GENEVA MOTOR SHOW: Audi R8 LMS
With an AMG GT3 coming to Geneva, Audi is set to fly with its own production racerSome leads are hard to follow and with wins at Bathurst, the Nurburgring 24 Hour, the Spa 24 Hour and just about every major production car race around the world, the R8 LMS is definitely one of those.
And yet, Audi is heading to next week's Geneva motor show with a second generation of one of the most globally successful production racers of all time.
Sharing about 50 per cent of its parts with the all-new R8 V10, the R8 LMS tips the scales at just 1225kg.
As detailed last week before these images were released, it shares the road car’s stiff chassis, including its carbon-fibre floor, tunnel and rear bulkhead.
The GT3 sports car is wider than the road car and uses a unique body that is mostly carbon-fibre, reinforced with multimaterial ASF and supported by a high-strength steel roll cage.
Audi claims the engine is virtually untouched, with the 5.2-litre V10 delivering 430kW, depending on the regulations and the air inlet restrictor it is forced to use. That’s actually 19kW less than the R8 Plus.
The car will be tested and raced by the works teams this year, before becoming available to customer teams early in 2016.
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