Tag: R8 LMS

The opening round of the 2015 VLN Championship was cut short after the #23  NISMO Nissan lifted off of the track at the Flugplatz, dragged its tail off of the track, then proceeded to cartwheel over the tires, and catch-fence. Unfortunately the car landed in an are where spectators were present, resulting in one fatality, […] More »

They say the “devil is in the detail”, which means it’s the smallest detail that makes the finished product what it is. It is this nearly insane level of attention to detail that Audi is SO good at that makes their race cars something truly special to behold. Case in point is the newly released […] More »

First fielding of GT3 race car in VLN opener Phoenix Racing and Belgian Audi Club Team WRT are race teams Strong driver line-up for the 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and at Spa Ingolstadt – On March 28, the new Audi R8 LMS will be facing its baptism of fire in the VLN Endurance Championship […] More »

With a ‘warm-up’ at the Competence Center Motorsport in Neuburg, Audi Sport officially opened the 2015 motorsport season. On Thursday, about 70 members of international media from 12 nations including China and Russia, experienced an exclusive tour of the new racing department and the first joint appearance of the four Audi racing projects, LMP, DTM, GT racing and the Audi Sport TT Cup

Ingolstadt – Audi is again running in front. As one of the first automobile manufacturers to do so at the beginning of the 2015 season, the brand with the four rings is presenting a race car that already meets the requirements of the new GT3 regulations to be introduced in 2016. The new Audi R8 […] More »

Adventure in ‘Down Under:’ In the 12-hour race at Bathurst, Australia, on Sunday (February 8), five Audi customer teams fielding seven Audi R8 LMS ultra cars will be tackling one of the world’s toughest challenges in endurance racing

The two Audi R8 LMS cars of Paul Miller Racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports finished the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in the top ten of the GT Daytona class. The Germans René Rast and Christopher Haase, together with Bryce Miller and Dion von Moltke in the R8 LMS of Paul Miller Racing, were initially […] More »