In a weekly column Le-Mans record winner Tom Kristensen gives some exclusive insights behind the scenes of the world’s most famous endurance race and the preparation by Audi Sport Team Joest.
“We’re really gearing up now: next week we’ll start testing our new ‘baby,’ the R15 plus. It’s the car in which we want to bring the Le Mans trophy back to Audi – even though our ‘friends’ from Peugeot wont’ like that … (continue reading…)
With the Sebring 12 hour race on 20th March, the American Le Mans Series takes off into the new season. America’s oldest sports car race is one of the greatest challenges for drivers and teams. Eighteen overall victories and 63 class wins make Porsche the most successful manufacturer in the history of the race. The first victory on the airfield circuit in Florida 50 years ago went to Hans Herrmann and Olivier Gendebien with the Porsche RS 60. (continue reading…)
What does a wheel from ABT Sportsline have to look like? It should be unmistakable yet typically ABT, and sporty, classy and extravagant enough to additionally refine the automobile creations from Allgau. It is precisely this certain extra something that gives added value to high-quality vehicles, and which has already made the AR and BR models hits. And the new ABT CR is also the icing on the cake for cars from the Volkswagen group. Regardless of whether the car is intended to bear the hallmarks of ‘ABT’ with performance improvements and optical design or remain as series standard – the ABT CR underlines its character in all cases. (continue reading…)
Tudor is set to become the “Official Partner” of the prestigious Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Championship for another year and the first of the ten championship rounds of the 2010 season will kick off in Bahrain this weekend. All rounds will take place as support events to Formula 1. Historically, Tudor and Porsche have always shared common values, inspired by two exceptional men, and while one was Bavarian and the other Bohemian, both Hans Wilsdorf and Ferdinand Porsche were pioneers of their day and each founded a company that has achieved global success today. (continue reading…)
United Autosports has successfully completed the first test of its 2010-specification Audi R8 LMS sportscars.
American Zak Brown (Carmel, IN), the Chairman and Co-Owner of United Autosports, and Argentinean Pablo Pérez Companc drove their Remington sponsored #23 Audi with Michael Guasch (Walnut Creek, CA) the sole driver of the ’sister’ #22 Molecule R8 LMS. Guasch’s fellow American co-driver, Mark Patterson, was unable to attend due to work commitments. (continue reading…)
Total number of apprentices reaches 10,000 for first time this year
This year, the Volkswagen Group will be recruiting 3,000 university graduates worldwide, of which one third will be hired in Germany. In addition, 2,900 young people will begin their vocational training with the Group during the current year. The total number of apprentices will top the 10,000 mark for the first time this year. (continue reading…)
Preparations for the racing comeback of Walter Röhrl (63) at the Nürburgring 24 hour race are at full revs. During a seat fitting at the Weissach Motorsport Centre, the double WRC champion met the teammates with which he will share the cockpit of the standard Porsche 911 GT3 RS on 15th and 16th May. Former DTM pilot Roland Asch (59) as well as journalists Horst von Saurma-Jeltsch (55) and Chris Harris (35) know the Nürburgring-Nordschleife like the backs of their hands and have contested Germany’s greatest long distance race several times. (continue reading…)
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