Audi's dominance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and its attendant series has been reduced through rules and new competition since its initial foray into diesel power, but it still cuts a dramatic figure ...
For nearly a century, racecars have been about pure speed. They’ve been stripped-down tarmac leviathans built for one purpose: going faster than the other guy. Over the years, that speed obsession ...
Someone in Ingolstadt is putting ecstasy in the water supply. It's the only way to explain how the Audi R18 Hybrid we've heard about became this diesel hybrid AWD race car. Get your glow sticks out, ...
Audi has takes the wraps off the 2014 R18 e-tron quattro, a race car that the Germans will be using in the 2014 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
Nelson Ireson May 4, 2012 Comment Now! Spa Francorchamps, the notorious circuit both loved and hated (or perhaps feared) by racers the world around, will play host to the first racing laps of the Audi ...
Since its first attempt in 1999, Audi has won the Le Mans 24 hour race nine times with the R8, R10 TDI and R15 TDI, equaling Ferrari’s all-time win record. Last Friday it unveiled the new R18, a ...
The No.1 Audi R-18 e-tron quattro piloted by Loic Duval at Le Mans practice just went airborne, slamming into a wall backwards, and nearly completely destroying the car. Duval is out of the car and ...
Audi Motorsport has prepared a new race car for the top class of the 2016 World Endurance Championship. Audi’s entry in the LMP1 class is the R18, shown in the gallery attached to this story. The car ...
You don't hear Audi talking much about diesels lately, what with the EPA accusing it (and corporate parent VW) of programming cars to cheat on emissions tests. Such tests don't apply in auto racing ...
First introduced into rally racing in 1980, Audi’s AWD Quattro system has become synonymous with all wheel drive performance. Its AWD activities have since shifted from that of a rally-only diet to ...
Audi Sport has revealed its new Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the latest generation of diesel-powered TDI which now will run with a 6 mJ battery hybrid. The new LMP1 car was unveiled at the annual Audi ...
In the world of track days, many of us track our everyday cars or our weekend cars. A lucky few can get a dedicated track car like a Radical or a junior formula car. But for the final few lunatics who ...