Belgian Audi 24H Dubai champions

Dubai - It's a very important victory for Audi to win the Hankook 24H Dubai, says Vanthoor

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, powered by Audi R8 LMS, won the 11th Hankook 24H Dubai at the Dubai Autodrome on Saturday.
The champions crossed the finish line with 588 laps on the board and winning by a margin of five laps over second placed Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 and eight laps ahead of third placed C.ABT Racing Audi R8 LMS.
The 2016 edition of the premier endurance race in Asia - held under the patronage of Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of UAE National Olympic Committee - will be remembered as one of the toughest ever.
The overall winning Belgian Audi Club Team WRT outfit of Belgian driver Laurens Vanthoor, Frenchman Alain Ferte, and Englishmen Michael Meadows and Stuart Leonard took the lead in the final hours, and thereafter managed to control the race to take a first victory for Audi in the Hankook 24H Dubai at the Autodrome.
Vanthoor said, "It's a very important victory for Audi to win the Hankook 24H Dubai. I did not expect it to be so hard with so many cars, at times there were some crazy things out on track.