The official Pre-test will see the world debut of the 2015 Porsche Le Mans race cars in their individual colors: The three Porsche 919 Hybrids will appear for the first time in their base colours of red, black and white. For the high point of the WEC season – the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 13–14, 2015 – the Porsche team will send a white, a black and a red Porsche 919 Hybrid onto the circuit. An overview: Tradition The red prototype with starting number 17 will be…
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Audi R18 e-tron brings new lighting technology to Le Mans
Audi brings new lighting technology to Le Mans WEC, DTM and GT sport in focus again in 2014 Development Board Member Dr. Hackenberg: “Motorsport accelerates our developments” Head of Sport Dr. Ullrich: “A year full of challenges is awaiting us” Ingolstadt, 2013-12-18 – At the world premiere of the new Audi R18 e-tron quattro, Audi unveiled another technical highlight of its new LMP1 sports car in Ingolstadt on Wednesday night. In 2014, the brand with the four rings will be running with laser light for the first time in the Le Mans…
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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.
[caption id="attachment_851" align="aligncenter" width="728"] © Audi[/caption] Read MoreAudi completes Le Mans preparations
Audi completed its preparations for the most important endurance race of the year with a test in France that was largely held in rain. Two weeks before the Le Mans 24 Hours, Audi Sport Team Joest set up the long-tail version of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro for the high-speed track onon the eight-hour test day.
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Six more weeks until the Le Mans 24 Hours celebrates its 90th anniversary. Since 1999, Audi has shaped the world’s most important endurance race like no other automobile manufacturer. Eleven victories in 14 events – the technological milestones set by Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm are unrivaled in Le Mans history.
[caption id="attachment_710" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Audi R18 e-tron quattro #1 (Audi Sport Team Joest),Andrè Lotterer (D), Benoît Tréluyer (F), Marcel Fässler (CH) © Audi[/caption] Read More
Four Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars at test day for the Le Mans 24 Hours
On June 9, 2013, Audi will be fielding four Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars on the test day for the Le Mans 24 Hours. In addition to the cars number 1, 2 and 3 running under the nomination for the race, a fourth hybrid sports car designated as car number 4 will be testing for eight hours at La Sarthe. It is to gather valuable findings for the future, as Audi is preparing for a new tire generation together with partner Michelin.
[caption id="attachment_587" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Audi R18 e-tron quattro © Audi[/caption] Read MoreMazda 787B – The Legend Of Le Mans
In 1991, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans the Mazda 787B from the team Mazdaspeed, entered history by becoming the first Japanese-built car to win the race. This race was historic in two ways; this was the first and only victory for a Japanese car manufacturer, and the first and only victory for a car powered by a Wankel rotary engine. The engine is normally rated as 2622cc but the FIA rated the car as a 4708cc by dimension of having two power cycles per rotation. The engine produced…
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