The Vehicles Earth

By Tarek Ramchani

The International Superstars Series is at Vallelunga this weekend and it has already started very well for the Audi squad.

Audi cars dominated the two free practice sessions earlier this morning. It was the same story later in the afternoon during qualifying. A 1-2-3 clean sweep where the RS5 quattro cars were able to rule over the entire field again. Johan Kristoffersson, the newly crowned Scandinavian Touring Car champion with Volkswagen, took a maiden pole position with his #46 Audi of Team KMS, a lap time of 1:40.039. Right behind him in second is Gianni Morbidelli driving the #45 car of Audi Sport Italia. In third came the young and fast German, Thomas Schöffler in the #47 of Team MTM, his best qualifying result so far this season.

The Audi cars were the fastest in all the free practice and official sessions. However the three RS5 drivers will have to fight hard in the two races against a top quality field, mainly from BMW and Mercedes-Benz. The Vallelunga track, located near Rome, also welcomed a very well known name, Giancarlo Fischella, a former Grand Prix winner who driving a Maserati this weekend.

Both races are set for tomorrow. We wish the best of luck to the three Audi teams and drivers.

More information:
Superstars Series website