Goodwood 2019: This is the firecracker from Audi
FESTHALTEN Audi Sport customer racing offers pure fascination at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with the R8 LMS GT2. The cheering crowd watched the premiere of the 640-hp bolide in the south of England. The GT2 class comes to life in Europe and North America in 2020, filling a gap between the existing GT3 and GT4 categories and [...]
The GT2 class is coming to life in Europe and North America in 2020, filling a gap between the existing GT3 and GT4 categories and focusing specifically on race cars with high longitudinal dynamics. As such, this race car is aimed at gentleman drivers who have formed the backbone of GT racing for decades
Start in future racing series
Oliver Hoffmann, Managing Director Audi Sport GmbH: "This car with its high-performance 640 hp V10 engine is the pinnacle of our program for customers and Goodwood is the ideal place to present such a fascinating sports car. The race car has been created for a future racing category."
Operations on the track and at track days
The Audi R8 LMS GT2 is the ideal sports car for classic racing events as well as for track days and events at race resorts, which are gaining in popularity among this customer group worldwide. Audi Sport has thus presented its fourth model for customer racing. The brand is already successful worldwide in the TCR, GT3 and GT4 classes.
