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31 Mar 2022

Title Defense with 24 Audi Customer Race Cars in SRO Race Series – Valentino Rossi on the Grid

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="70253"] source: Audi AG Audi customers with twelve GT3 race cars, seven cars in the GT4 class and five GT2 sports cars at Imola Mission title defense for Team WRT in GT World Challenge Europe Other Audi teams want to win the GT4 and GT2 titles again Audi Sport customer racing is again one of the most important brands in the pan-European GT platform of promoter SRO (Stéphane Ratel Organization) in 2022. Eleven customer teams with a tot...

21 Feb 2022

Spy Photo: KTM X-Bow GT2 Road Version

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="68834"] This is our first good look at KTM’s incoming new X-Bow GT2 road car, unsurprisingly called the KTM X-Bow GT2. And yes, KTM did send out some official “spy shots” of this car some weeks ago but just 3 half blurry shots. And seeing the prototype playing in the snow on a remote ice track up in Northern Scandinavia is not just more fun but is also giving us a chance to see the car better. The KTM X-Bow GT2 is of course named after the ...

18 Jan 2022

1–2 Victory for Audi customer team WRT at the Dubai 24 Hours

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="67905"] source: Audi AG MS7 by WRT and Team WRT dominate the season opener of the 24H Series Class victory for PK Carsport at the 24-hour debut of the Audi R8 LMS GT2 Second place in TCR class, third place in GT3-Am category For the third time after 2016 and 2019, an Audi customer team has won the traditional opener of the endurance season in Dubai. Team WRT from Belgium, which claimed its first success six years ago, celebrated a convincing...

20 Dec 2021

Impressive Year for Audi Sport customer racing

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="67063"] source: Audi Sport 58 title successes worldwide for Audi customer teams in the 2021 season 400th GT sports car built for racing in Biberach Production start for Audi R8 LMS GT3 evo II and Audi RS 3 LMS gen II Audi Sport customer racing is celebrating an exceptional season: while the customer teams have clinched 58 titles worldwide, the brand has set several milestones in production in the program’s 13th year. The 2021 season ...

18 Oct 2021

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...

4 Oct 2021

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 ...

26 Jul 2021

Seventh Victory for Audi R8 LMS GT2

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="62627"] source: Audi AG Title fight between Audi teams in GT2 European Series comes to a head Kelvin van der Linde remains leader of the DTM standings First victory for Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR South America With seven victories in eight races, the Audi R8 LMS GT2 remains the benchmark in the GT2 European Series. Before the finale, it is clear that the title winners will be driving Audi cars in the debut season of this new racing series. In the ...

19 Jul 2021

Title Win for Audi Sport Italia

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="62480"] source: Audi AG Riccardo Agostini wins GT Sprint title for 2020 season in Italy First car of the Audi R8 LMS GT2 Color Edition delivered Podium successes for the Audi RS 3 LMS in Canada and Europe Audi Sport Italia celebrated a late title win with the Audi R8 LMS after a sporting court ruling corrected the 2020 championship decision. Meanwhile, the Audi RS 3 LMS collected seven trophies in one weekend in North America and Europe. ...

6 Jul 2021

Dominant Performance of the Audi R8 LMS in GT World Challenge

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="62046"] source: Audi AG Season wins number two and three for Team WRT in sprint classification Audi R8 LMS GT2 remains unbeaten in GT2 European Series Seven podium results for Audi RS 3 LMS Audi Sport drivers Dries Vanthoor/Charles Weerts took a big step forward in their mission to defend the title in the Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Sprint Cup with two victories. Also at Misano, the Audi R8 LMS GT2 continued its unbroken string...

30 Jun 2021

Eric Brigliadori Extends Championship Lead with Audi in Italy

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="61951"] source: Audi AG Audi customer team BF Motorsport in front at the halfway point of the TCR Italy season Championship lead for Vincent Kolb in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie Tom Spitzenberger leads the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup standings Audi Sport customer racing is ahead in one of the best national TCR racing series thanks to a success by Team BF Motorsport in Italy. Podium finishes in the GT3 and GT4 categories around the glo...

15 Jun 2021

New Production Record for Audi R8 LMS

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="61575"] source: Audi AG Second-generation Audi R8 LMS surpasses number of units of first series So far 82 drivers championships and 106 other titles for Audi in GT3 racing At mid-year 2021, Audi Sport customer racing has reached an important milestone: The 138th GT3 model of the second-generation Audi R8 LMS, which has been marketed since the end of 2015, has been built. The successful predecessor model, which was available from 2009 to 2015...

20 Apr 2021

Strong Start for the Audi R8 LMS GT2

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="60207"] source: Audi Sport Two victories for Audi Sport’s most powerful model at Monza Podium results for GT3 version at the Nürburgring and in Hungary Victory and podium places for the Audi RS 3 LMS in Europe and China With a victory and a one-two finish, Audi Sport customer racing celebrated a convincing start to the new GT2 European Series. All three customer teams relying on the Audi R8 LMS GT2 recorded podium finishes – two of them...

20 Apr 2021

18 Audi R8 LMS Cars at the Season Opener in Monza

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="60187"] source: Audi AG Audi customers on the grid in three different categories of the SRO racing series Three GT2 sports cars from Audi Sport customer racing on one grid for the first time Seven GT3 and eight GT4 models with the four rings in Italy Audi Sport customer racing has never been so strongly represented in the European racing series of promoter SRO (Stéphane Ratel Organization) as in the 2021 season. A total of nine of the brand...

2 Nov 2020

Victory and Championship Lead for Audi in the ADAC GT Masters

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="54785"] source: Audi Sport Race win for Montaplast by Land-Motorsport, Rutronik Racing ahead in title fight Three class titles for Audi customer teams with GT3, GT4 and TCR models Championship lead increased after another victory in Super Taikyu Series In Germany’s leading GT3 racing series, the ADAC GT Masters, Christopher Haase/Max Hofer scored their first victory of the season, while Kelvin van der Linde/Patric Niederhauser extended the...

19 Oct 2020

Audi R8 LMS on Course for More Titles

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="54238"] source: Audi Sport Riccardo Agostini GT3 championship leader before sprint finale in Italy Club racing success for Uwe Alzen in Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy Audi R8 LMS GT4 leads in four classifications in France and one European class and takes first wins in DTM Trophy Another two excellent races and best chances for Audi Sport Italia to win the title, a title in club racing in Germany, a victory in New Zealand and two podiums in Chin...

3 Aug 2020

Audi “quattro”: Fourth Victory for the R8 LMS in Just Two Weeks

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50124"] source: Audi Sport Audi wins season starts in ADAC GT Masters and Italian sprint racing Trophies for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in America, Germany and France Audi RS 3 LMS wins both rounds of TCR Italy at Misano Within just 14 days, Audi Sport customers celebrated four major victories in Europe’s most important GT3 racing series. After having won the season opener in Italian endurance racing two weeks ago and the GT World Challenge Europ...

20 Jul 2020

Audi R8 LMS Wins in Italy, America and Spain

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49551"] source: Audi Sport Thrilling opening victory for Audi Sport Italia at Mugello Audi Sport customer teams successful around the globe in all Audi Sport customer racing models Audi Sport Italia made a strong start in the Italian GT Championship in an endurance race that was fiercely contested all the way to the end. Two GT4 exploits and one podium result each for the Audi R8 LMS GT2 and the Audi RS 3 LMS round off the weekend’s succes...

15 Apr 2020

Tech Talk: Making the Audi R8 V10 Engine Fast and Robust

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="45892"] source: Audi of America Editor’s Note: We are in some extraordinary times now. COVID-19 has caused many disruptions (to say the very least) and in terms of the automotive world, all industry and enthusiast events are on hold…but that doesn’t mean we have to stop learning. In quattro magazine, we have a column by James Benoit called Tech Talk where James talks about…well…the tech of Audi. Audi of America is releasing a serie...

21 Dec 2019

Audi R8 LMS GT2 Deliveries Have Begun

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="40611"] source: Audi Sport Market launch of Audi Sport customer racing’s most powerful model Green light for the fourth model range: Following the start of production, Audi Sport customer racing began deliveries of the first Audi R8 LMS GT2 cars shortly before Christmas. The race car will be assembled at Böllinger Höfe site – in the same factory as the road-approved models. It is directly derived from the Audi R8 Spyder V10 performance...