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The Audi R8 is a Le Mans Prototype sports-prototype race car introduced in 2000 for sports car racing as a redevelopment of their Audi R8R (open-top LMP) and Audi R8C (closed-top LMGTP) used in 1999. In its class, it is one of the most successful racing sports cars having won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 ...
Audi R8 TDI Le Mans. The R8 V12 TDI (later renamed the R8 TDI Le Mans) is a concept car based on the R8 V8 coupé with a 5,934 cc (5.934 L; 362.1 cu in) twin-turbocharged V12 Diesel engine rated at 500 PS (368 kW; 493 hp) and 1,000 N⋅m (738 lb⋅ft) of torque at 1,750–3,000 rpm with Euro 6 emissions standard compliance via oxidizing ...
Le Mans Ltd., headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo is an automobile parts manufacturer founded in 1967. The original company name was Le Mans Chamber of Commerce. The company is mainly engaged in the development and sales of motorsport parts and the import and sale of race cars overseas. They also have a racing division called Team LeMans.
The Audi R8R was a Le Mans Prototype built by Audi for the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, and a predecessor to the dominant Audi R8 which debuted in 2000. It was raced alongside the British built closed-cockpit Audi R8C .
This would lead to the Audi R8 (race car), which would win Le Mans a total of 5 times between 2000 and 2005. However, Audi would return to the LMGTP class in 2001 with the Bentley EXP Speed 8 . Although similar visually to the R8C, the Bentley EXP Speed 8 was a fresh design other than the Audi engine which powered it and the aerodynamic lessons ...
Audi R8 is a name introduced in 1999 by Audi for Le Mans 24 Hours race cars, and later used for a street-legal car and related concept cars. In chronological order, they are: 1999 Audi R8R , an open top Le Mans Prototype race car made for the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans
Audi R8 LMS: FIA GT3: 2009 Audi R8 LMS ultra: FIA GT3: 2012 Audi R8 GRAND-AM: Grand Am GT: ... List of Audi Sport factory race cars. Add languages ...
Approximately 200,000 people attended the race. [1] The 1-2-3 finish of the Audi LMP900s marked the beginning of two dynasties, Audi's and Tom Kristensen's in the top-finishing Audi. [2] The Oreca team's GTS class winning, seventh place, 333 lap finish with the Chrysler Viper was the best ever with that car.