Title Chase in South Africa: Audi Ready to Pounce

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="66263"] source: Audi AG Sixth and seventh Intercontinental GT Challenge title possible Five Audi R8 LMS on the grid at the Kyalami 9 Hour Safari design for the three GT3 sports cars from Audi Sport customer racing Audi Sport customer racing travels to the finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) with the best chances. In the only worldwide race series for GT3 sports cars, Audi leads the manufacturers standings with a 36-point advan...
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Two Titles for Audi customer teams in Southern Europe

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65892"] source: Audi AG Mirco van Nostrum/Alvaro Fontes are TCR champions in the CER Series Pierre Arraou wins his class in Spain in the Audi R8 LMS GT4 Second place for Audi in the IMSA manufacturers standings The Spanish Campeonato de España de Resistencia race series ended at Barcelona with title successes for two Audi Sport customer teams. Second place in the IMSA TCR manufacturers classification and a second place in the Super Taikyu S...
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Victories and Title Successes for the Audi R8 LMS in Asia

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65707"] source: Audi AG Audi customer team Hitotsuyama celebrates class victory in Super GT Audi Sport Asia Absolute wins China Endurance Challenge title Hu Bo is the new GT4 champion in GT Super Sprint Challenge Successful weekend for Audi Sport customer racing: In addition to Ricardo Feller and Christopher Mies winning the International German GT Championship in the ADAC GT Masters, Audi customer teams also celebrated further victories and...
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Ricardo Feller and Christopher Mies win International German GT Championship with Audi

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65695"] source: Audi AG Audi customer team Montaplast by Land-Motorsport wins team title Championship fiercly contested until season finale Four season victories and another four podiums go to the Audi R8 LMS Quadruple championship success in the ADAC GT Masters: At the season finale at the Nürburgring, Audi Sport driver Christopher Mies and his teammate Ricardo Feller secured the title in the drivers’ classification. Their team Montaplas...
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Innovative For Sure: Audi Sets Safety Standards at the Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65628"] source: Audi AG Holistic safety concept of the Audi RS Q e-tron Valuable knowledge from circuit racing flows into Dakar project High standards of passenger protection are a tradition at Audi Sport Long before Audi unveiled the RS Q e-tron to the public in summer 2021, the racing engineering team was already intensively involved in the Dakar Rally. The risks in off-road racing were at the center of the considerations fo...
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Audi RS 3 Sedan: The Epitome of Sporty Driving

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65498"] source: Audi AG With the second generation of the RS 3 Sedan, Audi is relaunching the sporty top-of-the-line pair in the compact segment. The award-winning five-cylinder engine now has more torque, making it even more powerful. In combination with the RS torque splitter installed for the first time in an Audi, the A3 series’ emotional flagship model offers performance and lateral dynamics on a whole new level. The market launch will tak...
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Next Title Success for Audi Sport Italia

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65435"] source: Audi AG After sprint title, Audi R8 LMS wins endurance title in Italy as well Victory for B-Quik Absolute Racing at season opener in Thailand Runner-up titles for Audi customer teams in TCR Japan and TCR Russia Audi Sport Italia achieved the maximum result in the domestic GT Championship with the R8 LMS: After winning the sprint race series, the team also celebrated endurance championship success at Monza. In Asia, B-Quik Abs...
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Stéphane Peterhansel: “Enormous Driving Pleasure”

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65386"] source: Audi AG 14-time Dakar winner is thrilled with the powertrain of the Audi RS Q e-tron Good collaboration with teammates and co-driver Edouard Boulanger Unbroken motivation continues into fourth decade of his career With 14 victories under his belt, Stéphane Peterhansel, who made his debut in the Dakar Rally in 1988, is the sole record holder of the famous desert rally. Before his 34th start at the iconic off-road event a...
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Third Victory of the Season for New Audi RS 3 LMS

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65341"] source: Audi Sport Frédéric Vervisch wins round of FIA WTCR at Pau in RS 3 LMS Uwe Alzen defends STT club racing title with Audi R8 LMS Successes for GT2 and GT4 sports cars round off weekend In addition to Audi Sport customer racing’s victory at the Indianapolis 8 Hour, customer teams around the world have also clinched numerous podium successes in GT and touring car racing with the brand’s four models – above all Comtoyou T...
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Spectacular Audi Sport Win in America

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65142"] source: Audi AG Audi with 40-point lead after victory on legendary Indianapolis circuit Winners Haase/Niederhauser/Winkelhock now joint championship leaders with Ferrari line-up in drivers standings Strong fourth place overall and Silver Cup victory for Audi privateer team Audi Sport customer racing clinched its first victory of the season in the Intercontinental GT Challenge together with Audi Sport Team Saintéloc in the USA. The h...
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Five Titles for Audi Sport and Team WRT in GT World Challenge Europe

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65118"] source: Audi AG Overall title for Audi Sport drivers Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts Belgian driver duo becomes the first to defend the Sprint Cup title Five championship titles in Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup go to Team WRT Audi Sport customer racing congratulates Team WRT on five title successes at the end of an exceptional season in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS. Vincent Vosse’s Belgian squad, with the A...
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Video of the Day: Why Driving a Group B Legend is a Bit Like Being on Drugs

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65110"] words: Bill, photo: Goodwood Road & Racing You won't never tame it but I love it...absolutely love it. These are the words David Kedward utters when driving his replica Group B Audi Quattro. Imagine being 12 years old and love being a butcher assistant. Then imagine being exposed to motorsports. That is British rally driver, David Kedward. He's raced all over the world but really wanted an Audi Quattro, He and his best mate, Gary M...
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Compared: 2021 Audi RS 6 Avant vs. 2021 Audi A6 allroad – Enthusiast Unit vs. Consumer Unit

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="65009"] words: George, photos: George Achorn, Bill Cho Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2021 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here. “Consumer Unit”. It’s a term you hear when you spend time with a manufacturer like Audi. Loosely stated, it’s a car seen out in the wild and operated by a private owner. It’s a car that’s been purchased and driven b...
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Unitronic JDC-Miller Audi Takes Home Victory at VIR

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64843"] source: Unitronic The No.17 Unitronic JDC-Miller Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR took home another victory at VIRginia International Raceway; making them the first team to reach the top step for a second time in the 2021 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season; and a long overdue one, at that. Right out of the gate, the No. 17 Audi was hooked up, as the JDC Motorsports team is no stranger to VIR, finishing the first free practice session up fr...
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Audi R8 LMS in DTM Title Fight until the Finale

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64797"] source: Audi AG Kelvin van der Linde starting for Team ABT Sportsline finishes third Three-time champion René Rast returns to the DTM in 2022 The 2021 DTM season has come to an end at the Norisring with an exciting final weekend and the title not being decided until the very last of 16 races. Kelvin van der Linde celebrates third place overall in Team ABT Sportsline’s Audi R8 LMS, while the first prominent newcomer for 20...
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Eleven More Titles for Audi Sport customer racing

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64815"] source: Audi AG GT3 championship wins in GT World Challenge Europe, Germany and Italy Second TCR title in a row in Canada Race wins for Audi drivers with Audi R8 LMS GT3, GT4 and Audi RS 3 LMS In the decisive phase of the 2021 season, Audi’s customer teams remain on course for success: The overall title in Italy, a fifth championship success in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, class titles on the Nürburgring�...
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The Sheer Joy of Driving Meets Enhanced Performance: the Audi R8 V10 performance RWD

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64590"] source: Audi AG Audi R8 V10 performance RWD now with 570 PS High-performance sports car complements R8 V10 performance quattro and boasts new equipment highlights and driving dynamics features 60 percent carryover parts with LMS GT4, produced at “Böllinger Höfe” plant Even more power, even more fun: the true meaning of “performance” at the Audi Sport GmbH. The new R8 V10 performance RWD is available as a Coupé or Spyder wi...
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Four Audi R8 LMS at the Intercontinental GT Challenge in Indianapolis

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64551"] source: Audi AG Audi Sport Teams Saintéloc and WRT on the grid Teams and drivers want to increase Audi’s championship lead Second edition of the Indianapolis 8 Hour Audi Sport customer racing is ready for the next race of the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge. This year, the North American round at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be taking place from October 15–17. A total of four Audi R8 LMS cars will be represe...
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First Title Success for Audi R8 LMS GT2

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64565"] source: Audi AG High Class Racing wins GT2 European Series with Audi Close title fight for Audi GT3 drivers in DTM and ADAC GT Masters Class titles for Audi R8 LMS GT4 in France and Audi RS 3 LMS in Italy The top two Pro-Am teams in the GT2 European Series rely on Audi and now the Audi R8 LMS GT2 recorded its first title in international motorsport. The R8 LMS GT4 and RS 3 LMS models also won two titles in their classes on the first ...
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2.5 TFSI: Audi’s Most Powerful Series Five-Cylinder

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="64466"] source: Audi AG The legend lives: the five-cylinder engine is an expression of Audi’s DNA Stronger character: the robust sound and characteristic firing order will give you goosebumps Audi RS 3: new setup for unmatched acceleration and top speed The five-cylinder engine has been an important component of Audi’s brand DNA ever since the first one was introduced in 1976. Even today, its characteristic firing order and unique sound ...
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