Video: Audi R8 LMS sound VLN Nürburgring 2012

By Tarek Ramchani

The Audi R8 LMS ultra was introduced with immediate success in various GT and endurance championship around the world this year. The car was one of the stars of the German based VLN Endurance Series at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife. The R16 was able to score three overall victories in the hands of Phoenix Racing and Raeder Motorsport, and a fantastic 1-2 victory in the Nürburgring 24 Hours as well.

Here is a nice video from nordschleife-video.de featuring a mixture of Audi R8 LMS and ultra cars from Audi Sport Team Phoenix, Audi race experience and Raeder Motorsport at the Green Hell. Turn up your speakers for the great sound from the 5.2 V10s.

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Video: Audi TT RS at the Nürburgring Nordschleife

By Tarek Ramchani

The Audi TT RS was introduced in the late 2010 season to compete in the VLN Endurance Series and the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. Both are run on the demanding and legendary Nordschleife. The car is factory built from the Audi subsidiary, quattro GmbH. This race version of the TT RS is powered by a 2.5L five-cylinder engine which produces around 340 bhp, very close to the street legal car. Competing in the SP4T class in VLN, it was team Raeder Motorsport who took charge of developing and racing the car for the first time. In 2011 the car even won a VLN round overall ahead of much more powerful and faster GT3 cars from the top SP9 class.

Here is a great onboard lap around the Green Hell with the TT RS driven by Audi legend, Frank Biela.

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1-2 Audi victory at the Nürburgring in VLN round 8

By Tarek Ramchani

Round 8 of the VLN Endurance Series at the Nürburgring was the 44. ADAC Barbarossapreis. A four hour event that gave Audi a brilliant 1-2 overall victory.

Raeder Motorsport made history by winning their first overall race with the Audi R8 LMS ultra in the Nordschleife based series. The #44 car shared by Audi legend Frank Biela along with Thomas Mutsch and Christian Hohenadel crossed the finish line victorious after a great and fought race. The car started from position 8 after the qualifying session and had a great three-way battle with the Phoenix Racing run #15 Audi R8 LMS ultra and a Porsche GT3 R from Manthey Racing. In the end the white and green Audi won it right ahead of the Bilstein backed Phoenix car. This was the team's second overall win with Audi in VLN, after the stunning victory last year with the Audi TT RS. The #15 Phoenix Audi had a great race as well, a strong second with team's regular drivers, Marc Basseng and Frank Stippler. A great performance after ninth place in qualifying. The sister Phoenix car, the #5 machine of Christer Jöns and Luca Ludwig, finished in a good sixth place after a titanic battle in the closing stages with an SLS GT3 AMG.

Overall it was a great weekend for the Audi squad at the Green Hell. A nice 1-2 win, proving once again that the Audi R8 LMS ultra is among the best in long endurance races. The next round is set for next month, the 36. DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen.