9 Aug 2018

New Challenge for Audi Sport in Japan

[source: Audi Sport] Debut for Audi Sport customer racing at Suzuka Three teams with five Audi R8 LMS cars on the grid Japanese Grand Prix circuit one of the world’s most challenging tracks Audi is leading the drivers’ and teams’ classification of the Intercontinental GT Challenge and now faces a new task: From August 24 to 26, the young racing series will visit the circuit at Suzuka in Japan for the first time. The track 400 kilometers southwest of Tokyo with its...
Thu, Aug 09 , 2018 Bill
28 Jun 2018

Hot Wheels Adds Audi R8 LMS in Retro Livery

Heads up if you're headed out to Target or the like, Hot Wheels is actively adding more Audi designs to its lineup. The most recent offering, part of the EuroSpeed collection is this Audi R8 LMS (Mk2) in a retro Audi Sport livery similar but not identical to one of the Audi R8 LMS GT4 entries to the IMSA Continental Tires race on Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona weekend. Unlike the Audi RS 6 Avant we've only found online, or the upcoming Sport quattro we spied posted by Hot Wheels on Instagram, ...
13 Jun 2018

Audi Sport With Eleven Cars in Spa 24 Hours

[source: Audi Sport] Six teams to put eleven Audi R8 LMS on the grid Last year’s winners to race again for Audi Sport Team Saintéloc The Spa 24 Hours from July 26 to 29, 2018 is marked by two anniversaries: While Audi Sport customer racing celebrates its tenth season the 70th running of the iconic endurance race in the Ardennes attracts a high-caliber field. With eleven Audi R8 LMS cars Audi Sport customer racing will be battling for the fifth overall victory and class ...
Wed, Jun 13 , 2018 Bill
11 Jun 2018

Victories for Audi R8 LMS and Audi RS 3 LMS

[source: Audi Sport] The customers of Audi Sport customer racing continue their strings of success. While the teams with the Audi R8 LMS in the DMV GTC won at the fourth consecutive event the drivers of the Audi RS 3 LMS were even unbeatable on five occasions. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Two victories at the Nürburgring: On the fourth race weekend of the DMV GTC, the customers of Audi Sport customer racing once again presented themselves in top form. After the privateers celebrate...
Mon, Jun 11 , 2018 Bill
11 May 2018

Ten Years of Audi Sport customer racing

[source: Audi Sport] Six models for top-class customer motorsport More than 50 championship titles worldwide Numerous synergies due to close affiliation within the Group Neuburg a. d. Donau - Audi Sport customer racing is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Following the presentation of the first generation of the Audi R8 LMS in 2008, the first customers relied on the GT3 sports car the following season – and immediately clinched three driver championship titles. To d...
Fri, May 11 , 2018 Bill
16 Apr 2018

Victories for Audi R8 LMS and Audi RS 3 LMS

Junior drivers from Phoenix Racing celebrate first success in ADAC GT Masters this season Fast lady Carrie Schreiner with overall victories in DMV GTC Audi RS 3 LMS unbeatable on the Nürburgring, at Hockenheim and in Russia Neuburg a. d. Donau - Audi Sport customers celebrated podium results and victories around the globe. The season openers in Germany and Russia went particularly well. Audi R8 LMS GT3 Strong start to the season at Oschersleben: The...
Mon, Apr 16 , 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
22 Mar 2018

GMG Has Four Cars Ready for SprintX Kickoff in Texas

source: GMG Racing Following a strong kickoff to the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge season with a pole position and podium at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Global Motorsports Group (GMG racing) will head to this weekend’s Grand Prix of Texas at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) with four cars ready to tackle the first “SprintX” round of the season. Now in its third year of existence, the one-hour, two-driver format of SprintX will see GMG participate with three GTS entries in the Pro...
Thu, Mar 22 , 2018 Bill
21 Mar 2018

Audi Aims for Fifth Victory in Nürburgring 24 Hours

source: Audi Sport Title defense with four cars supported by Audi Sport customer racing Experienced driver lineup to contest largest race in Germany Audi Sport campaigners and Audi factory drivers from DTM on the grid Audi Sport customer racing has set ambitious aims for the Nürburgring 24 Hours. From May 10 to 13, the Audi R8 LMS is supposed to battle for its fifth victory in the iconic endurance race. Audi Sport customer racing is supporting four off...
Wed, Mar 21 , 2018 Bill
28 Feb 2018

GMG Confirms Three Entries in Pirelli World Challenge GTS Competition

source: GMG Racing Continuing a heritage that has surpassed two decades in the Pirelli World Challenge, Global Motorsports Group (GMG Racing) is proud to announce a three-car program for the upcoming Pirelli World Challenge season GTS competition. Campaigning the prolific new Audi R8 LMS GT4 in two full-season programs, drivers George Kurtz and James Sofronas will compete full-time, joined by Colin Braun and Alex Welch respectively, while development driver Elias Sabo will also return wit...
Wed, Feb 28 , 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 ...
4 Feb 2018

Third Audi Victory in Bathurst 12 Hour

source: Audi Sport  Audi Sport Team WRT celebrates debut victory in iconic endurance race Audi most successful brand at Bathurst since GT3 class launch Bathurst - Audi Sport customer racing celebrated its third overall victory in the Bathurst 12 Hour after 2011 and 2012. On making its debut in Australia, Audi Sport Team WRT with campaigners Robin Frijns/Stuart Leonard/Dries Vanthoor (NL/GB/B) triumphed at the Intercontinental GT Challenge opener. As a result, Audi, as th...
Sun, Feb 04 , 2018 Bill
3 Feb 2018

Audi on the Front Row of the Grid for Bathurst 12 Hour

source: Audi Australia Audi to start in second and third positions on the grid after exciting Top 10 Shootout Three Audi teams in the top 10 grid positions Just 0.235 seconds separate first and second in Top 10 Bathurst – Audi has continued its electrifying form of yesterday to reserve a place on the front row of the grid for the start of tomorrow's Bathurst 12 Hour. Kelvin van der Linde pulled out all stops to produce a 2:02.1696s – just 0.235 seconds off pole position...
Sat, Feb 03 , 2018 Bill
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...
28 Jan 2018

Audi Customers Win Season Opener in the U.S.

source: Audi Sport First TCR win for Audi RS 3 LMS in IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Extensive program for all three Audi customer race cars Audi Sport customer racing present in North America like never before Neuburg a. d. Donau/Daytona - Following the one-two class win of the new Audi R8 LMS GT4 in Dubai two weeks ago, the North American season began with a success for Audi Sport customer racing as well. To kick off the IMSA season at Daytona, all three p...
Sun, Jan 28 , 2018 Bill
7 Dec 2017

Exceptional Season: 24 Titles for Audi Sport customer racing

source: Audi Sport • 14 overall and ten class titles clinched by Audi customers in worldwide racing series • Five overall endurance racing victories in Europe and America • Model portfolio to grow to three race cars in 2018 Neuburg a. d. Donau, Germany– Never before has Audi Sport customer racing been as successful with its customers around the globe as in 2017. The title successes and victories of the first- and second-generation Audi R8 LMS and, for the first time, the new�...
Thu, Dec 07 , 2017 Bill
20 Nov 2017

Macau Grand Prix Always a Thriller (Video)

 by: George Achorn This past weekend was the Macau Grand Prix, a race of GT3 cars such as the Audi R8 LMS that takes place on one of the world's tightest circuits on any racing calendar, though in this case on the FIA GT World Cup. As you might expect, the race provided plenty of thrilling moments, including one of the most expensive pile-ups of racecars we think we've seen in a very long time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1n8F4uClUU In the first situation, there was no Audi at fau...
15 Oct 2017

One-Two for Audi in California 8 Hours

source: Audi Sport Laguna Seca, CA– Audi Sport celebrated a one-two win at the first U.S. event of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. At the California 8 Hours, Pierre Kaffer, Kelvin van der Linde and Markus Winkelhock in the Audi R8 LMS from Audi Sport Team Magnus crossed the finish line with a 2.488-second advantage in front of the sister car from Audi Sport Team Land. “Sincere congratulations to our winners, Pierre Kaffer, Kelvin van der Linde and Markus Winkelhock. Following Au...
8 Oct 2017

IMSA: Audi Wins Petit Le Mans

source: Audi Sport Neuburg – Montaplast by Land-Motorsport brought the curtain down on the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a stunning victory in the Petit Le Mans (7 October). Denied a GTD class victory by a mere 0.293secs in the opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, Connor De Phillippi (USA), Christopher Mies (D) and Sheldon van der Linde (ZA) swept their Audi R8 LMS to a 15.518-second win in the 10-hour race at Road Atlanta – the team’s only third IMSA race of the year. Chr...