From the race trackAudi motorsport news
- Jan 24, 2012
Premiere for Audi at the Daytona 24 Hours
Premiere coincides with anniversary: The Audi R8 GRAND-AM will make its debut on the 50th running of the Daytona 24 Hours from January 26 to 29. Teams APR Motorsport and Oryx Racing are each fielding one of the newly developed customer sport race cars in the GT class of the endurance classic.
Read news - Dec 21, 2011
The Audi R8 LMS story on 256 pages
The Audi R8 LMS has clinched more than 100 race wins and numerous championship titles during its first three years in competition and won many fans. The official book covering the AUDI AG customer racing program is now published in time for Christmas: “Audi Sport customer racing 2009, 2010, 2011.”
Read news - Dec 20, 2011
Audi R8 LMS ultra to fight for World Champion’s title in 2012
The new Audi R8 LMS ultra will also be competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship next year. Two vehicles of the brand new customer sport race car will be independently fielded by Team WRT in the world’s highest-caliber GT racing series.
Read news - Dec 19, 2011
Dieter Gass to reinforce Audi Sport
Audi is tackling the 2012 motor sport season with an extended leadership team. Dieter Gass (48) will reinforce the squad led by Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich as of January 1. The native of the German state of Hessen will assume the newly created role as Head of Racing Commitments.
Read news - Dec 19, 2011
Audi to start its own racing series in China in 2012
Audi will be permanently present in the world’s largest sales market in motorsport as well. Starting in 2012, the Audi R8 LMS Cup as an exclusive one-make racing series will underscore the company’s leading position in the premium segment in China. Audi Sport customer racing China will be responsible for the operational activities.
Read news - Dec 17, 2011
Audi tests LMP1 sports car for 2012
Audi Sport is intensively preparing for the 2012 sports prototype season. A test team has started the next trial phase of the LMP1 sports car for the 2012 season in the United States this week.
Read news - Dec 16, 2011
Award-winning presence by Audi Sport
As part of its factory commitments, Audi in 2011 won the Le Mans 24 Hours, the DTM and the Spa 24 Hours while Audi’s private customer teams clinched six international titles with the R8 LMS. Yet the list of honors goes far beyond this: off the race tracks Audi received high recognition in motorsport as well.
Read news - Dec 11, 2011
Successful test of the Audi R8 GRAND-AM
The Audi R8 GRAND-AM successfully passed its baptism by fire. The new model was fine-tuned at the Daytona race track (U.S. state of Florida) during its final test on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Read news - Nov 25, 2011
Strong Audi presence at 2011 Race of Champions
Audi will be represented at the 2011 Race of Champions at the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf on December 3 and 4, 2011 with its strongest line-up ever. As many as four Audi “factory” drivers will compete with Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel & company. In addition, the brand with the four rings is deploying the 525-HP Audi R8 LMS to the meeting of the world’s best race and rally drivers as the most powerful competition vehicle in the field.
Read news - Nov 21, 2011
Martin Tomczyk seeks new challenge
DTM Champion Martin Tomczyk seeks a new sporting challenge. The 29-year-old man from Rosenheim will no longer compete for Audi in the 2012 season.
Read news - Nov 20, 2011
Macau win and championship victory in Australia for Audi R8 LMS
Sensation in Macau: Audi driver Edoardo Mortara celebrated his third consecutive victory around the street circuit in China.
Read news - Nov 18, 2011
Audi as title defender at Bathurst in 2012
The Audi R8 LMS will return to Australia as the title defender. After the one-two result at the Bathurst 12 Hours last February, the successful GT3 sports car will again compete at the endurance classic from February 24 to 26. The high-caliber driver line-up has already been confirmed.
Read news - Nov 17, 2011
Audi R8 LMS ultra to be launched in 2012
In 2012, the Audi R8 LMS ultra will succeed the successful R8 LMS GT3 sports car with which R8 LMS customers have won 115 races and 12 national and international titles in the space of just three years.
Read news - Oct 28, 2011
ADAC award for Audi driver Martin Tomczyk
Martin Tomczyk should make some more room in his showcase: After the DTM Champion’s trophy that tips the scales at 25 kilograms, the Audi driver will soon receive the large "ADAC Christophorus" made of Nymphenburg porcelain. The trophy will be presented by Europe’s biggest automobile club to the 29-year-old Audi factory driver on having been voted "Motorsportsman of the Year."
Read news - Oct 23, 2011
Perfect: Audi clinches all DTM titles
It was a perfect 2011 DTM season for Audi: After Martin Tomczyk’s early win of the drivers title, the brand with the four rings at the Hockenheim finale in front of an impressive crowd of 120,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) secured the position of the runner-up in the championship and won the team classification as well. Edoardo Mortara had previously been determined as "Rookie of the year.”
Read news - Oct 22, 2011
Audi wins qualifying duel 6-4
6-4 for Audi – after winning the drivers title with Martin Tomczyk the brand with the four rings has decided the DTM qualifying duel in its favor as well.
Read news - Oct 20, 2011
Tom Kristensen in the new Audi A5 DTM
The numerous attractions that will put the spotlight on Audi at the DTM finale at Hockenheim this weekend will include the brand new A5 DTM.
Read news - Oct 14, 2011
Grand finale for the Audi A4 DTM
43 pole positions, 31 fastest race laps, 34 victories and five champion’s titles - this is the impressive track record of the Audi A4 DTM since its debut in April 2004 at Hockenheim. The venue at which AUDI AG’s top seller contested its first DTM race will now also see the final grand appearance of this successful model.
Read news - Oct 2, 2011
Title and 1-2-3-4-5-6 result for Audi at Valencia
Triumph at Valencia: With a 1-2-3-4-5-6 result and an early title win Audi managed to crown its 2011 DTM season. Mattias Ekström celebrated his third victory of the season, Filipe Albuquerque, as the runner-up, his first podium finish and Martin Tomczyk in third place is the new DTM Champion.
Read news - Oct 2, 2011
Disappointing Petit Le Mans for Audi
The 1,000-mile "Petit Le Mans" race at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) was extremely disappointing for Audi. In the battle for the lead Romain Dumas in the Audi R18 TDI #1 on lap 297 became fautlessly entangled in an accident that forced him to retire. After several collisions, Audi Sport Team Joest took the second Audi R18 TDI out of the race early for safety reasons.
Read news - Oct 2, 2011
What you should know about Martin Tomczyk
The sensation has been achieved: Martin Tomczyk is the 2011 DTM Champion. Despite his age of 29 the man from Rosenheim, Bavaria, with eleven DTM years and 112 races under his belt, is one of the most experienced racers in the entire driver field. This is not the only unusual fact about the Audi factory driver you may not have been aware of so far.
Read news - Oct 2, 2011
Audi driver Martin Tomczyk is DTM Champion
With a third place at the penultimate race of the season at Valencia Martin Tomczyk converted his first match ball: The 29-year-old driver from Rosenheim, Bavaria, is the 2011 DTM Champion and thus celebrates the biggest triumph in his motorsport career. The exploit also marks the first time in DTM history for a champion to sit in a so-called year-old car.
Read news - Oct 1, 2011
Audi on grid positions one and two at Valencia
A déjà-vu effect: Like last year, Mattias Ekström will again start into the race at the DTM round at Valencia from the pole position. Besides the Swede, Filipe Albuquerque also has reason to rejoice: The DTM rookie managed his best performance of the season so far by setting the second-best time.
Read news - Sep 18, 2011
Another one-two-three victory for Audi in the DTM
Audi, Audi, Audi – only 14 days after the one-two-three triumph in the rain battle at Brands Hatch the brand with the four rings again took the whole podium at a DTM race in similarly difficult conditions. At Oschersleben, Mattias Ekström (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline) triumphed in front of leader of the standings Martin Tomczyk (Audi Sport Team Phoenix) and rookie Edoardo Mortara (Audi Sport Team Rosberg).
Read news - Sep 17, 2011
Olé, olé: Audi driver Molina clinches first pole
Olé, olé: The Spaniard Miguel Molina stole the show from the established stars in qualifying for the DTM race at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben by clinching his first pole position in the most popular international touring car racing series.
Read news - Sep 16, 2011
Audi on second and third row of the grid in Malaysia
Team WRT (Belgian Audi Club) has achieved a good starting base with its two Audi R8 LMS cars for the 12-hour race at Sepang, not only due to the grid positions: Frank Biela/Marcel Fässler/Marco Werner managed to set the third-best time overall in qualifying. Their team-mates Seiji Ara/Darryl O’Young/Alex Yoong took sixth place. Prior to the race, both squads have worked out a set-up to suit the unusually tough demands of the 12-hour competition.
Read news - Sep 12, 2011
Audi presents the new A5 DTM
On the eve of the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt Audi presented its new DTM vehicle: After the V8 quattro (1990 to 1992) and the A4 (2004 to 2011) the brand with the four rings has opted to use a two-door coupe in the most popular international touring car series for the first time.
Read news - Sep 12, 2011
Audi R8 LMS aims for another endurance race victory
Two Audi R8 LMS cars will contest the Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race (MMER) at Sepang on September 17. In its so far most successful endurance race season the customer sport race car from Audi is to fight for another victory there.
Read news - Sep 11, 2011
Audi with good performance but lack of fortune
The 6-hour race at Silverstone (Great Britain) in which the two Audi R18 TDI cars of Audi Sport Team Joest on positions two and seven were beaten below their performance potential was perfect advertising for the new FIA World Endurance Championship to be launched in 2012.
Read news - Sep 10, 2011
Audi on front row at Silverstone
The two Audi R18 TDI cars from Audi Sport Team Joest will start into the 6-hour race at Silverstone (Great Britain) on Sunday at 11:35 a.m., local time ( 12:35 CEST) from the two front rows of the grid.
Read news - Sep 9, 2011
DTM Oschersleben: Advantage Audi
Audi 5, Mercedes-Benz 2. The interim statistics in the 2011 DTM send a clear message. And from September 16 to 18 the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben is a track on the calendar that has suited Audi particularly well in recent years.
Read news - Sep 8, 2011
Racing version of Audi TT RS now available for ordering
The front-wheel drive TT RS powered by an engine with an output of about 279 kW (380 HP) has been developed by quattro GmbH in collaboration with Technical Development of AUDI AG for the SP4T class of the VLN Endurance Championship and extensively tested for about one year. After class victory at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in June, the testing phase culminated in an impressive performance at the 6-hour race on the world’s toughest race track at the end of August: the first pole position of a front-wheel drive vehicle in the history of the VLN and overall victory ahead of rivals with higher power ratings.
Read news - Sep 7, 2011
Audi R8 LMS to be homologated for Grand-Am
Audi is now preparing the successful R8 LMS customer sport model for the U.S. market as well. A dedicated racing version conforming to Grand-Am regulations is planned to make its debut at the anniversary race of the Daytona 24 Hours in January 2012 in the hands of customers.
Read news - Sep 4, 2011
One-two-three result and lead of the standings for Audi
With his third victory of the season Martin Tomczyk recaptured the DTM lead for Audi at Brands Hatch (Great Britain). Mattias Ekström and Edoardo Mortara completed an Audi one-two-three triumph in extremely difficult conditions. For the first time drivers from all three Audi teams were on the podium.
Read news - Sep 3, 2011
First pole position for Mike Rockenfeller
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline is jubilating at Brands Hatch: At his 48th DTM event (Sunday starting at 2:40 p.m. CEST live on "Das Erste”) Mike Rockenfeller secured the pole position for the first time.
Read news - Sep 2, 2011
Last European stop for the Audi R18 TDI
The 6-hour race at Silverstone (Great Britain) marks the beginning of the final sprint for Audi in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) - the racing series that will become the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012.
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