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Many manufacturers are starting to embrace electric racing cars, with some even starting one-make racing series in the near future. But what would an Audi all-electric racing car look like? Well thanks to partnership between Audi, Playstation and Gran Turismo, we have created this - the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo. Unlike most Vision GTs that were only ever produced as full-scale models, Audi Sport has actually gone and made the thing as a fully functioning racecar. An

DTM driver Mike Rockenfeller provides a personal perspective of the upcoming races at Moscow Raceway. How did you spend the DTM summer break? With the team we continued to work on improving the set-up for the next races. In addition, I had a number of commitments including events with our partner Schaeffler and at Audi in Neuburg. Naturally, I spent as much time as possible with my family at Lake Constance. A few days ago, our second son, Paul, was born – he’s doing well an

The #1 Porsche of reigning world champions Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber claimed their first victory of the season at the 6 hours of Nürburgring in front of a weekend crowd of 58,000. In a race which witnessed some immense battles, particular that of the sister car driven by Roman Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb going into the last hour against the #7 Audi of André Lotterer and Marcel Fässler (sadly for him Benoit Treluyer had to sit out this race whilst re

Impressive performance in qualifying in the Eifel: Marcel Fässler (CH) and André Lotterer (D) in the Audi R18 clinched grid position one in round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). With a gap of only 26 hundredths of a second Lucas di Grassi (BR) and Oliver Jarvis (GB) in the sister car number 8 directly trailed them. As in the season opener at Silverstone Audi, now in its home round, captured the front row again with its two hybrid sports cars. “In spite o

For André Lotterer as the only German driver in Audi’s lineup, the race at the Nürburgring is his home round. On July 24, you will be competing in the Audi R18 in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). It’s Audi’s home round as well as yours. Are you excited? Absolutely! I still remember well what kind of a wonderful welcome we received by the crowd a year ago. More than 60,000 fans turned out for the German debut of the FIA WEC in the Eifel. It would be great if this

While training on his mountain bike three-time Le Mans winner Benoît Tréluyer fell and injured his spinal column. The injury will heal without surgical intervention and have no further consequences. As the recovery period will be several weeks, the 39-year-old Frenchman has to skip round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). As a result, his teammates, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer, will be contesting the race at the Nürburgring on July 24 as a team of tw

If I had written this on Sunday it would literally have consisted of 2 words: Toyota: heartbreaking! No doubt like many a race fan, whether a Toyota supporter or not, you will have been astounded, gobsmacked, distraught, amazed, shocked and saddened (I could go on) by how the Japanese outfits race came to an end. Picture credit Toyota Hybrid Racing The 84th running of the Le Mans 24 Heures, which started under a safety car for the first time in its history due to the trea

The biggest racing spectacle in Germany has upped the ante once more. For the first time, Audi will be present with nine R8 LMS cars in the field of the Nürburgring 24 Hours (May 28/29). This means that in the race held in the Eifel more customers than ever before are relying on the GT3 sports car with the four rings. Television partner RTL Nitro will be airing coverage of the racing marathon for nearly 26 hours – another first. No race track in the world is longer and no fi

Audi has won the unusually tough second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Spa-Francorchamps. In temperatures above 25 degrees centigrade, in the end only two of the six hybrid sports cars from all manufacturers that had started finished at the front of the field in Belgium. Victory with a two-lap advantage was celebrated by Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis (BR/F/GB) following an impeccable race in their Audi R18. The spectators in Belgium witne

Audi has great plans for round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on Saturday, May 7. On the race track at Spa, Belgium, the premium brand with the Audi R18 is aiming to continue its string of podium successes, the beginning of which now dates back six years. Spa is an outstanding venue for Audi’s sports cars. Since 2010, the team has clinched ten trophies in total there with Le Mans prototypes. They include victories in 2012, 2013 and 2015, plus three secon

Audi has chosen not to lodge an appeal following the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in the United Kingdom. After Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer had won the Silverstone 6 Hours on April 17, their Audi R18 was excluded post-race from the classification due to a violation of the LMP1 class Technical Regulations. The thickness of the skid block of the number “7” Audi R18 represented a breach of Article 3.5.6 a3 of the regulations, according to the assess

In the very late evening it was announced that the stewards of the meeting received a report from the Technical Delegate explaining that the thickness of the front skid block of car no. 7 doesn’t comply with article 3.5.6 a3 of the LMP1 Technical Regulations. And so the no. 7 car was excluded from the results of the race, this meant that Porsche were the winners and Rebellion Racing were promoted to third over all. However, around 1am on Sunday morning Audi Sport said that

In what can only be described as challenging conditions, Audi got the best possible start to their 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship with a qualifying 1-2 for the Ingolstadt team. Sleet then snow, which in turn saw the cancellation of FP3, was not how anyone expected their day to begin but Audi played their hand perfectly. ‘The Audi R18 practically has not a single bolt in common anymore with its predecessor’ commented Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. ‘C

After 17 hours of running and thousands of kilometres track testing, the 29 cars entered for the Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard have now parked their cars in the pit boxes and the engineers have started to analyse and study the data this evening. It is difficult to make any true conclusions, however, as the poker faces and mind games of the teams often mask the true hierarchy of pace and positions throughout the classes. What we can say is that 2016 looks set to be a ste

For the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the Le Mans 24 Hours, Audi is emphasizing focal areas in the 2016 season: The Audi R18 that has been redesigned from scratch has almost nothing in common anymore with its predecessor. It features a more radical aerodynamics concept, including a new safety cell, its hybrid drive system is battery-operated for the first time, the V6 TDI engine has been revised, and new system solutions have been added. As a result, Audi’s LMP1

At the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) prologue at Le Castellet (F) on March 25/26, the new Audi R18 will be meeting with its competitors for the first time. Prior to this meeting, the LMP1 sports car will celebrate its premiere on Audi MediaTV. World premiere of the Audi R18 will be on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 14:00, CET live on www.audimedia.tv #audi #Pro

The time for talking is over! The sights and sounds of 29 of the world’s best endurance racers will soon be the focus of attention at the FIA World Endurance Championship’s official pre-season test, The Prologue. Taking place at Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet in the south of France on Friday and Saturday 25/26th March, this will be the first opportunity for competitors, media and fans throughout the world to see 2016’s WEC teams on track all together. Of the 32 ful

Dion von Moltke, who over the past four seasons has become the most experienced American driver behind the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS, now officially joins Audi of America as Sportscar Brand Ambassador. von Moltke’s new role will see him extend his professional abilities on and off the racetrack. As the winner of several races, most notably the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona, von Moltke will be able to apply his unique experience behind the wheel of the R8 LMS at major US automotiv

Porsche may have been crowned 2015 WEC LMP1 manufacturers winners, but the race for the drivers Championship is going down to the wire in the desert. At The Bahrain International Circuit, with a twelve point difference between the No. 17 Porsche of Bernhard, Hartley and Webber and the 7 Audi of Lotterer, Treluyer and Fassler, it's all to play for. With 1 DNF for the drivers of car 17 at the opening round at Silverstone, an otherwise 100% top three finish rate for both c

Audi are going to the moon! 'Vorsprung durch Technik' means 'progress through technology'. We pride ourselves on exceeding limits so our next mission is to send Audi technology to the moon. The $30-million Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) is an inducement prize space competition organised by the X Prize Foundation, and sponsored by Google. It inspires engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. To win the

11 long weeks have passd since the last race of the FIA WEC championship at Le Mans and what a break it has been, I must take this opportunity to mention the sad passing of Jules and Justin - they will be missed. 32 cars are due to take the start in Germany for this one off special race weekend celebrating the 15th anniversary of the 1000kms endurance race. This format used to be used prior to the series being run by the FIA when a timed endurance race was introduced for v

Since the championship’s inception in 2012, the 24 Hours of Le Mans has constituted the main event of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) calendar. This legendary event – which celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2013 – has also welcomed competitors from the European, American, and Asian championships, for which the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) is the regulatory body. In 2014, "the future" hit the track with the implementation of new regulations showcasing innovat

Test day took place with the race just over two weeks out, and it proved that the day-long race will be nothing short of exciting . The No. 17 Porsche topped field with a staggering 3:21.061 byBrendon Hartley - almost a second quicker than last year's pole lap from the Toyota. The top six spots on the timing sheets were occupied by Audi and Porsche-powered cars; it seems that they have their “low drag” setups sorted – this may be due to their new rear wing configuration,