Victories number 4 and 5 in GT World Challenge Australia 11.05.2021: The Bend Motorsport Park team again dominated GT World Challenge Australia at its home race. On the third race weekend of the series at The Bend Motorsport Park circuit southeast of Adelaide, the driver duo Yasser Shahin/Garth Tander celebrated thei

The Bend Motorsport Park team again dominated GT World Challenge Australia at its home race.

On the third race weekend of the series at The Bend Motorsport Park circuit southeast of Adelaide, the driver duo Yasser Shahin/Garth Tander celebrated their fourth and fifth victories of the season in the Audi R8 LMS in two sprints.


Shahin, whose family runs the circuit, and professional driver Tander, the 2019 Australian GT Endurance Champion, built up a lead of more than 16 seconds in the first race in the Pro-Am class. Second place went to Tony Bates/Dylan O’Keeffe in another Audi R8 LMS.


Shahin/Tander won the second sprint with a five-and-a-half-second advantage despite a time penalty. In the championship standings, both increased their gap as leaders from 17 to 37 points.


In the two other classes of the race series, Audi customers Arthur Abrahams, Eric Constantinidis, Bill Papas, Mark Rosser, Brad Schumacher, Matt Stoupas and Greg Taylor recorded a total of seven further podium successes with the R8 LMS.


The most successful was Brad Schumacher, who extended his lead in the GT Trophy standings to 25 points with his class win.



Eva-Maria Becker - photo Daniel Kalisz