- Fourth model from Audi Sport customer racing unveiled in front of a large audience
- Most powerful customer racing car with 470kW
Neuburg a. d. Donau, July 5, 2019 – Audi Sport customer racing has thrilled crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with the unveiling of the Audi R8 LMS GT2. Oliver Hoffmann, CEO of Audi Sport GmbH, Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing and nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen together with the Duke of Richmond – the organiser of the Goodwood Festival of Speed – unveiled the new sports car. The audience enthusiastically watched the premiere of the new sports car with an output of 470kW – the most powerful race car in the 11-year history of the customer racing program.
"This sports car with its emotive high-performance V10 engine marks the top end of our customer racing program. The legendary event at Goodwood is the ideal venue for unveiling such a fascinating sports car," said Oliver Hoffmann.
The race car has been created for a future racing category – the GT2 class, which will come to life in Europe and North America in 2020. It will fill a gap between the existing GT3 and GT4 categories and specifically feature cars with high longitudinal dynamics. Consequently, this type of race car addresses gentleman drivers who have been the backbone of GT racing for decades. The Audi R8 LMS GT2 is the ideal sports car for classic fielding in races, as well as being suitable for Track Days and events at Race Resorts, which enjoy increasing popularity among this group of customers worldwide. The Audi R8 LMS GT2 is the fourth model from Audi Sport customer racing, which has also been successful worldwide in the TCR, GT3 and GT4 classes.
The most powerful version of the Audi R8 LMS, selling for a price of 338,000 euros (plus VAT), can now be ordered. In December, Audi Sport customer racing will start delivering the first race cars to customers and fromthe 2020 season on, they will be able to compete in the new GT2 class that will open up a new stage in racing to the world's most beautiful super sports cars.
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