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- Cambridgeshire driver competes in the girl two times around-the-clock race

Oliver Jarvis takes a break from his Audi “factory” Germer Touring Car Masters (DTM) tasks to breed a “customer” Audi R8 LMS GT3 sports car in the Nurburgring 24 Hours next weekend (May 15 to 16 ).

The 26-year-old from Burwell near Cambridge, which is more accustomed to racing an Audi A4 DTM is running a V10 engine Audi R8 sports car in LMS dual-around -the-clock face - marking his first 24 hour race.

“This will be the first time I’ve ever competed in the Nürburgring 24 Hours and I am very excited to contest this race and happy to be a part of ABT Sportline line-up,” confirmed Oliver.

“This is a unique breed with well over 200 cars competing around the famous old 14-mile Nordschleife track race situated in the Eifel mountains, and seen by over 250,000 spectators .”

ABT Sportline drove the LMS R8 at the Nurburgring for the first time last year, winning the GT3 category and number two overall. Allgäu based team enters two LMS R8 sports cars and will include Jarvis guy the Audi “factory” drivers Mattias Ekström (Sweden), Timo Scheider (Germany) plus Marco Werner (Germany ).

The ABT teams will be joined by Black Falcon and Phoenix Racing with seven Audi R8 LMS sports cars lining up on the web. Current Audi “factory” driver Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) and Le Mans driver Marcel Fässler (Switzerland) will be a part of the Phoenix team with two of the most successful Audi “factory” drivers of years gone, 1996 British Touring Car Champion Frank Biela (Germany) and Hans-Joachim Stuck (Germany ).

Jarvis continued: “I participated in a VLN Endurance Championship race at the Nordschleife last year, so I have some experience with this track in race situations heading into my first ever 24 hour race.

“I am very aware of how difficult the track is and how much ‘traffic’ we come across during the race. The Nordschleife is one of the most challenging race circuits in the world and one that is steeped in history, so to be part of this race is something special .”

Radlett-based father and son duo, Sean Paul and Sean Patrick Breslin, originally from Belfast, will contest the race at Black Falcon came R8 LMS sports cars.

The Audi R8 LMS pirate teams in 24-hour race at Nurburgring in 2010:

ABT Sportline Audi R8 LMS # 2Christian Abt (D), Emmanuel Collard (F), Lucas Luhr (D), Christopher Mies (D)

Audi R8 LMS # 100Mattias Ekström (S), Oliver Jarvis (GB) Timo Scheider (D), Marco Werner (D)

Black Falcon Audi R8 LMS # 102Sean Paul Breslin (IRL), Christer Jöns (D), Kenneth Heyer (D), Johannes Stuck (D)

# Audi R8 LMS 111Sean Patrick Breslin (IRL), Rob Wilson (NZ), Vimal Mehta (EAT), TBA

- Cambridgeshire driver competes in the girl two times around-the-clock race

Oliver Jarvis takes a break from his Audi “factory” Germer Touring Car Masters (DTM) tasks to breed a “customer” Audi R8 LMS GT3 sports car in the Nurburgring 24 Hours next weekend (May 15 to 16 ).

The 26-year-old from Burwell near Cambridge, which is more accustomed to racing an Audi A4 DTM is running a V10 engine Audi R8 sports car in LMS dual-around -the-clock face - marking his first 24 hour race.

“This will be the first time I’ve ever competed in the used cars Nürburgring 24 Hours and I am very excited to contest this race and happy to be a part of ABT Sportline line-up,” confirmed Oliver.

“This is a unique breed with well over 200 cars competing around the famous old 14-mile Nordschleife track race situated in the Eifel mountains, and seen by over 250,000 spectators .”

ABT Sportline drove the LMS R8 at the Nurburgring for the first time last year, winning the GT3 category and number two overall. Allgäu based team enters two LMS R8 sports cars and will include Jarvis guy the Audi “factory” drivers Mattias Ekström car rentals (Sweden), Timo Scheider (Germany) plus Marco Werner (Germany ).

The ABT teams will be joined by Black Falcon and Phoenix Racing with seven Audi R8 LMS sports cars lining up on the web. Current Audi “factory” driver Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) and Le Mans driver Marcel Fässler (Switzerland) will be a part of the Phoenix team with two of the most successful Audi “factory” drivers of years gone, 1996 British Touring Car Champion Frank Biela (Germany) and Hans-Joachim Stuck (Germany ).

Jarvis continued: “I participated in a VLN Endurance Championship race at the Nordschleife last year, so I have some experience cars parts with this track in race situations heading into my first ever 24 hour race.

“I am very aware of how difficult the track is and how much ‘traffic’ we come across during the race. The Nordschleife is one of the most challenging race circuits in the world and one that is steeped in history, so to be part of this race is something special .”

Radlett-based father and son duo, Sean Paul and Sean Patrick Breslin, originally from Belfast, will contest the race at Black Falcon came R8 LMS sports cars.

The Audi R8 LMS pirate cars parts teams in 24-hour race at Nurburgring in 2010:

ABT Sportline Audi R8 LMS # 2Christian Abt (D), Emmanuel Collard (F), Lucas Luhr (D), Christopher Mies (D)

Audi R8 LMS # 100Mattias Ekström (S), Oliver Jarvis (GB) Timo Scheider (D), Marco Werner (D)

Black Falcon Audi R8 LMS # 102Sean Paul Breslin (IRL), Christer Jöns (D), Kenneth Heyer (D), Johannes Stuck (D)

# Audi R8 LMS 111Sean Patrick Breslin (IRL), Rob Wilson (NZ), Vimal Mehta (EAT), TBA