BRCC: PK Carsport winning debut with Audi at Zolder

By Tarek Ramchani

PK Carsport is one of the most prestigious and successful sportscar teams from Belgium. The team was revived this year after many years of absence. They have chosen to compete in the Belgian Racing Car Championship with the Audi R8 LMS.

Last weekend Circuit Zolder hosted the first round of the BRCC, a support event to the FIA GT Series. It was a perfect debut for PK Carsport with Audi. They qualified in fifth place. With the 2010 spec R8 LMS (ex Team Rosberg) of Anthony Kumpen, Bert Longin and Maarten Makelberge they won the 90 minutes endurance race, less than five seconds ahead the second placed Porsche 996 GT3-RS from ProSpeed Competition.

Anthony Kumpen, who also raced in the FIA GT Series on the same weekend with Phoenix Racing, was delighted after this fantastic victory: "I am very happy to finish this superb weekend on the highest step of the podium." (quotes sourced from BRCC)

The second round of the BRCC will be in France at Circuit Dijon-Prenois in May, with the three PK Carsport Audi drivers leading the overall points standings.

Photo credit: Belgian Audi Club

Two Audi R8 LMS at BRCC Zolder Test Day

By Johan Laubscher

The Belgian Racing Car Championship (BRCC) held their official test day at Zolder on Friday. Two older Audi R8 LMS were entered for the test.

PK Carsport has entered one red and white Audi R8 LMS as a full season BRCC entry. The team has completed a number of pre-season testing sessions and also attended the official BRCC test day. More can be read about the team HERE.

The second Audi R8 LMS was listed on the test day entry list as Belgian Racing. On the day it emerged that the car was indeed the MOMO-Megatron-dF1 R8 LMS, which will be seen in the ELMS this year. Dylan Derdaele is one of Belgian Racing drivers and he is also listed as one of the Momo ELMS drivers. Thus the team used the Zolder test day as a testing opportunity for the Audi R8 LMS ahead of the first ELMS round at Silverstone. More can be read about the team HERE.

The first BRCC round will take place at Zolder on the FIA GT Series weekend. So far only one Audi is entered for the event, the single R8 LMS from PK Carsport.

More photos HERE.

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Photo credit: Hans Jacobs and Joel Vanderzipen from RallyandRaces

PK Carsport with an Audi R8 LMS in Belgian BRCC

By Tarek Ramchani

The big Audi Sport customer racing family is welcoming yet another new member. PK Carsport from Belgium announced that they are coming back to racing after years of absence. They will be returning with an Audi R8 LMS. At this stage the specification of the car is unclear, as of yet it is mentioned that the car is an R8 LMS but the press photos depict the car as an Audi R8 LMS ultra, ti,e will tell. They are now the second Belgian based Audi team along with the highly successful Belgian Audi Club Team WRT.

PK Carsport is a team that was racing in the now defunct Belgian GT, Belcar Endurance and the FIA GT Championship. The team is planning to have a full season in the Belgian BRCC series (Belgian Racing Car Championship). Three drivers, described as the dream team, will share the R8 LMS this year, two of them are no strangers to Audi and the car.

Anthony Kumpen will be the leader, he has raced with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in the past. Kumpen won the 2010 Belcar Endurance Championship and won the Zolder 24 Hours overall last year. Bert Longin is a familiar name to PK Carsport and he too raced with WRT in Belcar and the Blancpain Endurance Series. The third driver is Maarten Makelberge, from the Netherlands.

PK Carsport's debut with the car will be at the BRCC season opener at Circuit Zolder, a shared weekend with the FIA GT Series. With such a great car and strong driver line-up, the team is aiming high for their return. We wish them the best of luck.

Photo credit and more information:
PK Carsport website
Autosport.be