Last weekend this radical looking Audi TT RS, prepared by Raeder Motorsport, made its race debut during the VLN round held at the Nürburgring. It was entered in the SP 4T class and a trouble-free run saw it win the class, while achieving eighth place outright. A brief statement has been released bu Audi Motorsport: […]
When Audi saw they had four R8 LMS racecars filling the first four spots on the grid for the start of 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race they must have had high hopes for outright success. At various stages during the race those hopes looked well founded, too. However motor racing in general, and especially at […]
Audi have claimed their first pole position at the Nürburgring 24 hour race. They did it in style, too, with the first four grid positions being held by Audi R8 LMS entries. Pole sitter and three-time Le Mans winner Marco Werner proved the R8’s dominance during qualifying even further by setting a new lap record […]
Last year Audi very nearly won the Nürburgring 24 hour with its R8 supercar at its first attempt. This year they are back with seven cars, split between the three teams of Abt Sportline, Black Falcon and Phoenix Racing. Some of the drivers at the wheel include Hans-Joachim Stuck, Frank Biela and Markus Winkelhock. Audi’s […]
Audi have just announced they will be offering cashed up wannabe racing drivers a seat in an R8 LMS. Two GT3 cars will be prepared by the Joest Racing Team, the guys responsible for six of Audi’s recent Le Mans victories. Joest will be entering up to six VLN races at the Nürburgring this year, […]
While no official details about the RS5 have been made public, it appears as though there are now a few pre-production examples getting around. Here is a clip of what is believed to be an RS5 lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The deeper lower vents on the front grille certainly indicate this is an RS5 model, […]
VLN racing provides some great in-car footage for Nürburgring fans and this clip is no exception. The origin of the car’s engine, however, provides a bit of a mis-matched tale. The story goes it was sourced from an old Abt entered DTM Audi TT. So it’s an Audi V8 engine then. Well, no, its a […]
