An Audi R8 LMS Race Car Getting Lost In Its Own Tire Smoke Is Downright Glorious
If you swap on new tires right at the end of a race, you should be required to burn off all the tread before you put the car away. Like this!
Driver Flips In Brutal High-Speed Crash And Wins Race After Sliding On His Roof
FIA GT World Cup Audi R8 LMS racer Laurens Vanthoor clipped the inside curb at Macau’s Mandarin Bend at 155 mph, sending him out of control into the wall on the other side of the track, per Motorsport.com. Vanthoor’s Audi flipped over and started sliding on its roof, immediately triggering a red flag to stop the race.
Fill Your Ears With The Screaming V10 Of An Audi R8 LMS At Full Attack
There’s nothing like the sense of speed you get from a roof-mounted camera. Because it’s dumb and bad to try car surfing on a race car, we’ve got video from on top of an Audi R8 LMS flying down Road America that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home. Turn up the volume, and let’s enjoy a good V10 howl.
Audi claims the V10 in the R8 LMS car is so reliable they rebuild it only between seasons. I don’t know how impressive that is (or isn’t), but I can tell you it looks very pretty.
Magnus Racing’s GTD category winner #44 Audi R8 LMS at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. One badass race car. Photo credit: Mason Bleasdell/Sideline Sports Photography/Audi Sport
Lego Is The Best Way To Show How Your Racing Team Will Win In 2016
Magnus Racing, the perennial pranksters of the IMSA paddock, are back in the WeatherTech Sportscar Championship with an all-new car. So they’ve made another clever video for the start of the season—this time in Lego, and with appearances from various drivers as well as last year’s Ballast Possum (RIP).
This Used To Be An Audi R8 LMS At The Nurburgring
Phoenix Racing won last year’s Nürburgring 24 by setting a new distance record after completing 159 laps. The car you see here is wearing their #1 sticker.
This Is The Audi R8 LMS, Audi's New Safety-Focused GT3 Race Car
The Audi R8 LMS has been making Porsches look bad in GT3 races ever since 2009 and here's the second generation of the car. The main focus appears to be safety.
The Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona: Audi Über Gallery
Audi made a spectacular entrance into the 2013 American road racing season by taking the win at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Not only did they finish at the top of the podium with the Alex Job Racing team, but the R8 LMS driven by the works drivers took the second spot after twenty four hours of hard racing.
Watch Carlos Sainz Drive An Audi R8 LMS Around Europe's Second Oldest Track
Built in 1922 and essentially abandoned in 1923, Autodromo de Sitges-Terramar is the second oldest remaining track in Europe. Unlike the oldest, England's Brooklands, it was built so well that it remains useable today. Here, rally legend Carlos Sainz laps its 80 year old banking in an Audi R8 LMS.
Here's Proof Everything About An Audi R8 LMS Ultra Testing In The Rain Is Glorious
After repeatedly watching this awesome video footage captured on a wet day at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy, we are having a nearly impossible time trying to determine exactly what is the best part of the Audi R8 LMS Ultra.
Evil-Looking Audi R8 To Haunt Daytona 24 Hours
Renowned Alabama-based VW/Audi/Porsche tuner APR will run this year's 24 Hours of Daytona with a brutal-looking Audi R8 LMS, done in a particularly glowering version of their traditional black and white and red all over.
Audi To Let Any Slob Race An R8 LMS On The 'Ring
Forget driving a Chevy Volt at Milford, how about an Audi R8 LMS race car in a race! Audi is offering customers the opportunity to drive factory-backed R8s in races backed by professional racing teams — for a price.
FIA GT Championship At Silverstone: Round One Mega-Gallery
The official start of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season began at Silverstone this past weekend with many new contenders. Check out this mega gallery of action-packed race images we've compiled below.
First 500 HP 10-Cylinder Audi R8 LMS Unveiled, Delivered
The very first of 12 10-cylinder 500 HP GT3-racing Audi R8 LMS was delivered yesterday to Audi Sport Italia to compete in Italian GT Championship. [World Car Fans]
