You may have caught the mention of Michele Alboreto this past weekend, with a logo of his helmet taking an honorary position on the inner rear wing of the Audi R18s that tested on Easter Sunday in Le Mans. Perhaps you saw Tom Kristensen post about this on Facebook. A long time ago Alboreto was a star on the ...

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We've added initial Le Mans Test photos to our photo gallery, mainly just shots around the track but worth a look via the link below. Worth noting, the first test session ended not long ago and Audi managed 1-2-3, which suggests the car has pace... at least today in the test.

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Audi has dropped a collection of photos from a recent test at Paul Riccard of the R18 testing with what appears to be full livery paint schemes. Interestingly, there's more than just the different access colors if these are the final paint schemes as cars like the #3 above seem to have more silver and less exposed carbon than cars like the #1 shown below. ...

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The Audi R18 TDI Will Travel a Greater Distance During the 24 Hours of Le Mans than an F1 Car Will Travel over Entire Formula 1 Season

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Statement by Allan McNish relayed to us during an interview at the 2011 12 ...

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This past weekend the 2011 DTM series was officially kicked off with the traditional demonstration and celebration in downtown Wiesbaden. Each year the series closes off the streets of its home town and invites tens of thousands of fans to take part.

The event includes a little bit of everything, from a concert (Natasha Beddingfield played this year) to demonstration ...

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The Le Mans Series has released its promotional poster for the 1000 KM of Spa, a race that's both part of that European endurance series and also the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). The race, planned for May 7, will be the first outing for Audi's evil-looking new R18 racer.

Still in its testing black with exposed carbon fiber (and also the preferred look by some on the Audi team), we've confirmed a livery for ...

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Rumors surrounding the Audi R8 LMS and American racing continue to swirl. SPEED has published a piece detailing discussions between Grand Am and several companies who currently have or are planning GT3 spec racers. Among them are the Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari and Lotus. Read the report and Audi seems the least likely of the group but we're still ...

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We've added a collection of photos to our gallery of the Audi Sport DTM squad testing at the Lausitzring. These are among some of the first shots we've seen of the 2011-spec cars out on track. Check them all out after the jump.

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Several days ago Audi Sport released information and a limited collection of photos detailing the race liveries (i.e. paint schemes) of their factory-backed cars for the 2011 season. At the time this included just three of the team but now we've got diagrams and photos of each added to our galleries. We're including the diagrams below because they're cool but still photos ...

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The boys at Rob Austin Racing are getting close... very close to ushering in a new era of Audi competition in the BTCC. A privateer effort that will assuredly have their hands full competing with factory backed teams from companies like BMW and even Audi sister brand SEAT , we're most enthused to watch as this REAR-WHEEL DRIVE B8 A4 cuts it up in against other UK touring teams.

Alas, the ...

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