New Audi R18 for the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours
11/12/10
Audi aims to continue its string of victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours with a completely new LMP1 sports car development. Since its debut in 1999, the brand with the Four Rings has won the world’s most important endurance race as many as nine times with the R8, R10 TDI and R15 TDI models. In doing so, Audi has equaled this feat in the race’s roll of honor with Ferrari. With the new R18, which was presented at the Audi Sportpark in Ingolstadt on the evening of Friday, December 10, 2010, Audi is aiming for its tenth Le Mans success in 2011.Read news...
Third place for Dindo Capello in ILMC at Zhuhai
09/11/10
During the entire 1000-kilometer race Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish and Dindo Capello/Romain Dumas at the wheel of the two Audi R15 TDI cars fought a fascinating duel with the two Peugeot 908 cars. One hour before the end, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish were clearly leading the race when the only safety car period caused their advantage to shrink from over 30 to 13.5 seconds.Read news...
Victory at Monza race 1 of Dindo Capello and Gian Luca Giraudi
25/10/10
Dindo Capello and Gian Luca Giraudi led the entire race of the penultimate leg of the Italian GT3 Championship, apart from the two laps in which the honor was touched with Lorenzo Bontempelli, until the Ferrari F430 Scuderia went wide on the grass. After a stint effective in Capello's opening, in the final race of the morning to restock Giraudi resisted Austrian Richard Lietz, signing and then the layout of the Park of Monza on the couple's second victory of 2010 in Piedmont, in addition to the result at Mugello last July.Read news...
Third place at “Petit Le Mans” race
05/10/10
The thrilling duel of the diesel sports cars from Audi and Peugeot had spectators watching with bated breath again at the 13th edition of the "Petit Le Mans” race at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia). For more than six hours Audi had good prospects of clinching its tenth triumph at the American endurance classic. But after an unusual incident all that remained in the end was the eleventh consecutive "Petit Le Mans” podium.Read news...
Podium for Dindo Capello at inaugural ILMC round
14/09/10
Audi started into the new Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) with a podium result. In the 1000-kilometer race at Silverstone (Great Britain) Timo Bernhard and Dindo Capello in the Audi R15 TDI occupied third place. Read news...
Dindo finished third at 24 hours of Le Mans
13/06/10
For the ninth time Audi has won the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans and thus equalized Ferrari’s position in the roll of honor in the French endurance classic. Only Porsche’s track record reflects more victories. Read news...
Le Mans: Dindo, Allan and Tom will start from position six
11/06/10
The three Audi R15 TDI cars will start the race on Saturday at 3 p.m. from positions five (Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Mike Rockenfeller), six (Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish) and seven (Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Treluyer).Read news...
Third place for Capello-McNish-Kristensen at Spa
10/05/10
As expected the weather played a decisive role during the Le Mans dress rehearsal at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium). Rain just before the end of the race cost Audi drivers Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish any chance of victory.
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Clear victory for Dindo Capello and Allan McNish
11/04/10
The Audi R15 TDI, model year 2010 (internally labeled "R15 plus” ) has won its race début at Le Castellet (France) and in doing so left a strong impression.
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Read news...Audi names its driver line-up for Le Mans
04/02/10
Audi will start the 78th edition of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 12/13 with a total of three diesel-powered racing sports cars. At a press conference of the organizer, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), in Le Mans (France), Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich announced Audi’s driver line-up for the most important sports car race of the year. Read news...