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New 2014 Audi R18 e-tron quattro

New 2014 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Only a week after the World Championship winning Audi R18 e-tron quattro race car’s last run in a race, its successor is ready to hit the track. Tests of the new LMP1 sports car, which has been kept under wraps up to now, commence...
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WTCC – Badaraco to compete in Asian rounds

WTCC – Badaraco to compete in Asian rounds The 39-year-old from Macau has become one of the quickest drivers on the tour over the recent years, winning races in the Touring Car Championship races in his homeland and was crowned champion of the N2000 class in 2010. Jeronimo Antonio Badaraco...
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Rally Australia – Final Results

Rally Australia – Final Results Rally Australia is an automobile rally event which was held in and around Perth, Western Australia from 1988 until 2006, when that state’s tourism commission severed its collaboration with the event. The rally was part of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in 1988 and the World...
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2013 WRC Calendar

2013 WRC Calendar The 2013 World Rally Championship season is the forty-first season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile as the highest class of international rallying. The season will be run over thirteen rallies, starting with the Rallye Monte Carlo...
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Toyota GT86

Toyota GT86 Racing Car

In 2011, with the unveiling of the Super BRZ Concept STI, Subaru also unveiled their latest entry in the Super GT series’ GT300-category. R&D Sport would develop the BRZ GT300 to replace their Legacy for the 2012 season. The BRZ GT300 does not utilize the production car’s FA20 engine, instead opting for the Legacy’s EJ20 engine.

Toyota, in partnership with Gazoo Racing, announced plans to develop the 86 for motorsport use in multiple disciplines. Toyota and Gazoo will support private teams in the Super Taikyu Endurance Series and All-Japan Rally Championship.[60] Gazoo Racing entered 86s in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, winning their SP3 class in 2012. Privateers Toyota Swiss Racing also claimed the V3 category in the same year.

In the United Kingdom, GPRM is developing a turbocharged version of the 86 for classification in the SRO Group’s GT4 category for use in Europe. The engine developments are being carried out by Nicholson McLaren Engines.

In the United States, Ken Gushi utilized a GPP Scion Racing FR-S built by GReddy Racing for the US Formula Drift championship. The FR-S features a turbocharged EJ25 boxer engine from a Subaru WRX STI produced more than 450 kW (600 bhp). In 2013 the FR-S replaced the Scion tC for the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The FR-S’ were production units modified for racing safety and reliability. Nobuhiro Tajima will enter a Toyota 86 silhouette in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in 2013.

In October 2012, Toyota Racing Development and Gazoo Racing announced a production racing model for the Toyota 86. The 86 Racing adds brake and oil cooler modifications, as well as a 4-point racing harness and rollcage. The stock 86 wheels are replaced by simple steel rims, while the exterior colour was only available in white.

Subaru followed in early 2013 with the BRZ RA Racing, featuring similar modifications. Both cars are only available in the Japanese market, and are eligible for a one-make racing series run by Gazoo Racing. Unlike the Toyota, the BRZ is available in any of the production car’s colours.

“24 Hours: A Matter of Seconds”: Michelin x Audi at Le Mans

“24 Hours: A Matter of Seconds”: Michelin x Audi at Le Mans

Catch never-before-seen backstage footage of Le Mans 2013. Culminating from 364 days of preparation, it all comes down to the last-minute decisions that could change the race.

As the drama unfolds, witness each nerve-racking second through the eyes of Audi’s drivers Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen, Benoit Tréluyer.