Audi R18 E Tron Le Mans
At first glance the new hybrid sports car appears like a continuous further development of the world championship winning car and le mans winner of the past two years.
Audi r18 e tron le mans. During the season of the championship fassler lotterer and treluyer also won the 6 hours of circuit of the americas. One is the r18 ultra. Audi has announced the new r18 e tron quattro an entirely new form of le mans prototype race car. The other is audi s high speed hybrid the e tron quattro.
Published on apr 16 2016 here s the 2016 audi r18 e tron quattro lmp1 testing the set up for the 24h of le mans race during a private test day at monza circuit. Top view of the audi r18 e tron quattro at the 2012 6 hours of fuji driven by andré lotterer. For 2012 audi introduced an evolution of the original car called the r18 ultra and r18 e tron quattro which won le mans. The ultra is an updated version of the mid engine r18 that won the 24 hours of le mans last june.
Brimming with new drive technology the vehicle is the first lmp1 car to incorporate a diesel. The victory came taking advantage of the usual problems of the japanese manufacturer in the french race. That s such an amazing experience. Despite being inferior in performance to the toyota ts040 the audi r18 e tron quattro n 2 won the 24 hours of le mans 2014.
Both the ultra and e tron quattro r18 were run at the 2012 24 hours of le mans. The 2014 generation audi r18 e tron quattro is the most complex race car ever built by audi.