During the Race of Champions Sunday Lotus driver Heikki Kovalainen was reportedly knocked unconscious when the Audi R8 LMS he was driving slammed into a barrier. In the video (below) Heikki is shown getting out of the car and he appears to be alright. He Tweeted this message shortly thereafter.

"Hardcore shunt with throttle jammed and rear suspension damaged, ...

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Best known for her star driving during Audi's rallying era both on the rallying circuit and at Pikes Peak, Michelle Mouton nowadays runs and manages the Race of Champions on which we've been reporting this weekend. During today's Nation's Cup segment, Mouton flipped her Audi S1 rally car during a demonstration lap at the event.

Hard into a corner, Mouton ...

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Audi TV has run a short video spot reviewing the recent ILMC race in Zhuhai. There's no new story here but if you missed the written race recap or simply want to see a spinning 911 take out a Peugeot 908 then watch below.

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AutoSport magazine is reporting that Audi Sport has made a driver change ahead of the DTM finale in Shanghai. French driver Alex Premat will not join the team in China, his #12 TV Movie A4 instead to be driven by Darryl O'Young.

AutoSport is generally quite accurate but quotes from Audi Sport boss Dr. Wolfgang ...

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No doubt the Grand Am's announcement of a full season DTM series as part of its Rolex series sportscar weekends (and maybe even a NASCAR weekend here or there) is of high interest to Audi enthusiasts. Audi has been a staple in the German touring series for years so fans might guess they could expect to see Audis as an integral part ...

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The Audi Driving Experience (a.k.a. Audi Sportscar Experience) is quickly becoming an institution in markets all over the world. One such country where the program is taking hold is Australia where Audi Australia is promoting the school online with a video just posted to YouTube. For those of us on the Fourtitude staff, they had us at Audi Driving Experience but just in case you're not as easy to win over as ...

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We've been hearing whispers of DTM racing somehow linked to Grand-Am all season but official word has finally come through and that news is much better than we'd hoped. According to SPEED, a 12-race US-based DTM championship will begin in the 2013 season. The series is reported to be a support show for Grand-Am and even NASCAR racing events which is most interesting indeed. ...

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Audi and the VLN endurance series both released several photos of the new TT RS racecar in its maiden race this past weekend at the Nurburgring. And while that's all well and good, a handful of photos only served to make us hungry for more. Fortunately an active user R5T posted pics and links to more shots (like the one above) in our Audi Sport forum.

See the posted ...

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In a surprise late season move, Audi has pulled the wraps off of a customer race program centered around its aluminum TT RS sports coupe. Built to VLN SP 4T specs, the car will do several more races in that series in the hands of Raeoder Motorsport who has some experience in VLN and at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring with TT and A3-based racers.

Here's the press copy released form ...

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We had an "ah-ha" moment of enlightenment this past weekend at the ALMS Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta. The lone North American event during the 2010 season for the Audi Sport R15 squad, the race was by no means off the radar for Audi enthusiasts. Many tuning in probably also knew that the Le Mans winning driver trio of Mike Rockenfeller, ...

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