14 May 2018

Disappointment for Audi in Nürburgring 24 Hours

[source: Audi Sport] Audi Sport Team Land in sixth position best Audi team Harsh conditions in 46th running of the iconic race in the Eifel Podium result in TCR class for Bonk Motorsport Nürburg - In the 46th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the Eifel region revealed itself at its worst: Audi Sport customer racing had traveled to the world’s biggest automobile race as title defenders, but together with its customer teams suffered some bitter setba...
Mon, May 14 , 2018 Bill
7 May 2018

Victory For All Three Audi Sport customer racing Models

[source: Audi Sport] Audi R8 LMS achieves next GT3 success in Blancpain GT Series Audi R8 LMS GT4 wins in the United Kingdom Audi RS 3 LMS at the very front in America and Russia The customer teams of Audi Sport customer racing came out on top and clinched further podium places in some of the world’s most challenging series again last weekend. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Perfect showing in the United Kingdom: The second race weekend in the Blancpain GT Series...
Mon, May 07 , 2018 Bill
30 Apr 2018

Audi Sport Customers Successful Around The Globe

[source: Audi Sport] GT3 victories in Europe and Australia Audi R8 LMS GT4 in front in America, the Czech Republic and France First victory this season in ADAC TCR Germany for the Audi RS 3 LMS Neuburg a. d. Donau - America, Australia, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary and Italy: In six countries, Audi Sport customer racing teams celebrated victories last weekend. In addition, they clinched many other podium places. Audi R8 LMS GT3 First victory f...
Mon, Apr 30 , 2018 Bill
23 Apr 2018

Audi R8 LMS Wins Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Opener

[source: Audi Sport] Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in front at Monza Car Collection Motorsport with Elmar Grimm leads 24H Series standings Preview of second race weekend in WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup  With podium results clinched at Monza and at Navarra two Audi Sport customer racing teams and their drivers are in the top spots of the tables in two international racing series. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Victory in season opener: The Blancpain GT Series Endurance...
Mon, Apr 23 , 2018 Bill
13 Apr 2018

Audi Sport Named Presenting Sponsor for GP of Virginia

[source: Pirelli World Challenge Public Relations] Audi Sport Named Presenting Sponsor for PWC Grand Prix of Virginia set for April 27-29 Some 100 cars set to compete on fast, popular VIR road circuit ALTON, Va. – Pirelli World Challenge announced today that Audi Sport will serve as the presenting sponsor for the upcoming PWC Grand Prix of Virginia schedule for April 27-29 at the picturesque 3.27-mile, 17-turn VIRginia International Raceway permanent road circuit in south Virgin...
Fri, Apr 13 , 2018 Bill
11 Apr 2018

Garth Tander To Drive Audi R8 LMS in Australian GT Championship

[source: Audi Australia] Garth Tander joins Geoff Emery in the #1 Jamec Pem Audi R8 LMS GT3 V8 Supercar champion back behind the wheel of an Audi Round 2 of the Australia GT Championship at The Bend, South Australia Three-time Bathurst 1000 winner and former V8 Supercar champion, Garth Tander, will reprise his role with Audi Sport customer racing this weekend, when he joins the Australian GT field in Round 2 of the Australian GT Championship. Tander will join Geoff Emery in...
Wed, Apr 11 , 2018 Bill
3 Apr 2018

Audi R8 LMS Wins GT Asia Series Opening Event

Victory for Absolute Racing in Asian season opener Podium result for the Audi RS 3 LMS in Japan Audi Sport customer racing Japan presents 2018 program The customers of Audi Sport customer racing achieved a total of seven podium results in Japan, Malaysia and Australia. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Successful opener in Malaysia: The Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing customer team clinched two trophies in the opening round of the GT Asia Series. The two Thai cam...
Tue, Apr 03 , 2018 Bill
16 Mar 2018

Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Broadcast Schedule and Spotter’s Guide

words: Bill Cho, spotter guide: Andy Blackmore Design The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is upon us and as usual, Andy Blackmore Design has the ultimate spotter guide for this historic race. This spotter guide includes the Audi R8 LMS GT3/GT4 and RS 3 LMS entries from Montaplast by Land Motorsport (Audi R8 LMS GT3 #29), Magnus Racing (Audi R8 LMS GT3 #44), Carbahn Motorsports (Audi R8 LMS GT4 #39), eEuroparts.com Racing (Audi RS 3 LMS TCR #10), Compass Racing (Audi RS 3 LMS TCR...
Fri, Mar 16 , 2018 Bill
20 Feb 2018

WRT to Enter Blancpain GT Series Asia with OD Racing

source: W Racing Team OD Racing has confirmed its return to the Blancpain GT Series Asia for the 2018 season. The Malaysian based outfit announced its entry and new partnership with legendary European race team, WRT, competing this season under the name – OD Racing Team WRT. The team will also see the return of Malaysian born race ace, Mitch Gilbert, back behind the wheel of the team’s Audi R8 LMS GT3, with the second driver to be announced later. Introduced to the Asian race sce...
Tue, Feb 20 , 2018 Bill
5 Feb 2018

Watch the 12 Hours of Bathurst Here

Believe it or not, if you're from anywhere other than Philadelphia, there were more sporting events going on last weekend than Super Bowl LII. For Road Racing fans, there was also the 12 Hours of Bathurst in Australia, where a gaggle of R8 LMS GT3s took to the track at Mount Panorama from Saturday into early Sunday (U.S. time). Just in case you missed the race (and also our posts on Audi's performance there), race organizers and YouTube have you covered. The race was live cast to the web ...
2 Feb 2018

Daytona: About that Land Penalty, Plus Full Rolex 24 Gallery

If you're anything like the staff of the Audi Club North America, you were likely tuned in to the IMSA season-opening Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona last weekend. If you were, then you already know the two Audi teams had started out strong and were moving up in the ranks. Things were looking good. Audi Sport customer racing staff on hand were feeling good about the weekend. With just two cars in the GTD field, this was a smaller-than-usual run at the Rolex 24. Even still, these were two ve...
22 Jan 2018

The REAL Truth in 24: Magnus Racing 2018

words: Bill Cho, video and screenshots: Magnus Racing Jason Statham-ish voice: In a world of triumph and defeat in a span of 24 hours, the return of one name will bring shivers to the competition: Magnus Racing... This very super serious YouTube video from Magnus Racing shows the hard work and dedication of the mechanics... the grueling physical routines and diets of the drivers... and the respect that Magnus Racing gets from its competitors... at the Rolex 2...
Mon, Jan 22 , 2018 Bill
19 Jan 2018

Audi Sport to Start 2018 Season in America and Australia with Strong Customer Teams

source: Audi Sport Two weeks following the one-two win in the 24-hour race in Dubai, the new Audi R8 LMS GT4 will now be racing in North America. The audience there will get to see the customer sport race car for the first time in the traditional opening round of the IMSA Series at Daytona from January 27 to 28. Just one week later, on February 4, the Intercontinental GT Challenge will kick off in Australia. With its product offensive Audi Sport customer racing is strengthening i...
Fri, Jan 19 , 2018 Bill
5 Jan 2018

Season Opener with 13 Race Cars from Audi Sport customer racing

source: Audi Sport Neuburg a. d. Donau, Germany -  24 Hours of Dubai to kick off the season for Audi on January 12/13 Five Audi R8 LMS for GT3 and two for GT4 Six Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR category Never before has Audi Sport customer racing’s representation in Dubai been as strong as this year. 13 of the 93 race cars in the field are sporting the four rings on their hoods. For the first time, the brand will be on the grid with all three current products in the GT3, GT...
Fri, Jan 05 , 2018 Bill