Rumor: Audi Sport May End Customer Racing Programs at End of 2023

Here's hoping this is one rumor that isn't true. Motorsport.com is reporting hints of Audi Sport ending its customer racing programs at the end of 2023. We've not been able to verify the validity of the rumor, but it's probably worth summarizing what is being said and expanding with what is known. According to Motorsport.com, the thinking here is that the focus will shift to the Formula 1 project. Audi Sport announced their intent last year to pursue F1, has since purchased the Sauber te...

Audi Customer Team Competes in the 2023 Kumho TCR World Tour with the Audi RS 3 LMS

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85659"] Audi Sport Team Comtoyou with two Audi RS 3 LMS cars in new global racing series Audi Sport driver Frédéric Vervisch and Rob Huff with a wealth of experience Calendar with nine events on four continents With 29 overall titles and 72 additional class titles since 2017, the Audi RS 3 LMS is one of the most successful models in the Audi Sport customer racing program. The touring car won the worldwide “TCR Model of ...

Victories for all Four Audi Sport Racing Models

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85624"] [source: Audi AG] Audi R8 LMS prevails in Thailand, New Zealand and England Two victories for the Audi R8 LMS GT2, one for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 Excellent season opener for Audi RS 3 LMS in Italy Audi R8 LMS GT3 Triple success in Thailand: Team B-Quik Absolute Racing started its title defense in the Thailand Super Series with a one-two-three. Last year’s champion Akash Nandy from Malaysia, who is part of the Audi Sport Asia driver squa...

GT World Challenge Australia: Audi Sport Factory Stars in Perth

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85547"] [source: Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS] Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia has once again called on a pair of European factory aces as it aims to continue its unbeaten start to the 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS. Following on from double success at the opening round at Mount Panorama, Max Hofer will re-join Liam Talbot in the Shannons Insurance Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2. Austrian Hofer is race winner ...

Strong Audi presence in the GT World Challenge Europe 2023

[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="85536"]   Eleven Audi R8 LMS GT3 in sprints and endurance races, at least twelve at SpaBrand’s customer teams also aim to defend titles in GT2 European SeriesGT4 European Series on course for growth with strong Audi teams Source: Audi AG The Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS will remain a central pillar in European GT racing in 2023 with a comprehensive program of Audi Sport customer racing teams. A total of 23 Audi R8 LMS cars in t...

Audi Sport customer racing with 14 Drivers in the 2023 Season

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="83469"] source: Audi AG Twelve familiar and two new faces in the Audi Sport customer racing driver squad Audi Sport signs Simon Gachet and Max Hofer Audi Sport customer racing is relying on a mix of experience and youth for its 2023 driver squad. In addition to established drivers, the brand also includes two former customer drivers in the driver squad, Simon Gachet and Max Hofer. Audi Sport is relying on twelve familiar and two new fa...

Two Class Victories for Audi Sport Customer Teams at the Bathurst 12 Hour

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="82698"] source: Audi AG Double victory for Audi R8 LMS in Pro-Am class thanks to Melbourne Performance Centre and The Bend Motorsport Park Myland Team IMS wins Silver Cup, third place for M-Motorsport/Vantage Racing Lap record with an all-electric road vehicle by Christopher Mies in the supporting program As many as four Audi Sport customer teams were on the podium at the Bathurst 12 Hour 2023: After a strong recovery, the three Australians ...

Audi Sport with Strong Local Teams at the Bathurst 12 Hour

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="82101"] source: Audi AG Season highlight in Australian GT racing on challenging circuit Six Audi Sport drivers take turns in three R8 LMS cars Audi customers again aim for success in various classes For the twelfth time already, the Audi R8 LMS will face the biggest endurance competition in Australia. The tradition-steeped hill-and-dale track at Bathurst, 200 kilometers west of Sydney, will be the venue of the 12-hour race from February 3 to...

New Car, New Season and Renewed Championship Desire Powers Unitronic JDC into 2023

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81735"] source: Unitronic Cutting their 2022 campaign short after finishing on the top step of the podium at Lime Rock Park wasn’t the season ending the Unitronic JDC-Miller MotorSports pairing of Mikey Taylor and Chris Miller had in mind, but it allowed the team to regroup and shift their focus on the 2023 season with the new generation RS 3 LMS TCR! The 2021 and 2022 seasons featured several frustrating race-ending mechanical failures for the...

Audi RS 3 LMS Best TCR Model for the Third Time

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81306"] source: Audi AG Audi again awarded “TCR Model of the Year” after 2018 and 2021 Audi RS 3 LMS most successful around the globe Audi Sport customer racing’s entry-level model has a first-class season record. The compact race car started 1,080 times in 302 competitions worldwide, celebrating 89 victories and 236 podium finishes in total. In the comparative evaluation of all race cars by the WSC organization, the founder and licensor ...

Record Season for Audi Sport customer racing

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80766"] source: Audi AG Audi wins 76 titles worldwide with its customer teams Victory rate of 36 percent in more than 800 races All four models of the brand achieve individual victories, podiums and titles Audi Sport customer racing has never won as many titles with its teams as it did this year. In the 14th season of the customer racing program, teams all over the world celebrated remarkable successes in individual competitions as well as i...

Audi Customer Teams Win Titles in Asia

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80446"] source: Audi AG Third championship success in the Thailand Super Series Titles in China for Audi teams in GTSSC and China GT Overall victory in South Africa at the 9-hour endurance finale Audi Sport customer racing ended the 2022 season with a series of successes in Asia. The brand’s customer teams recorded race victories and further championship titles in China as well as in Thailand. One endurance victory and one sprint victory i...

Audi in Third Place at the Gulf 12 Hours

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80419"] source: Audi AG Audi Sport Team Saintéloc best R8 LMS squad at the Gulf 12 Hours Tresor Attempto Racing private drivers win Silver Cup Although all four Audi R8 LMS cars posted a combined 70 leading laps in the season finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, Audi Sport customer racing was denied another victory at the end of a great international endurance racing season. At the end of a race marked by many neutralizations at the...

Seventh GT Sprint Title in Australia for Audi

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80260"] source: Audi AG Yasser Shahin with Melbourne Performance Centre Champion in Australia Another endurance title for Audi at the Nürburgring Jasmin Preisig wins international class title in Audi RS 3 LMS After six titles in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS 2022, Audi Sport customer racing has now also secured three titles in the Australian championship. Victory in the manufacturers classification on the Nürburgring...

Audi RS 3 LMS Dominates WTCR Finale

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79537"] source: Audi AG Two wins in WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup for Comtoyou Racing Class titles in TCR and GT categories for customer teams in Spain SRO honors for numerous Audi drivers in London Audi Sport customer racing finished the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup with its two drivers Nathanaël Berthon and Gilles Magnus with two victories. Meanwhile, two customer teams secured endurance racing class titles in Spain with the Au...

Four Audi Entries at the Endurance Finale in Abu Dhabi

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79584"] source: Audi AG Gulf 12 Hours new on the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar Customer team Attempto Racing was the winner in Abu Dhabi in 2019 Five Audi Sport drivers in the cockpits of two teams Since 2012, six different Audi customer teams have participated in a total of six editions of the Gulf 12 Hours so far. Attempto Racing was the most successful with a one-two victory in 2019. In the finale of the 2022 Intercontinental GT ...

Third Audi Victory at Anniversary in Macau Guia Race

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79346"] source: Audi AG Filipe Souza celebrates two victories in the Audi RS 3 LMS at Macau Second place in Macau GT Cup for Edoardo Mortara after catch-up race Title success in Italian endurance racing Privateer Filipe Souza won the anniversary edition of the Macau Guia Race for Audi Sport customer racing at the weekend while Edoardo Mortara celebrated second place in the Macau GT Cup. A title for the Audi RS 3 LMS in Italy and podium posit...

TCR Victory for Audi Customer Team in Australia

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="79083"] source: Audi AG Fifth success of the season for the Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR Australia Third place in WTCR – FIA Touring Car World Cup in Bahrain Victories for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 at the season finale in Germany The Melbourne Performance Centre clinched second place in the standings in TCR Australia with the Audi RS 3 LMS in a thrilling finale. Trophies in the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup as well as in German and Australian GT ra...

Six Championship Titles for Audi Customers at the Nürburgring

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="78751"] source: Audi AG Fourth victory of the season for the Audi R8 LMS in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie Class titles for Audi RS 3 LMS in German endurance racing Race wins and class success for Audi in Italy Audi ends the German endurance season with a dream result: The third one-two in a row and six class titles on the Nordschleife underline the quality of the GT models as well as the touring cars of Audi Sport customer racing, while an...

Championship Victory for Audi in New Zealand

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="78544"] source: Audi AG Sam Fillmore/Jonny Reid win in the rain in the southern hemisphere Victory and championship lead for B-Quik Absolute Racing in Thailand Gold for Tom Coronel and the Netherlands in FIA Motorsport Games While the Audi R8 LMS GT3 won another championship in New Zealand and took the lead of the standings in Thailand, two Audi drivers celebrated their medal successes at the FIA Motorsport Games: Tom Coronel won gold for th...