Audi R8 V10 Plus at the 2016 ROLEX 24 at Daytona
Four Audi
R8 LMS GT3 cars will contest the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
season opener Audi Sport customer racing teams – Stevenson Motorsports, Magnus
Racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports will compete in the 54th running of the
Daytona 24-hour race Track-tested around the world, the Rolex 24 also marks the
US racing debut for the all-new R8 LMS Audi of America announces a four car R8
LMS GT3 line-up for the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opening
race Three Audi customer teams – Stevenson
Motorsports, Magnus Racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports will compete in the
54th running of the Daytona 24-hour race
Three of the all-new Audi R8 LMS GT3 racecars, driven by the Stevenson
and Magnus racing teams, and one previous generation R8 LMS driven by the
Flying Lizard Motorsports team, will join the 22-car field for the GT Daytona
(GTD) class – which has adopted full FIA GT3 technical regulations in 2016 “The entire customer racing organization
has worked very hard to provide the best support possible for our race teams,”
said Erin Keating, General Manager for Motorsports, Audi of America “We
are pleased with the proven success of the R8 LMS around the world and we are
excited about the strong potential for this year’s race season” The R8 is the
car that kicked-off the growth of our brand and inspired many aspiring drivers
to pin up posters of it on their walls
Our customers can see the quality
and performance that is engineered into every production R8 that shares just
under 50 percent of its parts with the race car,” said Scott Keogh, President
Audi of America “We are optimistic about the 2016 race season
with our race teams, the US debut of the R8 LMS and the arrival of the R8 V10
production car this spring” The R8 LMS has already proven its success on the
track claiming a victory at its global race debut, the Nürburgring 24 Hours Building excitement for its US race debut at
Daytona, all R8 LMS cars set competitive times in the GTD class and completed
their planned set-up programs over the three-day Roar Before the Rolex 24 event
Tom Kristensen and the all-new 2017 Audi R8
