Audi have announced factory support for four Audi R8 LMS entries in May's Nurburgring 24 Hour Race. ABT Sportsline and Phoenix Racing will run two cars each at the endurance event. The #100 car pictured above looks great with the race number used to celebrate 100th Anniversary of the Audi brand.
Audi will be supplying a number of their works drivers to the event. The driving line up is amazing!
#97 ABT Sportsline
Christian Abt, Jean-Francois Hemroulle, Pierre Kaffer, Lucas Luhr
#98 Phoenix Racing
Marc Besseng, Frank Stippler, Mike Rockenfeller
#99 Phoenix Racing
Frank Biela, Marcel Fassler, Emanuele Pirro, Hans-Joachim Stuck
#100 ABT Sportsline
Mattias Ekstrom, Timo Scheider, Marco Werner
-Andy Blackmore
Image: Audi
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wow that driver lineup Is impressive! Abt, Biela and Scheider are among my favourites.
so Rockenfeller is driving for two teams?
Can't wait to see these in action....any idea if they're going to run at Le Mans?
@headbanger
For two cars, I suppose... the team looks the same
Little typo in the line up, the correct name should be 'Jean-Francois Hemroule'
Very happy to see this guy in the line-up, has been racing Audi's since '96. He was one of the first drivers zo to win the 24Hours of Zolder in a Audi A4 quattro Touringcar. And it wasen't even raining!!!! I wish my countryman (Belgian) the very best of luck.
corrected Dieter, although the press release has two 'L's. I thought I'd seen that name before.
Re Rockenfeller, my mistake, should have been Hans Stuck
Yieeeeha! That sounds great! And the coolest thing: I'll be there and watch it live and the best thing is that my motorhome will be placed in the paddock and I will have full access to the boxes.
Cool,
Lexus is coming back too with a LF-A at the Nür 24 hours
Clashproduction wil film the 24H, that Audi is a beast !
No TK? No McNish? Shame.
Though that #99 car driver lineup is definitely killer.