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DISAPPOINTING IGTC SEASON OPENER FOR AUDI SPORT
At the incredibly thrilling season-opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC), Audi Sport fell short of its own expectations. After racing cars from seven different manufacturers had qualified in the top ten, Audi headed into the Bathurst 12-hour race feeling optimistic. However, setbacks hampered all three of Audi Sport Team Valvoline’s racing cars. The … Continue reading
BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT WILL RACE FOR AUDI SPORT IN THE NURBURGRING 24 HOURS
The Green Hell is calling and BWT Mücke Motorsport intend to go on the offensive! For the first time ever, the well-established Berlin-based team will compete in the 46th edition of the legendary endurance classic ADAC Zurich 24-hour race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife (10th – 13th May 2018). What is totally amazing is that the … Continue reading
AUDI SPORT NURBURGRING WINNERS GO AGAIN AT SPA
The Audi Sport customer racing driver line-up for Spa has been confirmed: twelve international drivers compete with four factory-supported Audi R8 LMS cars at the next great endurance classic in the international GT calendar. In addition, six other privately entered Audi R8 LMS cars will race. The aim: to take the fourth victory after 2011, … Continue reading
AUDI SPORT RACING ACADEMY-PROMOTING TALENT
The Audi driving experience is now redirecting its program in motorsport: the team around the driver coach and mentor Sepp Haider will focus on the promotion of young talent in the Audi Sport racing academy. In addition to theoretical and sports training, the academy’s comprehensive program also includes practice in the Audi Sport TT Cup … Continue reading
HOME ROUND FOR AUDI SPORT IN THE DTM
Following the Le Mans 24 Hours, next weekend (June 25/26) will be fully focused on the DTM again at Audi Sport. On the agenda: the season’s pinnacle event at the Norisring in Nuremberg. It is the only city street race of the year and Audi Sport’s home round. “That’s why we always enjoy returning there … Continue reading
AUDI CELEBRATES FIRST WEC VICTORY THIS SEASON AT SPA
Audi has won the unusually tough second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Spa-Francorchamps. In temperatures above 25 degrees centigrade, in the end only two of the six hybrid sports cars from all manufacturers that had started finished at the front of the field in Belgium. Victory with a two-lap advantage was … Continue reading
AUDI ON SECOND AND THIRD WEC ROWS AT SPA
In the battle for grid positions in round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), Audi did not find an optimum set-up for the conditions. The two R18 cars had to admit defeat to their competitors on the 7.004-kilometer circuit at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.. The second qualifying session of the season went anything but … Continue reading
AUDI SPORT TEAMS READY FOR DTM START
Audi Sport did its homework. The eight Audi drivers are in perfect shape. And the Audi Sport teams are ready for the new DTM season that begins at Hockenheim this weekend as well. When the race trucks of the teams start heading for Hockenheim this Wednesday, the Audi Sport teams, Abt Sportsline, Phoenix and Rosberg, … Continue reading
AUDI SPORT EXCITED ABOUT DTM SEASON OPENER
Following a long winter break, racing will finally start in earnest again for Audi Sport’s DTM squad next weekend. The Hockenheimring in Baden-Wuerttemberg will be hosting the first two races of the new DTM season on May 7 and 8. Following 202 race-free days, not only DTM fans are simmering with excitement before the season … Continue reading
AUDI DELIVERS FIFTIETH NEW GENERATION R8 LMS
Audi Sport customer racing handed over the fiftieth Audi R8 LMS to a customer team in motorsport on Thursday. The squad of Yaco Racing based in Plauen took over the GT3 race car at Audi Sport’s Böllinger Höfe site. Audi is one of the most popular suppliers of the new generation of GT3 race cars. … Continue reading
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