Le Mans 17 June 2012: This day marked the first time win at the legendary 24-hour race a car for hybrid technology in the form of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro. Thus marked for the Audi drivers Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer History – 378 laps for eternity. Now you can celebrate the spirit of this great triumph on your roadgoing Audi A1 with the competition kit R18. Based on the look of the R18 e-tron quattro. More…
Audi was pleased about a flawless second race weekend in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). At Spa, the brand started from the three best positions with the R18 e-tron quattro and after the six hours of racing mounted the podium with all three driver teams. Audi won the Belgian WEC round a year ago as well. More…
Audi Sport trio Benoît Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and Oliver Jarvis clinched victory in America’s most celebrated endurance race last weekend (March 16) following an intense final stint at the 12 Hours of Sebring. The Frenchman has thus added another of world motorsport’s most prestigious honours to his CV and helped confirm Audi Sport’s lofty ambitions [...] More…
Farewell Gift for Dindo On ending his career as an Audi “factory” driver, the three-time Le Mans winner Dindo Capello is being presented with a very special farewell gift by his former employer: The Italian, who competed for the brand with the four rings from 1994 to 2012, will receive the Audi R18 TDI in [...] More…
Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer won the drivers’ title in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with the Audi R18 e-tron quattro. They talk about the key to success in the following interview. More…
This Audi Sport news update from December 17, 2012 includes reports from Tom Kristensen at the ROC 2013 as well as awards for Leena Gade, Marcel Fassler and more. More…
Benoît Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer wrote their names in the history books at Sunday’s 6 Hours of Shanghai (28 October) by clinching the first drivers’ title in the revived FIA World Endurance Championship. The Alençon native thus becomes the third Frenchman after Jean-Louis Schlesser (1989, 1990) and Yannick Dalmas (1992) to claim the crown [...] More…
In the Manufacturers World Championship of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Audi had been out of reach by its competitors since August. At the finale at Shanghai, the Audi factory drivers Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, who finished in third place, won the Drivers’ World Championship as well – subject to the official publication of the results by the FIA. The second title crowns a successful debut season of the first hybrid sports car from Audi. More…
Good starting base for Audi at the seventh round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC): The two Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars will start the race on Sunday from the front two rows. More…
In what was a race-free week for them, the Audi factory drivers were in high demand as interview guests, participants and partners at trade fairs, awards ceremonies and a TV event. More…
One-two success in the desert of Sakhir: Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro won the sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Bahrain. The trio won the race staged in hot weather conditions in their Audi R18 e-tron quattro ahead of the sister car. For Audi, this marked as many as five victories from six events. More…
McNish and the R18 e-tron quattro at at the drag strip, Benoit Treluyer at the Paris Motor Show, Green X award and more for the Audi Sport WEC squad. More…
