Audi R8 Le Mans Race Car

2001 audi r8 le mans prototype racing car. Many racing cars from the more than 30 year history of audi sport are icons today. Yes it s an audi developed especially for the 2000 edition of le mans as well as the car that helped spawn audi s road going supercar the r8.

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Audi r8 le mans race car. It was designed and constructed for sports car racing in the le mans prototype lmp1 class of the 24 hours of le mans and other similar endurance races. The audi r8 is a le mans prototype sports prototype race car introduced in 2000 for sports car racing as a redevelopment of their audi r8r open top lmp and audi r8c closed top lmgtp used in 1999 in its class it is one of the most successful racing sports cars having won the 24 hours of le mans race in 2000 2001 2002 2004 and 2005 five of the six years it competed in total. 2001 audi r8 le mans prototype racing car sold for 1 034 000 inclusive of applicable buyer s fee. For those in need of a quick refresher the r8 lmp900 was designed in house by wolfgang appel and michael pfadenhauer developed for the 2000 le mans.

The r8 lmp900 achieved pole position the fastest. An historic le mans race car. Rm sotheby s monterey 17 18 august 2012. Audi has its own chapter in le mans history and several of its winning cars are now on display in the race section at the 24 hours museum where the german marque s story begins with the unforgettable 1 audi r8 a racing car in the le mans prototype category created by the late alain bertaut a former driver journalist tester.

Be it the audi sport quattro s1 the audi r8 le mans prototype or the legendary audi 90 quattro imsa gto. Darin schnabel 2012 courtesy of rm auctions. From year to year more are added to that. The audi r10 tdi usually abbreviated to r10 is a diesel powered racing car from the german car manufacturer audi the car dominated le mans winning each year from its 2006 introduction until it was replaced by the r15 in 2009.