Race Car In Depth

For the 2012 season Rebellion Racing and Dyson Racing opted for the Lola LMP1 chassis with their respective engines of choice. Dyson used the chassis for the Mazda AER MZR-R which they have successfully campaigned in subsequent seasons to win ...

1959 Lister Costin

After a fire at Jaguar’s own Browns Lane Plant destroyed the competition department in February 1957, Lister picked up pieces. Two years later they produced the Lister Costin which was in many ways a D-Type successor. Many customers seeking ...

2012 Audi R18 ultra

“The new R18 ultra is a distinct evolution of last year’s Le Mans race winning car,” summarizes Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. “Our drivers’ impressions were very positive from the first moment. Without the weight optimized R18 ultra ...

2011 Audi R18 TDI

For the new, more restrictive ACO rules on the 2011 LMP1 catagory, Audi have chosen a coupe format with a turbocharged V6 engine. Likely Audi will take advantage of the new energy recovery systems that are now allowed as part ...

2009 Lola B09/80

The record of Lola’s current-generation LMP2 design – including class wins at Le Mans for three of the last four years – underscores the company’s skill in creating the right package for endurance racing. Outstanding performance, driveability, and consistency combined ...

2012 Audi R18 e-tron quattro

With Bosch as a technical partner, Audi Motorsport have prepared an electric hybrid version of the R18 Le Mans sport prototype (LMP1). This car is nearly identical to the 2WD version with an electric power recovery and deployment system on ...

1993 Lister Storm

Orginally Lister started out tuning Jaguars such as the XJS. The common Lister upgrade was a displacement increase on the V12 from 5.3 to a full 7 liters. In 1991 the company wanted to move on and create there own ...

2014 Audi R18 e-tron quattro

Ingolstadt, March 25, 2014 – Audi began the 2014 WEC season with a spectacular appearance. The new Audi R18 e-tron quattro did not do its initial kilometers at Le Mans on the legendary race track in Western France but in ...

1934 Auto Union Typ A

First appearance of the Auto Union Silver Arrow happened on the Avus race track in Berlin 1934. Hans Stuck piloted his Auto Union Typ A and broke three world records. The Typ A was initially called the Porsche P-wagen or ...

1990 Audi V8 Quattro DTM

In 1990 and 1991 Audi entered its flagship model, the V8 quattro, for the German Touring Car Championship. The 3.6-litre engine of this luxury saloon developed 340 kW (462 bhp). Despite the car’s basic weight of 1,220 kilograms, this was ...

1952 Auto Union Typ 650 ‘Sokol’

In the post-war era, Josef Stalin’s communist party had taken contol of Auto Union and they constructed the Typ 650 or ‘Sokol’. These were built at the request of Stalin’s son Vasiliy who dreamt of a successful Soviet team in ...

2009 Lola B09/70 Daytona Prototype

Lola has a rich and successful history in sportscars. At the end of 2007 Lola announced a significant new sportscar programme in Grand-Am, a growing, thriving series based in the US. Lola’s future ambitions of continuing the success it has ...

2010 RMR PM580 Pikes Peak

In the world of racing, Unlimited, means “Anything Goes.” Unlike other forms of motorsport (NASCAR, Indy Car, F1, etc.) the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Unlimited Class gives teams the freedom to create any kind of race car they want ...

1985 Audi Sport Quattro Rally

In 1984, the long-awaited double success was achieved: Blomqvist took the driver’s title almost unchallenged, with wins in five rallies. The season had already begun with a sensational 1-2-3 victory in Monte Carlo, with Walter Röhrl, a newcomer to ...

2013 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Langheck

Ingolstadt, April 25, 2013 – Audi is pursuing ambitious aims at round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on May 4 at Spa. The version of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro that was victorious at the season opener ...

1999 Lister Storm GT2

In Detail submitted by Richard Owen engine Jaguar V12 valvetrain 2 Valves / Cyl displacement 6996 cc / 426.9 in³ power 417.6 kw / 560.0 bhp @ 6400 rpm specific output 80.05 bhp per litre bhp/weight bhp per tonne ...

2005 Lola B05/40

During its inaugural year, the Lola B05/40 quickly rose to the top of the LMP2 class and won championships in both the American LeMans Series (ALMS) and LeMans Endurance Series (LMES). It was the first Lola to be built to ...

2015 Audi Sport TT Cup

With a dedicated racing series for the Audi TT the brand with the four rings will be offering a new opportunity to enter the company’s successful motorsport world. The Audi Sport TT Cup will be held as part of the ...

1995 Lister Storm GT1

Competed in the 1995 24 Hours of Lemans. In Detail submitted by Richard Owen engine Jaguar V12 valvetrain 2 Valves / Cyl displacement 6996 cc / 426.9 in³ bore 94 mm / 3.7 in stroke 84 mm / 3.31 in ...

2007 Lola B07/10

Lola updated the Aerodynamics package for the B06/10 including new placement of the front brake cooling. A variety of engines have been fitted to the B07, like the Mazda MZR-R and Acura units for the 2007 ALMS season.

2008 Lola B08/60

12th January – Lola Cars International Ltd today announces the addition of the latest generation of LMP Coupe to its vast ancestry of world-beating sportscars. Lola also releases the first images of the all-new Lola B08/60 LMP1. The car will ...

2006 Lola B06/10

The B06/10 is the latest in a long lineage of successful sportscar designs by Lola’s renowned team of designers at its Huntingdon base. After taking an un-official triple crown of LMES, Le Mans 24 Hours and ALMS class title wins ...

2015 Audi R18 e-tron quattro

Ingolstadt, March 21, 2015 – Audi is starting the 2015 season with a thoroughly revised R18 e-tron quattro. In the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and in the Le Mans 24 Hours as the season’s pinnacle event, Audi is going ...

2012 Audi A5 DTM R17

Ingolstadt, July 15, 2011 – Model change in the DTM: From 2012 on, Audi will bank on the A5 in the most popular international touring car racing series. The coupe, which is internally named “R17,” will replace the four-door A4 ...

2013 Audi RS 5 DTM

At the International Motor Show in Geneva, Wolfgang Dürheimer, Member of the Board for Technical Development of AUDI AG, and Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich on Tuesday afternoon presented the racecar for the DTM 2013 – the Audi ...

1984 Audi Quattro A2

In 1984 Audi modified the A1 with a much more purposeful bodykit and a 2110cc engine with a theoretical displacement of 2954cc with the 1.4 bar turbocharger. Walter Rohrl started Audi’s most successful year in rally competition by winning in ...

2006 Audi R10

After 380 laps, 27 pitstops, and a nine-minute transaxle change, Audi took the first overall victory at LeMans with a Diesel-engined prototype. Entirely new from the R8 it replaced, the R10 benefited from excellent organization the team got winning the ...

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