Audi Sport

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Audi Sport

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legal form Motorsport department of Audi AG
founding 1978
Seat Neckarsulm (Audi Sport GmbH) , Germany
Neuburg an der Donau (Audi Motorsport) , Germany
management Julius Seebach (Managing Director)
Dieter Gass (Head of Audi Sport)
Chris Reinke (Head of Audi Sport customer racing)
Branch Motorsport
Website Audi Sport

Aerial view of the Audi Driving Experience Center in Neuburg an der Donau during construction work in 2013. Since its completion in 2014, this area has been home to the Audi motorsport department in addition to the facility for test and adventure drives.

The Audi Sport motorsport department and its teams take part in the DTM and the FIA FE . Audi withdrew from the WEC after the 2016 season. As managing directors of Audi Sport GmbH , Oliver Hofmann and Julius Seebach are also responsible for the Audi Sport motorsport department.

history

Former Head of Audi Motorsport Wolfgang Ullrich

Audi is one of the most successful car brands in motorsport. As early as the 1930s, the Auto Union Grand Prix racing cars successfully took part in various motorsport events. In 1981 Audi was the first manufacturer to successfully use all-wheel drive in rallying . The Audi quattro also had a turbo engine , which was also a novelty in this sport. Audi dominated the rally scene until 1984. From 1988 four-wheel drive vehicles were also successful in international touring car racing. Since the all-wheel drive ban in touring car series in 1998, Audi had to switch to front-wheel or rear-wheel drive. The A4 DTM and its successor A5 DTM are now driven with rear-wheel drive.

Audi has been one of the dominant forces at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2000 . In 2006, Audi was the first manufacturer to achieve victory with a diesel-powered vehicle, the Audi R10 TDI . The Audi team was unbeaten in the American Le Mans Series from 2000 until it left after the 2008 season. In 2009, the second generation of a diesel-powered Le Mans vehicle, the R15 TDI, was launched, which was heavily revised for the 2010 motorsport season and started as the Audi R15 TDI plus . In 2011, Audi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Audi R18 by just 13 seconds over the strongest competitor. In 2012, at the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi achieved the first victory of a hybrid vehicle in the history of this race with the R18 e-tron quattro . The diesel hybrid has an all-wheel drive in the form of the switchable electric motor, which drives the front wheels after activation from 120 km / h, and the conventional diesel engine, which permanently drives the rear wheels.

In August 2012 the construction of the "Audi driving experience center" began in Neuburg an der Donau . a. is equipped with a test track. As part of this, the Group's motorsport department also moved from Ingolstadt to Neuburg. The center was opened in May 2014.

End of October 2016 it was announced from the season 2017/18 as a factory team in the Formula E to want to participate. After the 2016 season , they withdrew from the FIA WEC and thus also from the Le Mans 24-hour race .

Dieter Gass has been the new Head of Motorsport at Audi Sport since January 1, 2017 . He took over the office from Wolfgang Ullrich .

On April 27, 2020, Audi announced that it would be withdrawing from the DTM at the end of the 2020 season.

Works motorsport

Manufacturing

The racing cars are manufactured at the Audi Sport plant in Heilbronn.

Teams

Current teams

Former teams

Racing vehicles

Customer sport

At the beginning of 2009, Audi entered customer racing. As a racing car, Audi has the R8 LMS (GT3, GT4), the RS3 LMS ( TCR ) and, for the TT Cup, the Audi TT as a racing car.

Teams

Audi currently supports the following teams in GT racing:

Racing vehicles

Success in motorsport

Some of the greatest successes of Audi Sport in national and international racing

year successes vehicle
1982 World Champion Brand Classification FIA - World Rally Championship ( Group B ) Audi quattro rally
1983 World champion driver classification FIA World Rally Championship (Group B) by Hannu Mikkola Audi quattro A1
1984 World champion driver and brand classification FIA World Rally Championship (Group B) by Stig Blomqvist Audi quattro A2 / Sport quattro rally
1985 Winner Pikes Peak: Race To The Clouds by Michèle Mouton Audi Sport quattro rally
1986 Winner Pikes Peak: Race To The Clouds in record time by Bobby Unser Audi Sport quattro S1
1987 Winner Pikes Peak: Race To The Clouds in record time by Walter Röhrl Audi Sport quattro S1 Pikes Peak
1988 Champion driver and brand classification Trans-Am series by Hurley Haywood Audi 200 quattro Trans-Am
1990 Champion German Touring Car Championship by Hans-Joachim Stuck Audi V8 quattro DTM
1991 Champion of the German Touring Car Championship by Frank Biela Audi V8 quattro DTM
1993 Champion French Touring Car Championship by Frank Biela Audi 80 quattro Supertourismo
1994 Master Italian Touring Car Championship Audi 80 quattro Competition
1995 Italian Touring Car Championship champion and World Touring Car Cup winner Audi A4 Supertouring quattro
1996 Master STW Championship Australia, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Spain and South Africa Audi A4 Supertouring quattro
1997 Champion touring car championship Central Europe Audi A4 Supertouring quattro
1999 Champion STW Championship Germany by Christian Abt and Champion Swedish Touring Car Championship by Mattias Ekström Audi A4 Supertouring quattro
2000 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Emanuele Pirro , Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen Audi R8 Le Mans
2001 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen Audi R8 Le Mans
2001 Champion Swedish Touring Car Championship By Roberto Colciago Audi A4 quattro
2001 Master Speedvision GT series Audi S4 Competition
2002 Overall winner and triple victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen Audi R8 Le Mans
2002 Champion German Touring Car Masters by Laurent Aïello Audi TT-R DTM
2002 Meister Speed ​​GT series Audi S4 Competition
2003 Meister Speed ​​GT series Audi RS6 Competition
2003 Champion Swedish Touring Car Championship Audi A4
2004 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Rinaldo Capello , Tom Kristensen and Seiji Ara Audi R8 Le Mans
2004 Champion German Touring Car Masters by Mattias Ekström Audi A4 DTM
2005 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Tom Kristensen, Marco Werner and JJ Lehto Audi R8 Le Mans
2006 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Frank Biela, Marco Werner and Emanuele Pirro Audi R10 TDI Le Mans
2006 Champion American Le Mans Series LMP1 team classification and driver classification by Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish Audi R10 TDI Le Mans
2006 Champion Swedish Touring Car Championship by Thed Björk Audi A4
2007 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Frank Biela, Marco Werner and Emanuele Pirro Audi R10 TDI Le Mans
2007 Champion American Le Mans Series LMP1 team classification and driver classification by Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish Audi R10 TDI Le Mans
2007 Champion German Touring Car Masters by Mattias Ekström Audi A4 DTM
2008 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Rinaldo Capello, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen Audi R10 TDI Le Mans
2008 Champion American Le Mans Series LMP1 team classification and driver classification by Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner Audi R10 TDI Le Mans
2008 Champion Le Mans Series LMP1 team classification and driver classification by Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller Audi R10 TDI Le Mans
2008 Champion German Touring Car Masters by Timo Scheider Audi A4 DTM
2009 Champion German Touring Car Masters by Timo Scheider Audi A4 DTM
2010 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Timo Bernhard , Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller Audi R15 TDI plus Le Mans
2011 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Marcel Fässler , André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 TDI RP1
2011 Overall winner 24 hours of Spa Francorchamps with Timo Scheider, Mattias Ekström and Greg Franchi Audi R8 LMS
2011 Champion German Touring Car Masters by Martin Tomczyk Audi A4 DTM
2012 Overall winner of the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring by Marc Basseng , Christopher Haase , Frank Stippler and Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS Ultra
2012 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 E-Tron quattro RP2
2012 Overall winner of the 24-hour race in Spa by Frank Stippler, René Rast and Andrea Piccini Audi R8 LMS Ultra
2012 Winner of the drivers' world championship in the FIA World Endurance Championship by Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 E-Tron quattro RP2
2012 Winner of the Manufacturers' World Championship in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship Audi R18 E-Tron quattro RP2
2013 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Loïc Duval , Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP3
2013 Champion German Touring Car Masters by Mike Rockenfeller Audi 5 series DTM
2013 Winner of the drivers' world championship in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship by Loïc Duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish Audi R18 E-Tron quattro RP3
2013 Winner of the Manufacturers' World Championship in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship Audi R18 E-Tron quattro RP3
2014 Overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP4
2015 Overall winner of the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring by Christopher Mies , Nico Müller , Laurens Vanthoor and Edward Sandström Audi R8 LMS

More racing vehicles

Web links

Commons : Audi Sport  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Audi relies on Formula E: Farewell to Le Mans and endurance racing. (No longer available online.) Zeit.de, archived from the original on October 6, 2017 ; accessed on October 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ A look behind the scenes , audi-motorsport.com; Accessed November 10, 2015
  3. ↑ Full Dröhnung , sz.de of 29 August 2014; Accessed November 10, 2015
  4. ↑ Dieter Gass: This is Ullrich's successor at Audi , motorsport-total.com from February 14, 2017
  5. ↑ Maximilian Graf: Goodwood: Audi announces GT2 program. In: SportsCar-Info.de. July 5, 2019, accessed on July 5, 2019 (German).