Audi's R18 Le Mans Cars Hit The Track
Ingolstadt's all-new endurance racer limbers up in Florida
Looking like Darth Vader's personal track toys, a pair of R18s completed the test with each of the nine Audi 'factory' drivers taking turns behind the wheel.
Alongside the two new cars - which were primarily there for development work - the Audi R15 'plus plus' also got plenty of circuit time. That car will be fielded at the 12-hour race at Sebring in March - the season opener of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) - so the basic set-up for the race in March was worked out on that vehicle.
"We're very pleased with the performance of the Audi R18 at our first outing at Sebring," said Head of Audi Motorsport, Dr Wolfgang Ullrich.
"We opted for this race track because it makes high demands on the mechanical systems of our vehicles. The temperatures are better than in Europe right now, plus the dry weather provides us with assurance that we're able to conduct the endurance runs as planned. On a wet track the loads would be lower and the test results therefore less conclusive."
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... I was surprised as I thought that it looked great when I just looked it up on google now. Definately nicer aesthetically than the current one. It's all subjective though.
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