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Sunday, 12 October 2014

SVRA: Old and new Audi R8 presence at COTA U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship

By Johan Laubscher

The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) hosted the U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship at the Circuit of The Americas this weekend, the finale of the season.

GMT Racing and ANSA Motorsports entered Audi race cars for the historic racing event.

Travis Engen was out in force with his GMT Racing prepared Audi R8, chassis #606.

Eric Johnson brought two of his Audi race cars to the circuit, both prepared and run by ANSA Motorsports. His 2006 Audi A4 DTM R12 plus was on the entry list and his second car, the ex-MTM Motorsport Audi R8 LMS that won the 2013 GT Sprint title in Italy, was seen out on track with Johnson behind the wheel.

The weekend's results are not online as of yet, but they will be available on mylaps.com HERE.

Photo credit: SVRA and ANSA MIAMI

Sunday, 13 April 2014

STT: Double victory for Edy Kamm Audi A4 DTM and class R8 LMS podiums at Hockenheim

By Johan Laubscher

The German Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy hosted its opening round at the Hockenheim Historic this weekend. A total of six Audis took part, including three Audi R8 LMS and ultra cars.

Edy Kamm took the overall victory in the first race, behind the wheel of his 2004 Audi A4 DTM R11. Maximilian Stein finished fifth overall and third in the D1-2 class with his #69 Audi R8 LMS. Slobodan Cvetkovic was fourth in the D1-2 class, tenth overall, driving the #60 Prosperia C.ABT Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra. Berthold Gruhn was driving the #16 Audi R8 LMS ultra and finished sixteenth overall, taking sixth in the D1-2 class, finishing ahead of the seventeenth placed Besaplast Racing Audi TT RS. Marc Roth won the D2-6 class with his Audi A4 quattro STW.

The second and final race saw Kamm making it a double victory for the day. Maximilian Stein and his R8 LMS again finished fifth overall, but took second in class this time. Cvetkovic finished fourth in class, ahead of the Besaplast Racing TT RS in fifth, both taking ninth and tenth overall respectively. Berthold Gruhn finished seventh in class, outside of the overall top twenty. Marc Roth again won his class in his A4 quattro STW.

Round two of the STT will be heading to Oschersleben, 23-25 May.

Photo credit:

Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy

Auto-Rennsport.de

Audi Communications - Motorsport

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

New ABT motorsport centre opened - 2,400 sq m of pure racing

ABT Sportsline Press Release

ABT Sportsline has got a new home. Right in time before the start of the season, the globally largest tuner of cars produced by the Volkswagen Group has opened its new, state-of-the-art motorsport center next to its headquarter in Kempten, Bavaria. On 2,400 sq m, a staff of about 50 will now prepare the four Audi RS5 DTM’s for the DTM and develop the FIA Formula E activities.

“Motorsport is our great passion and has been a pillar of our company for decades”, says CEO Hans-Jürgen Abt. “With the new complex, we have created the right conditions for our future work. Our team feels good there, enjoys ideal working conditions and has a lot of space to be creative.“

The new centre is impressive within and without: chamfered, matt-black steel plates and red, high-gloss aluminium form the exterior. “The old term ‘manufactory’ played an important role when we were developing the building,” says Marco Hippmann of the Stuttgart-based architectural firm Hippmann Hardegger. The project manager in Kempten was Harald Seyband, whom we have to thank for the short construction period of only 10 months. “The objective was a highly functional building whose exterior was to show that ABT is a high-tech company. This is underscored by the red-black cladding that does without any ornamentation.“

Inside, on 2,400 sq m the staff finds a little motorsport paradise: lavish work areas, modern offices, carbon and transmission workshops, a washing shed, modern equipment, a spacious warehouse and a gym. The truck shed next door can house five trailers, which now can be loaded and unloaded in whatever weather conditions may obtain outside. Even the daily DTM pit stop exercises can be done inside.

As the Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, in the DTM the team will use Mattias Ekström, Miguel Molina, Edoardo Mortara and Adrien Tambay’s racers. ABT will also field the former Formula 1 driver Lucas di Grassi and youngster Daniel Abt in the new FIA Formula E, which will premiere in September. As Volkswagen’s exclusive partner, ABT prepares all the cars for the Scirocco R-Cup, which will be held on the DTM weekends.

Photo credit: ABT Sportsline

Saturday, 30 November 2013

Gallery: Audi at the 2013 Essen Motor Show

By Johan Laubscher

The annual Essen Motor Show kicks off this weekend and many Audi race cars are represented at the event.

Our good friend Mr Fabian Wiedl was at the show on Friday and he has provided us with some great photos. It is wonderful to see Audi being well represented at the Essen Motor Show. DTM displays were on site, as well as the 2013 DTM champion, Mike Rockenfeller, who was signing autographs at the Eibach Federn, DTM and WDR.de displays on Friday. Fellow Audi Sport drivers Adrien Tambay, Jamie Green and Filipe Albuquerque will also be at the show on specific days during the event running from 11 November to 8 December.

Three Audi RS 5 DTM cars wearing Rocky's 2013 DTM winning livery were on display, two race cars and one show car. A display featuring the Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline pit area also included one of the Red Bull liveried Audi RS 5 DTM cars alongside one of the DTM chassis'. A DTM championship winners display included a number of championship winning DTM vehicles, including seven Audi cars: 1990 #44 Audi V8 quattro DTM of Hans-Joachim Stuck, 1991 #45 Audi V8 quattro DTM Evolution of Frank Biela, 2002 #3 ABT-Audi TT-R of Laurent Aiello, 2004 #5 Audi A4 DTM R11 of Mattias Ekström, 2007 #3 Audi A4 DTM R13 of Mattias Ekström, 2008 #10 Audi A4 DTM R14 of Timo Scheider and the 2011 #14 Audi A4 DTM R14 of Martin Tomczyk.

Photo credit: Fabian Wiedl

Friday, 22 November 2013

DTM: Audi tests talents for the DTM

Audi Press Release

Scouting event with eight young drivers in Spain
Factory drivers Timo Scheider and Adrien Tambay as instructors
Head of DTM Dieter Gass: “Test is an investment in the future”

Ingolstadt, November 22, 2013 – Audi has given eight young talents the opportunity to gather experience in the cockpit of an Audi A4 DTM at a scouting event. With instructions provided by the two factory drivers Timo Scheider and Adrien Tambay they completed an extensive program of testing on and off the track for three days in Spain.

It has become a bit of a tradition: After the end of the DTM season, Audi gives a number of young talents the opportunity to gather personal experiences at the wheel of the DTM race car. As in previous years, the event for young drivers between 17 and 22 years of age was not only focused on driving the fastest lap time but on technical understanding, dealing with engineers and mechanics, giving feedback on changes made to the Audi A4 DTM and handling a racing simulation.”

“We regard this talent scouting event as an investment in the future,” says Dieter Gass, Head of DTM at Audi. “We’re absolutely happy with our current driver line-up but would still like to give young talents an opportunity to take a peek behind the scenes of the DTM from time to time. This is how some of our current drivers got started as well and today they’re part of the DTM or other series.” DTM youngster Adrien Tambay and the two-time Champion Timo Scheider took care of the young talents as ‘driving instructors’ and assisted them with tips and tricks.

The drivers who tested in Spain were: Jordan King (GB) and Harry Ticknell (GB), who were awarded the test as the best Volkswagen drivers in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, as well as Robin Frijns (NL, 2012 Renault World Series Champion), Marvin Kirchhöfer (D, 2013 ATS Formula 3 Cup Champion), Alessandro Latif (GB, Speed Euroseries), Thomas Schöffler (D, 2013 International GT Sprint Series Champion), Ferdinand Stuck (D, VLN) and Stefan Wackerbauer (D, Formula Renault Eurocup).

Photo credit: Audi Sport Communication / Media

Thursday, 24 October 2013

DTM: All nine Audi DTM champions pictured 1990 - 2013

By Johan Laubscher

The 2013 DTM season yielded the ninth drivers' title for a driver behind the wheel of an Audi race car.

Mike Rockenfeller has been crowned as the 2013 DTM champion, bringing the drivers’ title back to the Four Rings. He has become the third Audi driver to be crowned as champion in the last five years, the seventh in total since 1990.

A list and photos of all nine Audi DTM drivers' titles have been included below:

1990