Practice session two was run under wet track conditions, and this time the Toyota got the upper hand, taking the first and third positions. [24], The next round was the 6 Hours of Fuji. The leading Porsche would soon fall off the pace and lose the lead from a lack of engine power, and the duo of #2 and #1 (who was about a minute back), swarmed the Porsche and took the lead and second position. The #7 set a 1:39.201 to lead the field, and the #8 had the third-fastest time. Porsche won the race, their first of the season. Dominant runs in practice and qualifying would place the Le Mans-winning #2 crew on pole position ahead of its sister car the #1, which followed behind three tenths off the pace. [26], At Spa-Francorchamps, the first practice session had the #1 leading the field, #2 in fourth place, and #3 in seventh. The development of the Type 4S commenced in late 2013 and was completed in late 2014. As of these two practices, the Porsche 919 Hybrid's finished leading both sessions by the end. Between the end of the third hour and fifth, the Porsche continued to lead, and the #2 switched positions with the #1 going into the final hour, as Audi was on a mission to take the lead away from the Porsche, which led by a little over three seconds. At the end of hour three, both cars were lapped by the fast-paced Toyota, and, in the end, the #2 car could not catch the Porsche in third position, who was on the same lap. Although they could not best the Porsches in the final classifications through consistent pace, they showed decent speed, battling with the Porsches throughout the races and setting competitive lap times, particularly with setting a race lap record at Le Mans (at the time, which was broken in 2019). The #9 and #8 sat fifth and sixth respectively. Instead, Audi opted for two Audi R15 Plus models, which ran in the 2010 configuration with balance of performance adjustments; the two cars finished 4th and 5th, behind an Oreca 2010-spec Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, a Highcroft Racing HPD ARX-01e and a factory Peugeot Sport 2011-spec 908. The race week would feature three qualifying sessions, taking the fastest time from each car to formulate their place on the starting grid. In qualifying, the three Porsches locked down the first three starting grid positions, with the fastest of them averaging a 1-minute and 54.767 second lap time. [citation needed], European statistics include sales from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. [24][28], The championship would stay in Asia for the next round in Shanghai, China for the 6 Hours of Shanghai. However, it lost another lap during this hour. Car number #2 qualified sixth and car #3 qualified seventh. For the final two hours, Audi was comfortably sitting in the top two positions, and went on to take the win, their 13th overall victory at the French event, beating the odds of the slower pace it showed in comparison during the qualifying runs in relation to its competitors and having the least mechanical problems of the prototypes. Porsche pitted for new racing slicks and Toyota chose to be brave and try and out last the drenched track. A full course yellow would be deployed to clean up both incidents. The reigning champions effort was challenged greatly by the likes of Toyota, who came with a new and more powerful car in their TS040 Hybrid. With the increased megajoule output, the electrical hybrid machine in the front axle produced more 272 BHP, which recovers energy during braking. The #2 still remaining in sixth. [43] In the sixteenth hour, on the run to the Ford Chicane, the #7 lost its engine cover, and by the time the car pitted, with the time it lost already from the drag it carried, it was sent in the garage for short repairs. The second hour would see the lap time lower to a 1-minute and 46.126-second lap by the #2 car as well as a position gain by one position, to third. In the fifth hour, the #8 had a three minute stop and hold penalty after the #8 crew fitted the car with the wrong front tires, requiring an additional stop, taking the team over their maximum allocation of thirty-four tires. The #8 car placed sixth and the #7 placed eighth. The #9 was in seventh, one lap down. Le nom a été repris pour la Audi R18 e-tron quattro , une voiture de course hybride à transmission intégrale de la catégorie LMP1 ( Sport-prototypes ) qui a remporté les 24 Heures du Mans en 2012 , 2013 et 2014 . [68][69][70] The car was also used on public roads in a commercial to welcome Porsche back for the 2014 Le Mans race. Changes also include a significant increase of the hybrid system's power output. This is called a 'hot valley' configuration and is opposed to the traditional configuration with each cylinder bank of a V engine exhausting outwards to their respective turbochargers. By the end of hour 4, the #2 would be completely out of the race after Benoît Tréluyer crashed the car into the wall and trapped it in the gravel. The #7 was the fastest during the first practice and the #8 finished third fastest in the opening practice. The best lap for each car during each of the qualifying sessions would average to determine each car's starting position. [46] The result would place Porsche in the lead in the manufacturers' points championship, with a lead of sixteen points over Audi. The Audi R18 is a Le Mans Prototype (LMP) racing car constructed by the German car manufacturer Audi AG. † - Result includes points scored by the Audi R15 TDI plus, which finished 4th and 5th in Round 1. As the new rules for Le Mans in 2011 the car features a stabilisation fin on the engine cover and has a new six-speed gearbox. The championship would move north to Austin, site of the 6 hours of the Circuit of the Americas. Wet track conditions would continue into the next practice session as well. Going into the last hour, the last pit stop for the Audi brought its advantage over Porsche to seven seconds. However, the #1 car was able to recover passing the Porsche it was trailing and taking the lead when the #2 went out with its problem. This was the 11th win in the past 13 years for Audi. Audi would have to compete with one more new competitor in Nissan Motorsports, who, after months of delay, had brought a trio of LMP1-H cars. The race got under way with the air temperature at 9 degrees Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit) and the track temperature at 7 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit). You might think that a BMW M8 Competition Gran Coupe is the more logical rival for this drag race, given the Audi RS7 is a fully blown RS model and is the flagship of its model range.. I’ll admit I did. The #3 car of Romain Dumas, Loïc Duval and Marc Gené gave the Ultra victory over the e-tron Quattro. In the next session, the #2 would be the best of the cars in third place. By the end of hour four, the #1 was the only car on the lead lap in second place, while #3 was in fifth and #2 in sixth third one lap down. Meanwhile, the #17 Porsche was up to fifth place, two laps behind the #1 Toyota in fourth place. [44] The race would continue to wear on Audi as it neared its conclusion. By the end of hour four, the #7 lead the race, and the #8 was situated in fifth, five laps down. The start of the race got off to a rather easy start, with the Porsche gaining an early grasp of the lead of the race, as the leading Porsche had a four-second advantage within the first five laps. It is like traction control. [2], It is also the first production car with full-LED headlamps.[6]. Not much later, the #7 would have a spin, resulting in the #2 Porsche passing it for second place. The #9 car would be in seventh place. The two Audi cars, the #8 in fourth and the #7 in sixth were separated by two and a half seconds with the #8 running a 1:43.917. The #1 would finish fifth and #2 would finish sixth, the #1 being two laps down and the #2 being three laps down on the leading Toyota TS040 Hybrid. As the race was nearing the end of the fourth hour, the #7 was overtaken by one of the rival Porsches and its sister car, the #8, after trying to gamble unsuccessfully on slicks. Towards the end of the race, pit strategy would play a role in determining the outcome of the race. [16], In the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, Allan McNish (car #3) and Mike Rockenfeller's (#1) cars were involved in heavy high speed collisions with slower Ferraris. The first practice session took place in overcast and cool weather. By the end of the second hour, the #7 placed first and the #8 in fourth, both cars having taken a pit stop. The addition of a third entry was prepared by Audi prior to the 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps. [24] The season for Audi's R18 e-tron quattro would be defined as a season that Audi won as a result of fast race pace and good consistency. The track temperature was at 17 degrees Celsius (63 degrees Fahrenheit) and the air temperature at 15 degrees (59 degrees Fahrenheit). By the second hour, the #1 attempted to threaten for the lead of the race, ending the hour off in second place. This, in turn, enters the cooling ducts through the body hull and travels to the underfloor. By the end of the second hour, Audi would press on and promote their positions, as the #7 reached second place, the #8 was following behind in third, and the #9 car gained two positions and was now up to fifth. An ERS-K (to store kinetic energy) and ERS-H (to store energy generated from heat) would also be included within the platform of the electric turbocharged engine. For the qualifying run, the #8 qualified third behind the two Porsches with a time of 1 minute and 40.352 second average time and the #7 qualifying fifth. The front end and overall vehicle length changed, with the nose of the car becoming slimmer than ever before. Audi would go on to take the first two podium positions, with #2 winning and #1 in second place. The finale of the season concluded with the #1 car taking a podium position in third and the #2 car settle back to fifth. The base R8 gets a power boost from 532 horsepower to 562 hp, while the more expensive R8 Performance (formerly the R8 Plus) remains unchanged at 602 hp.[16]. As of present, this would be Audi's last 24 Hours of Le Mans victory. Repeating the result from the first practice, the #7 ended up back on top at the end of a dry second practice. In the third practice session, the #2 only participated, and placed fourth. By the end of the first hour, the #2 car gained one position, passing one of the Porsches. Qualifying would favor the Porsches, as they took the top two positions. The Audi cars finished the wet sessions with the #1 in second place and the #2 in fourth place. With the pole position at Bahrain, Porsche earned pole position spots for each for each round of the championship. The #9 car in testing set the fastest lap of all the Audi prototypes during the first test day of a 3-minute and 22.307-second lap to be on pace for second place, three tenths off the leading #18 Porsche. Now holding the manufacturers lead, Audi hoped to continue the success and fight it showed in Austin. For the final qualifying practice, two of the Audis were able to top the speedy Porsches, with the #7 and #9 placing first and second. By the end of the thirteenth hour, four cars were on the lead lap, and that included the #7 in second and #9 in third. It was scheduled to be raced at Le Mans 24-hour, the Imola 6 Hours, Silverstone 6 Hours, Petit Le Mans, and China 6 Hour races later in the year. By the end of the race, #1 claimed second place. The #8 finished the practice session in third place behind the second of the Porsches in second and the #7 finished the session last in the hybrid class, having to cut the practice short due to alternator issues. Marc Gené would replace Duval in the third round of the championship only. Consequently, switching to a higher MJ class reduces the fuel capacity to 49.9 liters in exchange for a higher engine power output of over 520 HP. The factory at Neckarsulm, redeveloped at a cost of €28 million, usually produces between eight and fifteen cars a day, up to a maximum daily output of 29 cars. The #8 would gain the lead with the leading #5 Toyota losing a massive amount of laps, suffering engine problems. Audi upgraded the R18 to the 6 MJ class, and for the new car, an electrochemical battery storage system will accumulate energy in the hybrid system instead of a flywheel, which will be located in the monocoque. Results in bold indicate pole position. At the end of the hour, the #7 and #8 took advantage of the wet conditions, placing first and second. Eventually, by the end of the race, the #1 Audi lost a lap and soon was passed by the second of the Porsches, moving the #1 back to fifth. However, two evolved R18s (chassis numbers 101 and 102) were put to the test during the four days of testing in Sebring, together with an R15 TDI as a reference vehicle, after the 12-hour race. As the LMP1 hybrids concluded their second pit stop cycle, the #1 Porsche had a lead of about forty seconds after a lengthy pit stop that included a driver change for the #7. The #1 of the 2011 Le Mans-winning team finished 16th overall and 5th among WEC LMP1 competitors (310); the car was less reliable than the other two, marred by a gearbox issue midway in the race. By the end of the third hour, Audi would make up ground and the #7 would find itself in second place and the #8 in third. The championship would then visit China for the 6 hours of Shanghai. Their formula proved to be faster and more consistent than Audi. The #8 car would be operated by Oliver Jarvis, Lucas Di Grassi, and Loïc Duval. The duo of Toyotas finished third and fourth, both three laps down, and the #17 car finished fifth, nine laps down. In the first hour, the leading Porsche was able to get away from the field while and Audis tried to keep pace. The #18 Porsche was able to reclaim its starting position rather quickly. The pit strategy did not help their cause, as grip came at a premium during the race, and that strategy cost them a lot of time. The #7 and #8 finished the first practice in positions first and second, besting the duo of Porsches in third and fourth. The #1 was not classified within the first qualifying run. When the third hour concluded, Audi switched positions, with the #1 in fourth place and the #2 going down one lap in sixth place. Coming of the rather flat 2015 season that saw the defending champs uncompetitive to the likes of their German rivals, Toyota came with a brand new model, the TS050 Hybrid, which most notable change was the implementation of a smaller 2.4 liter, twin-turbocharged V6 engine. In addition to the disappointing start to the season of earning no points, the cars were damaged so terribly, that new cars would have to be completely re-built. To catch you up, the E-Tron GT as we know it is powered by a 350kW/630Nm dual electric motor system – with “extreme driving situations” capability of 175kW at the front and a mighty 320kW at the rear. Audi Q5 2017 Review ... PARIS MOTOR SHOW: Audi Q5 September 2016 Video 1. The #8 finished fourth. With fifteen minutes to go in the race, the leading #7 Audi received a timed stop and go penalty, right after heading into the pits the previous lap. However, the #2 car would finish third. The race started under partly cloudy skies, with the air temperature at 12 degrees Celsius (54 degrees Fahrenheit). The #8 was in fifth, one lap down. The clear message is that Audi plans on actually producing more derivatives of its stylish two-door, but the question is which one will come first? In second place was the #1, three laps down. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. The first practice was run under wet conditions, and it slowed the pace of the track greatly, as the fastest time set was by the #18 Porsche of a 2-minute and 16.616 lap time. The 2014 season for Audi would be a year that they would face much pressure from not only a more developed and experienced manufacturer in Toyota, but opposition from the sister company of Porsche return to the top prototype class, which they have been absent from since 1998. The #1 would finish second place and the #2 would retire due to mechanical issues. However, during hour two until the end of three, the #2 car regained the lead, being followed closely by the Toyota in second. After forty minutes, the race went green and the #7 took the lead immediately, ahead of the Porsches. Audi also made up the deficit they had in the manufacturers points, as Le Mans was a double point weighted race. In the twenty-first hour, the #9 Audi would be wheeled into the garage to fix a mechanical problem, and would lose three laps by the end of the hour, placing it fourth, between the #7 which was one lap down in third and the #8 three laps down in fifth. The car would be only eligible to earn manufacturer points in Le Mans. Wheel tethers and extra crash structures are also added to the car. The newer and more aggressive design language carried over from famous Audi models of the past. The #3 car was a few tenths off the pace behind the #2. The new aerodynamic package allowed for airflow through and around the front end, through the side panels, and at the rear of the car with the diffuser. Toyota had brought a revised version of the successful TS040 Hybrid that won them both the drivers' and manufacturers' championships in the 2014 FIA WEC season. At the front end of the car, the airflow is directed to the top of the car and between the wheel well outlets. [57] A wet race track with track temperatures at 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit) and air temperature of 14 degrees Celsius (57 degrees Fahrenheit) was present for the start of the race. Both cars would finish non-classified and would gain no points in the event. Both Porsche machines qualified second and third. The R18 e-tron quattro was featured in the Audi RS 6 Avant commercial. Convertible models, called the Spyder by the manufacturer, were introduced in 2008, followed by the high-performance GT model introduced in 2011. [33][34] Type 4S models appeared in later Marvel Studios movies with 2016 V10 Plus models in Avengers: Age of Ultron[35] and Captain America: Civil War[36] and a Spyder model in Spider-Man: Homecoming. A rear-wheel-drive model called the R8 RWS was introduced. [42] By the end of hour ten, the Porsche would regain the lead over the #7 and #9 in second and third places. The Porsche would rebound in the second practice, edging out the #7 Audi by about four-tenths. The average time of the Audi would be for the #8, 3 minutes and 19.866 seconds, the #7, 3 minutes and 20.571 seconds, and the #9, 3 minutes and 20.997 seconds. By the end of the fourth hour, the #8 would drop a lap to the leading #5 Toyota, but remain in second place. Silverstone was the first race on the 2014 calendar, and in addition to the competition presented by Toyota and their brand new car, the TS040 Hybrid, and Audi's sister company Porsche returned to prototype racing with the 919 Hybrid prototype racer. [53] Throughout this point to the end of the race the positions of the Audis would not change, and the #8 and #7 finished third and fourth, with the #7 setting the fastest lap of the race at a 1:26.008. An all-electric version called the e-Tron started development but would only reach production stage when the second generation model would be introduced. The Le Mans test was dominated by Audi in the order of car #2, #3, and #1. Round 1 was the 6 hours of Silverstone. The second practice took place on a wet track as well, and the Audis switched positions, with the #1 ending the session in third and the #2 finished in fourth place. The quattro system, as per the regulations, is available only at speeds above 120 km/h (75 mph). The car would drop in the order to seventeenth overall. [24][29], The southwest Asian nation of Bahrain would host the 6 Hours of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit for the penultimate round of the 2014 season. Review 15. The #7 would be driven by André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer, and Marcel Fässler. The third practice, however, would be dry, and that's when Audi took advantage of a faster racetrack. The first free practice session was battled out at record-setting paces for both Audi and Porsche. Audi gained the manufacturers championship lead after this race, leading by 18 over rival Toyota. [45] When the race concluded, the #19 Porsche won the race, and the #17 finishing second. This placed the #3, #2, and #1 (in that order) toward the back of the grid taking places five through seven, with the fastest time set by Oliver Jarvis of a 3-minute and 23.271 second run.

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