Red Bull Ring win alongside Dindo Capello propels back Andrea Sonvico into Italian Gran Turismo leading spot
06/08/12
The lone abroad meeting for 2012 Italian GT -- at Austria's Red Bull Ring -- started on a high for the Audi camp as 2011 runner-up Andrea Sonvico clinched pole position for race 1 and finished even better as Como-based driver won a nail-biting race 2 overtaking Fabio Mancini's Ferrari at Remus corner on the very last lap.Read news...
Dindo Capello ends career as factory driver after 19 years
23/07/12
Dindo Capello served Audi as a factory driver for 19 years. Yet the Italian will continue to be closely associated with the brand – not only as an Audi dealer and racer.Read news...
Historic triumph: Audi achieves first victory of a hybrid vehicle at Le Mans
17/06/12
On the 80th running of the famous Le Mans 24 Hours, a vehicle with hybrid drive – the Audi R18 e-tron quattro – has triumphed for the first time.
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Audi is well prepared for Le Mans 24 Hours
04/06/12
At the Le Mans test day held two weeks before the 24-hour race, Audi completed its preparation phase with a wealth of valuable findings. The brand’s first diesel hybrid sports car set the fastest time of the day. Allan McNish in the number "2” Audi R18 e-tron quattro was the quickest driver on the tradition-steeped track at La Sarthe.Read news...
Audi 1-2-3-4 victory at Spa on premiere
06/05/12
Audi delivered a thrilling premiere of two new vehicle models: Romain Dumas/Loïc Duval/Marc Gené won the Spa 6 Hours, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC, in an open battle of the vehicle concepts. Crossing the finish line behind the Audi R18 ultra of the trio were last year’s Le Mans winners Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer. They had dominated the race in the early phase with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the first diesel hybrid sports car in history. In the end, they had to admit defeat though. The other two Audi driver teams completed the perfect 1-2-3-4 victory of the brand.Read news...
Round two of the new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Spa
04/05/12
Premiere in endurance racing: Audi is again making technology history in motorsport, as a diesel hybrid vehicle is on the top spot of the grid of a sports car race for the first time ever. At round two of the new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Spa, Belgium, Audi will be starting into the race on Saturday (14:30, May 5) with four cars from the front two rows. Read news...
FIA World Endurance Championship Sebring 12h - Capello/Kristensen/McNish win with a four-lap lead
20/03/12
On the R18 TDI’s farewell performance Audi managed a brilliant start into the new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). With victory by Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish the brand celebrated its tenth overall success in total at the famous Sebring 12 Hours in the U.S. state of Florida. New signing Loïc Duval completed Audi’s one-two victory together with his team-mates Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas.Read news...
Audi R18 e-tron quattro
01/03/12
Audi R18 e-tron quattro is the name of the new Le Mans prototype that makes its race debut on May 5 in the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) and fights for overall victory at the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans (France) on June 16/17. Audi unites two technologies in a fascinating way to create a new type of drive, which is also already being tested for future use in production cars: e-tron quattro.Read news...