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With two races on the Bahrain International Circuit on 13th and 14th March, the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup takes off into the new season. In the desert Kingdom, 25 drivers line up on the grid with the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and will attempt to make a good start towards the title in two twelve-lap sprints on the Grand Prix circuit. (continue reading…)
This year the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, which was opened on the 1st of June 2000, celebrates its tenth anniversary. Right at the outset of this celebratory year a new record was reached: on Thursday the 25th of February 2010 more than 20 million visitors had passed through the Autostadt gates. Instead of honouring the 20 millionth individual guest, the Autostadt decided to donate Euro 20 000 to the relief operation founded by the board of the Volkswagen Group together with the Montfort Missionaries for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. (continue reading…)
Lower consumption and emissions combine with higher driving dynamics
Volkswagen’s TSI engines have been awarded the environmental commendation certified by TÜV Nord, following in the footsteps of the dual-clutch transmission DSG. The Life Cycle Assessment on which the commendation is based confirms that the TSI engines have significantly improved environmental characteristics compared with the predecessor models throughout their life cycle thanks to their smaller engine size and lower fuel consumption – while at the same time evidencing higher driving dynamics. (continue reading…)
AUDI AG reports worldwide sales of around 75.900 automobiles in February. The sales tally for the month is thus 19.9 percent up on February 2009. For the first two months of the year combined, unit sales by the Ingolstadt-based brand showed a rise of 28.7 percent on the prior-year period. Continue reading ‘Audi maintains strong sales growth in February’
Mark Patterson is well known in the Grand-Am Series. He has been racing for Michael Shank Racing since 2006 in the Daytona Protoptypes. With a strong background on American soil and our toughest circuits, it will be interesting to see how he adjust to European racing.
Newly-formed United Autosports has revised the driver line-up for its FIA GT3 European Championship campaign with its brace of 2010-specification Audi R8 LMS sportscars.
Mark Patterson (Bronxville, NY) will co-drive with fellow American Michael Guasch (Walnut Creek, CA), Mark replacing Henri Richard who is now unable to contest the 12-race, six-venue European-based series* due to increased business commitments. Zak Brown (Carmel, IN), the Chairman and Co-Owner of United Autosports, will race alongside Argentinean Pablo Pérez Companc. (continue reading…)
With the delivery of the first customer cars, Audi AG’S GT3 customer sport program has reached the next phase. By mid-April, 20 Audi R8 LMS vehicles will have been handed over to the teams that are planning to run the GT3 race sports car in various national and international racing series and in the two 24-hour races at the Nürburging and at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2010 season.
After its successful 2009 debut year in which Audi Sport partners clinched three champions titles and 23 victories in 76 racing commitments the Audi R8 LMS will now be handed over to customers for its second season, as planned. Last week United Autosport from Great Britain was the first team to receive its two R8 LMS cars.
To offer customer teams a perfect a race car as possible, Audi Sport is making use of the opportunity offered by the GT3 regulations and will obtain FIA homologation of an evolution-version of the R8 LMS which features numerous technical improvements compared with last year’s model. The previous vehicles will be brought up to the current level by an update kit and teams can thus continue to run them.
“During our evolution project we primarily focused on service life and maintenance-friendliness,” explains Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. “All the experience we gathered last season with the help of our partners has been fed into the evolution-version. We’re convinced that we’re handing over a reliable and easy to handle vehicle to our customers that embodies the high quality standards of the Audi brand.”
Certain details of the chassis and suspension have been revised. The capacity of the engine’s cooling system has been improved even further so that the R8 LMS can also be used in extreme ambient temperatures without any problems. The complex electronics as well as the exhaust system have been optimized for use in racing. The newly developed six-speed racing transmission is particularly maintenance-friendly. It allows wearing parts to be inspected through an opening in the housing. The transmission does not have to be dismantled for this purpose.
Over the past few months the evolution-version of the Audi R8 LMS was extensively tested on various race tracks and rigs and its durability proved in several endurance tests.
The final version of the Audi R8 LMS is available at a price of 298,000 euros plus VAT. The annual production for 2010 is already sold out. The delivery of vehicles for the 2011 season will start at the end of this year.
Teams fielding the Audi R8 LMS in the 2010 season
ABT Sportsline (D): ADAC GT Masters, Nürburgring 24 Hours, VLN *
Audi race experience Team Joest (D): VLN *
Audi Sport Italia (I): Italian GT Championship
Black Falcon (D): VLN, 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, FIA European
GT3 Championship
Brinkmann Racing (D): International GT Open
Mark Eddy (AUS): Australian GT Championship **
ORECA (F): French GT Championship
Phoenix Racing (D): VLN, International GT Open, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Spa 24 Hours
Team Rosberg (D): ADAC GT Masters, FIA European GT3 Championship
United Autosport (GB): FIA European GT3 Championship,
Spa 24 Hours, British GT Championship *
W Racing Team (B): Belcar, French GT Championship
Other teams in preparation
* Sporadic commitments
** 2009-spec R8 LMS
- Audi Motorsport
This is one hot A4 we came across on Teamspeed.com It’s sporting a new Lusch grill, which looks great tying all the black together across the car. We’re not sure on the suspension but the stance really sets it off and the BBS aren’t to shabby either. We’d love to see a set of Black Edition Ch’s. Head over to Teamspeed.com for more pics.
Reliable performances of Škoda Fabias Super 2000 at the Brazilian Rally near Curitiba earned the brand second, third and fourth places in the final standings.
Guy Wilks of Škoda UK Motorsport came second, Juho Hänninen of Škoda Motorsport third and his team Jan Kopecký fourth!
The beginning of the second event of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) series saw bad weather –the prologue scheduled for Thursday had to be cancelled due to long, heavy rains, and so the racers appeared on the start line as late as Friday morning, with altogether 14 speed trials of a total length of 213 km ahead of them. (continue reading…)
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