2010 Audi R15 TDI Official Revealed

Audi wants to surprise the spectators at this year’s 24-hour race at Le Mans (France) with a progressive design: the Audi Design Team created a fresh outfit for the innovative diesel race sports car that bears all the hallmarks of “pleasure in efficiency”.

Whereas silver was the dominant color of the Audi R15 TDI last year, the 2010 model boasts a radical new design that features more red. In addition, large areas of the Le Mans race sports car that is internally designated as “R15 plus” will be kept in a purist black carbon-fiber look.

“We’re happy that we were allowed to give the car such a progressive look,” say Markus Auerbach and Tobias Drews from the Audi Design Team. “We wanted to add a dash of surprise when the Audi leaves the pits at Le Mans. We practically opened up the bodywork and are exposing the light-weight construction and its uncompromising technical development - and with a little rock ’n’ roll for good measure.”

The Audi R15 TDI sporting its new design will make its debut at the Le Castellet 8 Hours on April 11. Audi Sport Team Joest will contest the 2010 season opener of the Le Mans Series in preparation for the Le Mans (France) 24 Hours on June 12/13. Another test race is planned at the 1000-kilometre race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium).


Read Article

chewy - 4/7/2010 3:38:49 PM

0 Boost

Not a fan of the exposed carbon fiber, or at least upfront.

commander104 - 4/7/2010 4:57:26 PM

0 Boost

umm, it's a race car, isn't the whole body CF? they paint it so we can see the sponsors otherwise I'm sure they'd leave all the paint off to save weight. someone correct me if i'm wrong (maybe paint improves airflow)

chewy - 4/7/2010 9:46:46 PM

0 Boost

Correct, but the minimum weight requirements make that irrelevant. Sure less weight can help with better ballast placement, but I am sure there are only a few ounces of paint on the car.