International program The Portuguese Audi customer team Novadriver will not only defend its title in the Portuguese GT Championship with the Audi R8 LMS in the 2013 season. The team around César Campaniço also contests the FIA GT Series and the new Supercars International Series. César Campaniço, Carlos Vieira and Mikko Eskelinen are currently confirmed as drivers.
Touring car World Champion in Audi R8 LMS
A total of seven Audi R8 LMS ultra sportscars contest the 12-hour race at Bathurst (Australia) on February 10. One of the drivers in action will be defending World Touring Car Champion Rob Huff. The Briton drives an Audi R8 LMS for Peter Conroy Motorsport. Audi’s GT3 customer sportscar is regarded as the car to beat after claiming two successive wins at Bathurst.
Snowy test drive
DTM driver Filipe Albuquerque tested the 188 kW (256 hp) powerful Audi A1 quattro on the various Großglockner high Alpine roads at the beginning of December. The result of the film shoot can now be seen on Audi.tv and on the Audi You Tube channel.