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Audi beats Mercedes to secure maiden Dubai 24 Hours victory

The #19 WRT team of Laurens Vanthoor, Stuart Leonard, Michael Meadows and Alain Ferte took its Audi R8 LMS to victory in the Dubai 24 Hours, beating the #16 Black Falcon Mercedes AMG SLS GT3.

#19 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS: Michael Meadows, Stuart Leonard, Laurens Vanthoor

#19 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS: Michael Meadows, Stuart Leonard, Laurens Vanthoor

24H of Dubai

#19 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS: Michael Meadows, Stuart Leonard, Laurens Vanthor
#63 MSG Motorsport Porsche 991 Cup: Daniel Cammish, Luca Rettenbacher, Martin Konrad, Facundo Regalia
#4 C. ABT Racing Audi R8 LMS: Christer Jons, Andreas Weishaupt, Isaac Tutumlu Lopez, Matias Henkola, Daniel Abt and #105 UNIOR Racing Team Austria Seat Leon Supercopa: Bernhard Wagner, Peter Schöller, Michael Kogler
#10 Hofor-Racing Mercedes SLS AMG GT3: Christiaan Frankenhout, Kenneth Heyer, Roland Eggimann, Chantal Kroll, Michael Kroll
#16 Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3: Adam Christodoulou, Oliver Webb, Patrick Assenheimer, Oliver Morley, Frank Montecalvo stopped on track by fire
#178 CWS 4x4 Ginetta G55 GT4: Colin White, Stephen Fresle, Matthew Nicoll-Jones, Hunter Abbott
#2 Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3: Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Hubert Haupt, Yelmer Buurman, Oliver Webb

The Belgian Audi Club Team WRT dominated the 24 Hours race, finishing five laps clear of the second-placed Mercedes driven by Oliver Webb, Oliver Morley, Adam Christodoulou and Frankie Montecalvo.

The #19 qualified fourth and started third in the race, taking the lead by the end of 15 hours and maintaining it until the chequered flag to give Audi its first win in the Dubai race.

For the #16, it was a topsy-turvy race, with their original chassis catching fire on Thursday and the mechanics having to prepare a spare chassis using the 2015 Dubai race-winning display car.

The team, having started from the back of the field, fought hard to finish second ahead of the polesitting #4 C.Abt Racing car of Daniel Abt, Christer Jons, Andreas Weishaupt, Isaac Tutumlu Lopez and Matias Henkola in the A6-Pro category.

They were in a fight with the #26 Konrad Motorsport's Lamborghini Huracan for the final podium spot. But moments before the end, the Austrian team's car caught fire, dropping them to 10th place.

Fourth place went to Am category winner #10 Hofor Racing's Mercedes, while the top five was completed by #14 Optimum Motorsport's Audi R8 LMS.

The top 10 was completed by the #22 Am Mercedes of Preci-Spark the #34 Am Audi of Car Collection Motorsport, the #833 Pro Chevrolet of V8 Racing, the #7 Lamborghini of HB Racing ninth and Konrad Motorsport's stricken Huracan.

Potential podium finishers such as the #11 Scuderia Praha, #2 Abu Dhabi Racing Black Falcon and #3 Black Falcon suffered retirements from the race.

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