Yannick Dalmas launched his Audi R8 safety car sideways yesterday while patrolling the soggy Circuit de la Sarthe during a 24 Hours of Le Mans red flag. Le Mans champ and former F1 driver had a ...

As has been the case with many legendary racing cars, the R8 project ... and the Le Mans programme was seen as a way of furthering Audi’s expertise and promoting TDI technology to new markets ...

It was essentially a concept car that came to life, drawing heavily on the hunkered-down stance of Audi's Le Mans quattro concept car that it previewed in 2003. Undoubtedly, the R8 is one of the ...

Unless you've been living in a cave, you know that the V12 TDI is the engine that led the Audi R10 to American Le Mans Series dominance this year, and powered Audi to overall victory at the 24 ...

After 24 hours of racing, this Audi R18 TDI crossed the finish line at this year’s Le Mans less than 14 seconds ahead of the rival Peugeot. It was the race of the year – now Richard Meaden is ...

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It was at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show where Audi revealed the Le Mans Quattro ... being renamed a couple of months later as the R8 TDI Le Mans, the oil-burning supercar had a twin-turbo 6.0 ...