Video: The legend's last race was victorious - Audi R8

By Johan Laubscher

The Audi R8 LMP will forever be a legend. After six years of competition the old girl was still competitive and running at the front in international sports car racing. The car won a staggering 63 races from 80 starts, making it one of the all time great race cars. The eightieth race was at Lime Rock during the 2006 ALMS season. It was the last race for the R8 officially in an international sports car series before the permanent introduction of the Audi R10 TDI. The R8 competed in a very special livery that had a list of all the drivers that had won in a R8, all the tracks at which it had won and all the championship and Le Mans titles. The race was extremely exciting as Allan McNish and Dindo Capello battled with much faster and newer machinery from the opposition. Despite the opposition’s speed, the Audi R8 soldiered its way to the front and closed of its racing career in the only way this car knew how, by winning.

Below is the hour long highlights film of the Audi R8’s last race. The video is split into four parts hosted at motorsport.com. We recommend having a look through motorsport.com’s video archive as they have a huge selection of videos including the recent uploading of ALMS highlights videos such as this one. Enjoy the race: