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Audi begins new era as World Champions

April 14, 2014June 8, 2016 Car Journals

FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with new regulations Two strong challengers for Audi in the LMP1 category Audi builds its lightest and most efficient sports prototype ever This is a change of historic proportions: The new regulations of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) force the automobile manufacturers to use significantly less fuel than last year. The new rules will come into effect at the Silverstone (GB) season opener on April 20. Audi is tackling the challenge as the 2012 and 2013 World Champions with a newly designed R18 e-tron…

Audi Achieves Pioneering Feat With E-tron Quattro Four-wheel Drive

March 10, 2014June 8, 2016 Car Journals

Trendsetter Audi: four-wheel drive also established in LMP1 sport New development of e-tron quattro four-wheel drive system for 2014 34 years of four-wheel drive expertise in production and motorsport Audi has set another trend in motorsport. After the brand revolutionized rally racing with quattro four-wheel drive in the nineteen-eighties and significantly shaped touring car racing with this system in the nineties, four-wheel drive has been making its way into LMP1 sports prototypes as well. The Audi R18 e-tron quattro now aims to extend ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ with a system featuring…

Efficiency of Audi drivers crucial in WEC

February 25, 2014June 8, 2016 Car Journals

Time penalties for inefficient driving in effect for 2014 Audi drivers have been meeting new requirements in tests Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich: “Fans will be seeing thrilling action” Motorsport is changing: When the new Audi R18 e-tron quattro is pitted against its competitors in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) the Audi factory drivers have to deliver an additional quality. Not only will they need to master the races in a flawless, fast, reliable and intelligent manner as before, but in a highly efficient one as well. Otherwise, penalties are a…

All Audi cars in front at Le Mans

June 21, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

For the first time in the 90-year history of the Le Mans 24 Hours, two hybrid race cars are on the front row. On Thursday night, Audi Sport Team Joest with its three Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars took the three best grid positions for the world’s most important endurance race.

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