Comments on: The Audi R15 TDI caught on camera!

By: Audi Fan

Audi Fan — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:17:38 +0000

That car is the bomb

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:54:04 +0000

My twins were born a few days before last year’s race. Must have been living under a stone since then … |shame|

By: 917K

917K — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:22:45 +0000

Bart: “Coupes only” rule was abandoned long time ago… that’s what you meant?

By: Bart

Bart — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:17:52 +0000

This might sound silly, but I wonder if Audi will be able to turn this car into a coupe in 2010. I can’t imagine they design the car for only this year, or will they just put on a roof next year? Seems too easy ….

By: Audi Fan

Audi Fan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:25:14 +0000

Hope its just as fast

By: deep-blue

deep-blue — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:32:33 +0000

Forwarded side radiator concept is highlight on the car. Surprisingly Audi show us(fans) a solution of weigh balance problem on big-dieseled car within wheelbase area! I think larger frontal area and water volume are small side effect on new concept.
Anyway, well-fit bodywork, Audi single-flame grill design and complex headlights already claim us a plenty of works-machine’s high quality. I look forward to see full livery of the LMP1.

By: bamba

bamba — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:22:15 +0000

Marco Werner having a little go around…

This is Peugeot’s year. All the other P1 cars are in their first year, so are not fully developped.

The Astons shouldn’t come until they have some racing under their belt. As good as last year’s Lola Aston was, in the ALMS the P2 Penske Porsches and the Acuras would have had their way with it.

By: markpatterson

markpatterson — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:03:49 +0000

we in the usa would of course love to se audi fulltime in th american lemans series. good insights from917K. thanks

By: 917K

917K — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:35:10 +0000

QUOTE: “How could they spend all this time and effort designing something so radical and only plan to race it twice!?”

Obviously R15 has been on the design table a long time. Even Dr. Ullrich said they planned and would have loved to race it in ALMS (full season) but as everyone knows, board members disagreed and thus the widthdrawal… I think it would be a big surprise if they do not come back in 2010.

QUOTE: “We shall see a Sebring only if Aston Martin will bring their new Prototype’s to Sebring the race will be a awesome one for the books”

Weirder things have happened, but I think it is safe to say no Astons @ Sebring… Reading between the lines what David Richards said on the interviews couple of weeks ago, the decision to go for it (the whole LMP program) was a bit too late to be prepared properly for Sebring.

By: markpatterson

markpatterson — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:26:41 +0000

ill be in SEBRING and will probably be watching the audis do what they have been doing winning!!good point about audi only racing this car twice!!strange,but if youve got the money……