Audi R18

Audi aims to bear on it has a rope with a victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours with LMP1 sports car really is just developing. Since its debut in 1999, a knife at the Four Rings has won the survival of the world’s most authoritative air flow as much as nine times with the R8, R10 and R15 TDI TDI models. Thus, the Audi bears this feat equalized in the honor roll race with Ferrari. With the new Audi R18, which met at Sportpark Audi in Ingolstadt on the night of Friday, December 10, 2010, Audi aims for a tenth of Le Mans success in 2011.

Audi R18 he has made is configured as electrification continuous tense, the Audi Sport plans for pushing forward step by step. ”Only the efficiency of all of the time factor is very important to us,” says Dr Wolfgang Ullrich.”No matter who is the recovery of energy we can choose a key aspect for the Audi – in motorsport as well as on the production side of the house – is that it gives a real advantage.” Development of new Audi R18 began in mid-2009. V6 TDI engine has been running on dynamometers since the summer of 2010. The Audi R18, with Allan McNish at the wheel, has achieved the first essay on horse racing at the end of November. Debut of the Audi R18 racing planned for Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) 6 hours on 8 May 2011. Before the show, fresh bequeath prototype consists of a round-bodied fray first on the race track at Le Mans for the official test day on April 24, and collect important data for the race on June 11 and 12 2011. Audi plans to field three cars at Le Mans the Audi R18, which will be entered by Audi Sport Team Joest, the most successful Le Mans team of all time. In addition, Audi Sport Team Joest will contest the Le Mans World Cup (ILMC), owned by seven airstreams absolute survival in three continents (recognizes the Le Mans 24 Hours) with two cars.In the opening race at Sebring on March 19, the team will use two “R15 plus plus” car.”Send the R18 into the race at such a starting point for prospective difficulties in logistics and conditions by placing with our development program,” said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich.