17. December 2011
Audi Sport is intensively preparing for the 2012 sports
prototype season. A test team has started the next trial phase of
the LMP1sports car for the 2012 season in the United States this
week.
14. December 2011
As the only person to clinch eight victories in the world's most
famous endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Tom Kristensen is
the most successful sports car driver in history. The Dane will be
joining his Audi team-mate and fellow Le Mans victor Allan McNish
at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC) on 12-15 January
2012 to entertain motorsport fans at Autosport International, the
world's greatest motorsport show.
4. December 2011
Tom K also made it to the finale in the Race of Champions 2011
and beat the reigning F1 champion Sebastian Vettel, the 2009 F1
champion Jenson Button and the F1 legend Michael Schumacher in
three extraordinary races.
3. December 2011
Team Nordic aka Tom Kristensen and Juho Hänninen swept away all
competition until the final of the ROC Nations Cup 2011 when they
had to surrender to Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher. The
two F1-champions secured their fifth consecutive ROC Nations Cup
title for Team Germany on home soil in Düsseldorf's ESPRIT
arena.
1. December 2011
The stage is set for a thrilling Race Of Champions following the
draw for the opening group stages for this weekend's event at
Düsseldorf's ESPRIT arena.
15. November 2011
FIA has revealed the new calendar for the 2012 World
Championship for prototypes, which replaces the Intercontinental Le
Mans Cup (ILMC) next year.
13. November 2011
As was often the case this year, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish
was lacking the necessary bit of luck at Zhuhai after the duo had
been setting the pace at the beginning of the race. For the third
time this season the Dane and the Scotsman in the Audi #2 were
forced to retire due to a collision in which they were not at
fault.
12. November 2011
Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish will tackle the finale of the
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) at Zhuhai from the second row
of the grid. In qualifying on Saturday Tom Kristensen took grid
position three for Audi in 27 degrees in the shade. The Le Mans
record winner was merely 269 thousandths of a second short of the
pole position.
27. October 2011
Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen has signed up for the 2011 Race Of
Champions, to be held at Düsseldorf's ESPRIT arena on December 3-4,
2011.
20. October 2011
A month after its unveiling at the Frankfurt International Motor
Show the Audi A5 DTM will make its first public appearance on a DTM
weekend.
7. October 2011
Competition will be even fiercer in the Le Mans 24 Hours next
year. Toyota has recently announced that it will return to the Le
Mans 24 Hours in 2012 with a petrol hybrid LMP1 car.
1. October 2011
The 1,000-mile "Petit Le Mans" race at Road Atlanta was
extremely disappointing for Tom K and Audi in general. After
several collisions, Audi Sport Team Joest took the Audi R18 TDI #2
out of the race early for safety reasons.
3. June 2011
The Race of the Year is approaching. In only eight days, the
starting lights at the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours will switch to
green at 3 p.m. Tom Kristensen will have the chance for his ninth
victory at the world's most important endurance race; while Audi as
a brand could win its tenth victory.
2. June 2011
As eSafety ambassador Tom Kristensen was invited to the 2011
edition of the eSafety Challenge in Vienna this Thursday.
26. May 2011
Communication between the car and pits is of great importance -
especially at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Audi connect also plays an
important role in the active safety in the new Audi R18 TDI
fighting for overall victory at Le Mans on June 11/12.