2026.10.15
Earl Bamber 与 Joel Eriksson 将代表奥迪出征 FIA GT 世界杯
• 两届勒芒冠军 Bamber 将在澳门格兰披治大赛车迎来第二代奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 evo II 首秀
• Joel Eriksson 将重返东望洋赛道，代表魅影环球车队驾驶第二代奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 evo II 赛车出战
• 奥迪以铂金级车手阵容出征，剑指澳门 GT 杯第五冠
• Joel Eriksson 将重返东望洋赛道，代表魅影环球车队驾驶第二代奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 evo II 赛车出战
• 奥迪以铂金级车手阵容出征，剑指澳门 GT 杯第五冠
2026年10月15日，澳门——Earl Bamber 将于11月19日至22日举行的澳门格兰披治大赛车迎来他的第二代奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 evo II 首秀，代表奥迪运动亚洲绝对车队出战久负盛名的澳门 GT 杯——FIA GT 世界杯。去年在该项赛事中斩获全场第五名的瑞典车手 Joel Eriksson 将重返赛场，此番他将代表魅影环球车队出战。这两位 FIA 铂金级车手将携手挑战这条传奇的6.2公里街道赛道，奥迪将向着澳门 GT 杯第五冠及第二个 FIA GT 世界杯冠军头衔发起冲击。
“我们相信我们已组建了最具竞争力的阵容，力争在澳门传奇的街道赛道上为奥迪争夺第五座 GT 杯冠军奖杯。拥有多届勒芒24小时耐力赛冠军头衔的 Earl Bamber 在东望洋赛道仍有未竟之志。他曾数次因运气欠佳与胜利擦肩而过，但他完全具备将冠军带回的实力。”奥迪运动（亚洲）客户赛车部门负责人柏艾力（Alexander Blackie）表示，“与此同时，Joel Eriksson 去年驾驶奥迪 R8 LMS 赛车表现极为出色，他渴望在此基础上更进一步。我们已迫不及待迎接今年澳门格兰披治大赛车的到来。”
“我们相信我们已组建了最具竞争力的阵容，力争在澳门传奇的街道赛道上为奥迪争夺第五座 GT 杯冠军奖杯。拥有多届勒芒24小时耐力赛冠军头衔的 Earl Bamber 在东望洋赛道仍有未竟之志。他曾数次因运气欠佳与胜利擦肩而过，但他完全具备将冠军带回的实力。”奥迪运动（亚洲）客户赛车部门负责人柏艾力（Alexander Blackie）表示，“与此同时，Joel Eriksson 去年驾驶奥迪 R8 LMS 赛车表现极为出色，他渴望在此基础上更进一步。我们已迫不及待迎接今年澳门格兰披治大赛车的到来。”
作为全球经验最丰富、成就最卓著的跑车赛事明星之一，新西兰车手 Bamber 在2015年和2017年两度斩获勒芒24小时耐力赛全场冠军，并于2017年同时加冕国际汽联世界耐力锦标赛年度冠军。2019年，他又将 IMSA 跑车锦标赛 GTLM 组别年度冠军收入囊中。2023年，Bamber 再添纽博格林24小时耐力赛 SP9 Pro 组别冠军荣誉，令其本已耀眼的履历更加辉煌。
Bamber 于2013年首度亮相东望洋赛道，出战澳门 GT 杯，并在次年斩获全场前八名，彼时该赛事尚未于2015年获得国际汽联认证。2019年，他在澳门 GT 杯——国际汽联 GT 世界杯中登上领奖台，获得季军。
今年11月，Bamber 将重返澳门格兰披治大赛车，迎来其驾驶第二代奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 evo II 赛车的首秀，而四环品牌将向第五个澳门 GT 杯冠军及第二个国际汽联 GT 世界杯冠军头衔发起冲击。
Bamber 于2013年首度亮相东望洋赛道，出战澳门 GT 杯，并在次年斩获全场前八名，彼时该赛事尚未于2015年获得国际汽联认证。2019年，他在澳门 GT 杯——国际汽联 GT 世界杯中登上领奖台，获得季军。
今年11月，Bamber 将重返澳门格兰披治大赛车，迎来其驾驶第二代奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 evo II 赛车的首秀，而四环品牌将向第五个澳门 GT 杯冠军及第二个国际汽联 GT 世界杯冠军头衔发起冲击。
28岁的 Eriksson 将第三次重返澳门街道赛道，他于2019年在此完成首秀。去年是他首次驾驶第二代奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 evo II 赛车出征澳门，并且迅速展现出强劲速度。在赛事历史上首次引入的杆位争夺战中，他斩获全场第四的排位成绩，随后在预赛中位列第四，并在16圈的 FIA GT 世界杯正赛中斩获令人瞩目的全场前五名。
奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 于2010年首次亮相澳门 GT 杯，李英健与英国车手 Danny Watts 在这款赛车的首秀中分别获得亚军和季军。次年，Edoardo Mortara 为奥迪斩获三连冠中的首个冠军，并于2014年再度登上领奖台。René Rast 在2015年首届国际汽联 GT 世界杯中驾驶奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 获得亚军，Laurens Vanthoor 则于2016年夺得冠军。荷兰车手 Robin Frijns 在次年再为奥迪带回一个领奖台成绩，获得亚军。
李英健于2020年重返奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 座舱，与陈维安在该年澳门 GT 杯中分别获得亚军和季军。Mortara 在2022年为奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 带回继三冠之后的又一个亚军领奖台。次年，在赛事因新冠疫情中断三年后恢复国际汽联 GT 世界杯认证时，他再度斩获亚军。
带着四场澳门赛事胜利及九次登上领奖台的辉煌战绩，今年 Bamber 和 Eriksson 将驾驶第二代奥迪R8 LMS GT3 evo II 出战澳门 GT 杯——国际汽联 GT 世界杯的争夺。赛制将再度包含由所有车手共同参加的排位赛，及随后由排位赛第一节最快的八位车手展开激动人心的超级杆位对决，之后将进行一场12圈的预赛，以及一场16圈的正赛。
奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 于2010年首次亮相澳门 GT 杯，李英健与英国车手 Danny Watts 在这款赛车的首秀中分别获得亚军和季军。次年，Edoardo Mortara 为奥迪斩获三连冠中的首个冠军，并于2014年再度登上领奖台。René Rast 在2015年首届国际汽联 GT 世界杯中驾驶奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 获得亚军，Laurens Vanthoor 则于2016年夺得冠军。荷兰车手 Robin Frijns 在次年再为奥迪带回一个领奖台成绩，获得亚军。
李英健于2020年重返奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 座舱，与陈维安在该年澳门 GT 杯中分别获得亚军和季军。Mortara 在2022年为奥迪 R8 LMS GT3 带回继三冠之后的又一个亚军领奖台。次年，在赛事因新冠疫情中断三年后恢复国际汽联 GT 世界杯认证时，他再度斩获亚军。
带着四场澳门赛事胜利及九次登上领奖台的辉煌战绩，今年 Bamber 和 Eriksson 将驾驶第二代奥迪R8 LMS GT3 evo II 出战澳门 GT 杯——国际汽联 GT 世界杯的争夺。赛制将再度包含由所有车手共同参加的排位赛，及随后由排位赛第一节最快的八位车手展开激动人心的超级杆位对决，之后将进行一场12圈的预赛，以及一场16圈的正赛。
Earl Bamber and Joel Eriksson announced for Audi FIA GT World Cup tilt
• Two-time Le Mans winner Bamber to make Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II debut at Macau Grand Prix
• Joel Eriksson to return to Guia Circuit in Phantom Global Racing Team Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II
• Audi hunts fifth Macau GT Cup victory with Platinum-ranked line-up
• Joel Eriksson to return to Guia Circuit in Phantom Global Racing Team Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II
• Audi hunts fifth Macau GT Cup victory with Platinum-ranked line-up
Macau, October 15, 2026 – Earl Bamber will make his Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II debut at the Macau Grand Prix from November 19-22, as the Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute entry for the prestigious Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup. Returning to the race in which he finished fifth overall last year is Sweden’s Joel Eriksson, this time with Phantom Global Racing Team. The FIA Platinum-ranked pair will tackle the legendary 6.2km street circuit as Audi hunts a fifth Macau GT Cup victory and a second FIA GT World Cup crown.
“We believe we have assembled our strongest possible line-up to compete for a 5th GT Cup crown for Audi on the legendary downtown streets of Macau. With multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Earl Bamber, we have a driver who has unfinished business at the Guia Circuit. He can count himself unlucky on a couple of occasions not to have won the event, and he possesses the talent to finally bring it home,” said Alexander Blackie, Head of Audi Sport customer racing Asia. “Meanwhile Joel Erikkson was absolutely superb in the Audi R8 LMS last year and is hungry to build on that showing. We can’t wait to get started at this year’s Macau Grand Prix”
“We believe we have assembled our strongest possible line-up to compete for a 5th GT Cup crown for Audi on the legendary downtown streets of Macau. With multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Earl Bamber, we have a driver who has unfinished business at the Guia Circuit. He can count himself unlucky on a couple of occasions not to have won the event, and he possesses the talent to finally bring it home,” said Alexander Blackie, Head of Audi Sport customer racing Asia. “Meanwhile Joel Erikkson was absolutely superb in the Audi R8 LMS last year and is hungry to build on that showing. We can’t wait to get started at this year’s Macau Grand Prix”
One of the world’s most experienced and accomplished sportscar stars, in 2019 New Zealander Bamber added an IMSA SportsCar GTLM Championship title to his two Le Mans 24 Hour outright victories which came in 2015 and 2017, the same year he also lifted the FIA World Endurance Championship crown. In 2023, Bamber supplemented his already-impressive CV with a Nürburgring 24 Hours SP9 Pro win.
Bamber made his Guia Circuit debut in 2013 in the Macau GT Cup, prior to the race’s FIA status in 2015, taking a top-eight finish the following year. In 2019 he earned a third-place podium finish in the Macau GT Cup - FIA GT World Cup.
This November, Bamber returns to the Macau Grand Prix for his debut in the Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II as the brand with the four rings goes on the hunt for a fifth race win and second FIA GT World Cup crown.
Bamber made his Guia Circuit debut in 2013 in the Macau GT Cup, prior to the race’s FIA status in 2015, taking a top-eight finish the following year. In 2019 he earned a third-place podium finish in the Macau GT Cup - FIA GT World Cup.
This November, Bamber returns to the Macau Grand Prix for his debut in the Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II as the brand with the four rings goes on the hunt for a fifth race win and second FIA GT World Cup crown.
Eriksson, 28, returns to the streets of Macau for a third time having made his debut in 2019. Last year was the first time he campaigned the Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II in Macau, and he was on immediately on the pace. Qualifying fourth overall after the event’s first-ever pole shoot out, he went on to finish the Qualification Race in fourth and take an impressive top-five finish in the 16-lap FIA GT World Cup itself.
The Audi R8 LMS GT3 made its first Macau GT Cup appearance in 2010, when Marchy Lee and Briton Danny Watts finished second and third respectively on the car’s debut. The following year, Edoardo Mortara took the first of three consecutive victories for the marque, also taking a podium finish in 2014. René Rast raced the Audi R8 LMS GT3 to a second-place finish in the inaugural edition of the FIA GT World Cup in 2015, with Laurens Vanthoor taking the title in 2016. Dutchman Robin Frijns added to the Audi podium tally the following year with a runner-up placing.
Marchy Lee was back in an Audi R8 LMS GT3 in 2020, when he and David Chen Weian took second and third respectively in the 2020 Macau GT Cup. Mortara added a second Audi R8 LMS GT3 podium to his trio of wins in 2022, adding another second-place result the following year when FIA GT World Cup status was restored after three Covid-19-impacted years.
With a stellar record of four Macau race wins and nine podiums, this year it will be Bamber and Eriksson at the wheels of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo IIs when the battle for the Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup begins. The format will once again include a qualifying session for all entrants followed by a thrilling super pole shootout for the quickest eight drivers in Q1. A 12-lap qualifying race will be followed by the 16-lap main event.
The Audi R8 LMS GT3 made its first Macau GT Cup appearance in 2010, when Marchy Lee and Briton Danny Watts finished second and third respectively on the car’s debut. The following year, Edoardo Mortara took the first of three consecutive victories for the marque, also taking a podium finish in 2014. René Rast raced the Audi R8 LMS GT3 to a second-place finish in the inaugural edition of the FIA GT World Cup in 2015, with Laurens Vanthoor taking the title in 2016. Dutchman Robin Frijns added to the Audi podium tally the following year with a runner-up placing.
Marchy Lee was back in an Audi R8 LMS GT3 in 2020, when he and David Chen Weian took second and third respectively in the 2020 Macau GT Cup. Mortara added a second Audi R8 LMS GT3 podium to his trio of wins in 2022, adding another second-place result the following year when FIA GT World Cup status was restored after three Covid-19-impacted years.
With a stellar record of four Macau race wins and nine podiums, this year it will be Bamber and Eriksson at the wheels of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo IIs when the battle for the Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup begins. The format will once again include a qualifying session for all entrants followed by a thrilling super pole shootout for the quickest eight drivers in Q1. A 12-lap qualifying race will be followed by the 16-lap main event.
