Christopher Mies and Nico Muller triumphed in the second VLN race ahead of their team mates Pierre Kaffer and Laurens Vanthoor and, in doing so, took a clear victory for the Audi R8 LMS in only its third race - and this on the world's toughest race track, the Nurburgring-Nordschleife.

In the changeable weather conditions, endurance racing specialist Christopher Mies and Audi DTM driver Nico Muller initially took the lead after ten race laps. The lead exchanged hands several times as they staged a thrilling battle with the best Mercedes-Benz.

From lap 18 onwards, the German-Swiss duo gradually increased its lead before finally crossing the finish line after four hours with a 1m 27s advantage over Laurens Vanthoor and Pierre Kaffer.

It was the first victory on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife for the Audi Sport Team WRT from Belgium.

The races during the 2015 season are specifically to put the Audi R8 LMS through an extensive test program under the toughest conditions. "The goal is to be able to supply a winning racecar to our Audi customer teams by the end of the year, and to convince many teams to choose an Audi," said Romolo Liebchen.   

Like its successful predecessor, many of the parts used on the new Audi R8 LMS are identical to the new production R8, which was launched in Geneva at the same as the racecar and that is launched on the market in Summer.