Audi R8 (LMP)

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Audi R8

Category	Le Mans Prototype
Constructor	Audi
Designer(s)	Michael Pfadenhauer (aerodynamics) Wolfgang Appel (chassis) Ulrich Baretzky (engine)
Predecessor	Audi R8R
Successor	Audi R10 TDI
Technical specifications
Chassis	Carbon fiber and aluminum honeycomb monocoque
Suspension (front)	Independent double wishbone pushrod system with horizontal spring/damper unit, adjustable gas-filled shock absorbers
Suspension (rear)	Independent double wishbone pushrod system with horizontal spring/damper unit, adjustable gas-filled shock absorbers
Engine	Audi 3.6 liter 90-degree V8 twin-turbo, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission	Ricardo 6-speed electro-pneumatic actuated sequential manual Multiple-disc limited-slip differential
Fuel	Shell
Tyres	Michelin
Competition history
Notable entrants	Audi Sport Team Joest Audi Sport UK Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi Sport Japan Team Goh Champion Racing Johansson Motorsport Audi PlayStation Team Oreca
Notable drivers	Tom Kristensen Marco Werner Rinaldo Capello Michele Alboreto Allan McNish Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela Laurent Aïello Stéphane Ortelli Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Johnny Herbert
Debut	2000 12 Hours of Sebring
Races Wins Poles 79 63 47

2000 Audi R8

Audi R8 at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009

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The Audi R8 is a Le Mans Prototype sports-prototype race car introduced in 2000 for sports car racing as a redevelopment of their Audi R8R (open-top LMP) and Audi R8C (closed-top LMGTP) used in 1999. In its class, it is one of the most successful racing sports cars having won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005, five of the six years it competed in total. Its streak of Le Mans victories between 2000 and 2005 was broken only in 2003 by the Bentley Speed 8, another race car fielded that year by Volkswagen Group.^[1]

The petrol-powered Audi R8 race car was in 2006 replaced by the new Audi R10 TDI Diesel; however, the need to further develop the R10 meant that the R8 saw action in a few races leading up to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.