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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, 29 November 2013

“RaceSeries” - 2014 Audi Tradition calendar

Audi Press Release

27 racing and series-production versions of historical Audi cars and motorcycles
Sophisticated studio photos by Stefan Warter
Calendar available online and at the Audi museum mobile shop from 29 November

The new wall calendar from Audi Tradition has arrived. Under the theme of “RaceSeries”, it shows 27 automotive specimens from the history of AUDI AG.

Automotive photographer Stefan Warter has created sophisticated studio setups pairing the race versions of these cars and motorcycles with their series-production counterparts. Contemporary graphic material sets the historical context of the photos. The layout and graphic design are by the artist Kristina Redeker.

Audi’s racing and rally models are usually based on a production car. This has always been the norm, and in many race series is often an explicit requirement. From an array of triumphant racing cars and motorcycles in the post-war years, Audi Tradition has selected some of the most notable examples along with their counterpart production models. It is clear at first glance that some of the pairings are closely related – the Audi V8 and Audi V8 DTM, for example. In other cases, the common ground is less self-evident – take for instance the picture for March, which places a DKW F94 alongside a Formula Junior. “It was an intriguing challenge to choose a perspective that highlights either the similarities or the differences,” explained Stefan Warter. “Some of the motifs evoke something of a Jekyll and Hyde atmosphere – such as the transformation of the respectable Audi 90 into an IMSA GTO.”

The “icing on the cake” for these photos is the background material: classic advertisements, photos or technical drawings that place the vehicles in their historical context. Take for instance the picture of a family from the late 1960s washing their NSU by hand – a rare sight these days, but one that speaks volumes about their great pride and special appreciation of their car.

On two pages, Audi Tradition steps away from the pairs concept: the picture for November shows two pairs each of DKW and NSU motorcycles from the 1950s. The picture for February features three vehicles against the background of a technical drawing showing the aspect that links them: the engine. And after the year has come to a close, there is one truly special highlight: a photo of all exhibits together.

“RaceSeries” is available from 29 November at the Audi museum mobile shop in Ingolstadt or online at www.audi.de/tradition-parts. The calendar costs EUR 29.90.

Photo credit: Audi 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