, beginning in Japan, where Audi Team Show Apex scored its third TCR class podium of the Super Taikyu Series season. The Japanese outfit took the final spot on the TCR podium at the Fuji Speedway thanks to drivers Ryosuke Kagami, Takahiro Kimura, Genki Nishimura and Shozo Tagahara.
TCR SOUTH AMERICA (TCR) SEASON FINALE EVENT, INTERLAGOS
In TCR South America, the Cobra Racing Team’s Maria Nienkötter achieved third place in the Trophy Cup at Interlagos in Brazil. And at the China Endurance Championship season finale in Tianjin, OK Racing finished first and second in class with its RS 3 LMS cars. This clinched the TCE Am drivers’ title for Zhang Zecheng and Liu Donghan, and the teams’ title for OK Racing.
TCR EUROPEAN ENDURANCE (TCR) SEASON FINALE EVENT, MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT
The Audi RS 3 LMS from Texaco Team AMS driven by Berk Kalpaklioglu and Umut Göktas at the TCR European Endurance season finale at the Misano World Circuit. Kalpaklioglu won the Junior Trophy – one of three titles that were decided in favor of drivers from the Turkish team. These three successes contributed to the 600th title being clinched for Audi Sport customer racing in international competition since 2009.