Le Mans preview. Audi R10 TDI races for first time in Germany : -
1000 kilometre race at the Nürburgring
Germany debut for the diesel sportscar
Test bench for innovative diesel particulate filters
The Audi R10 TDI has won the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans three times
in succession. For the first time the ground breaking diesel
sportscar competes in the 1000-kilometre race at the
Nürburgring on 17 August in the country where it was designed:
Germany.
AUDI AG demonstrated entrepreneurial prowess yet again with the R10
TDI, particularly as many experts considered Ferdinand
Piëch’s vision to win Le Mans with a diesel engine for
utopian. "When we informed our suppliers about the diesel project
they asked us whether we really wanted to take the step," remembers
Head of Audi Motorsport... //
F1SA