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Auto Union had quite a racing history in the pre-war era when it fought the Mercedes Silver Arrows. In 1965 Auto Union came in the hands of Volkswagen, in 1969 NSU was added to it and the company’s name changed in Audi. In the 70’s Audi started with some motorsport activities with their Audi 80, but the great breakthrough was the introduction of their all-wheel drive models “Quattro”.
Quattro
1981 Rally San Remo, Audi Quattro. In 1980 Audi introduced the Quattro to the rally world. Based on the Audi 80/90 and equipped with permanent All Wheel Drive, it was a bit too long and heavy at first. It suffered from understeer, especially on tarmac which it compensated with plenty of power from the straight-5 turbo engine. But on gravel and snow, the Quattro had much more grip than its conventional two-wheel drive competitors. Mouton and Pons were the first ladies to win a rally that counted for the World Rally Championship. Audi finished 5th in the manufacturers championship, but would win this in 1982 and 1984. In 1983 the Germans finished second to Martini Lancia and in 1985 and 1986 the championship was won by Peugeot.
#14 Michele Mouton (F) / Fabrizia Pons (I) – 1st
Audi Quattro A1 – 2.1 liter Audi straight-5 turbo, approx. 350 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1200 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown.
- ALTAYA #unknown (diecast)
- DETAILCARS 490 (diecast) street version
Exactly four years later in San Remo 1985, Walter Röhrl scored the last WRC victory with an Audi Quattro. The car has evolved into a fire spitting monster with a much shorter wheelbase, 20-valve engine and massive wings which it needs to keep up with the competition from Lancia, Peugeot and Ford. When Group B rally cars were banned by the end of 1986, Audi prepared their Quattro one more time to conquer Pikes Peak. Michele Mouton already won this famous hill climb in 1985, Bobby Unser did the same in 1986 and now Walter Röhrl set a new record. Different sources claim different engine outputs but probably well over 700 hp.
#1 Walter Röhrl (D) – 1st
Audi Quattro S1 Evo Pikes Peak – 2.1 liter Audi straight-5 turbo 20v, approx. 720 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown.
- CMR WRC018 (diecast)
Since 2011 the Pikes Peak hillclimb is completely paved, before that a large part was gravel. The most spectacular cars have climbed that hill and some of the finest ascents are that from Ari Vatanen in a Peugeot 405 in 1988 (see the movie “Climb dance” on Youtube) and Sébastien Loeb in a Peugeot 208 in 2013.
1988 Trans-Am championship, Audi 200 Quattro. Audi entered the Trans-Am series with a large Audi 200 saloon that made use of the Quattro driveline and turbo-engine developed in rally. Despite getting penalized with additional weight and air restrictors, the Audi’s kept on winning. Hans J. Stuck made his debut in Cleveland, replacing Walter Röhrl, and won! His teammate Hurley Haywood drove the entire season and took the Trans-Am title. Trans-Am quickly changed their regulations; in 1989 only 2WD was allowed and the engine had to be American … sore losers.
#14 Hans J. Stuck (D) – 2nd championship
Audi 200 Quattro – 2.1 liter Audi straight-5 turbo, approx. 500 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1200 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R4 #unknown.
- MINICHAMPS MC400 881314 limited to 2448 pcs (diecast)
1989 IMSA championship, Audi 90 Quattro. Audi left the Trans-Am series and switched to IMSA which gave much more freedom in design. The only thing that the 90 shared with the 200 was the Quattro driveline and 5-cylinder engine. The 90 Quattro had a space frame chassis, weight 150 kg less and had much more power. Stuck won 7 races but missed two and retired a few times, so he only finished 3rd in the championship.
#4 Hans J. Stuck (D) – 7 wins / 3rd championship
Audi 90 Quattro – 2.1 liter Audi straight-5 turbo 20V, approx. 700 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel space frame chassisnr. Audi R5 #unknown.
- MINICHAMPS MC400 891604 limited to 2592 pcs (diecast)
1990 DTM Championship, Audi V8 Quattro. Audi already had been successful with their Quattro in rallying and American racing series. Now they entered DTM to compete against BMW and Mercedes on home soil. Not with a lightweight homologation special but their luxury V8 saloon. It was much larger and heavier than the competition, but very competitive because it’s AWD and powerful V8. Hans J. Stuck had the most experience racing Quattro’s and he won the title in the very first season.
#4 Hans J. Stuck (D) – 4 wins / 1st championship
SMS Motorsport Audi V8 Quattro – 3.6 liter Audi V8, approx. 420 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1300 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R6 #unknown.
- MINICHAMPS MC400 990144 limited to 2600 pcs (diecast)
1993 Belgian Procar, Audi V8 Quattro evo. In 1993 the DTM started with a new format and completely new cars. The former generation found its way to other championships among which also hillclimbs. Belgian Audi Club, with help of the local VW-Audi distributor, managed to lay its hands on two former DTM Audi Quattro evo’s. Pierre-Alain Thibaut won the Belgian Procar championship with 4 wins, his teammate Hemroulle finishes 4th.
#1 Pierre-Alain Thibaut (B) – 1st
Belgian Audi Club Audi V8 Quattro evo – 3.6 liter Audi V8 90º, approx. 420 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1290 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R6 #unknown.
- MINICHAMPS 931120 (diecast)
- this model has been posted before in #061 Bastos & Belga
2022 Dakar, Audi RS Q e-tron. In 2022 Audi joins the Dakar competition with an exceptional car. The RS Quattro e-tron has two electric motors, but also a TFSI petrol engine from a DTM car that acts as a generator and makes more noise than any other Dakar car. The project will last three years. 2022 was a learning year and Stéphane Peterhansel won one special stage but didn’t finish the rally. Ekström and Sainz both won a stage in 2023, but only Ekström finished the race in 14th place. In 2024 – the last year of the project – good old Carlos Sainz sr. was fast and reliable and took victory.
#200 Stéphane Peterhansel (F) / Édouard Boulanger (F) – DNF
Audi RS Q e-tron – 2 electric motors & 2.0 Audi TFSi straight-4 turbo, approx. 385 hp. BF Goodrich tires. Weight 2100 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. unknown.
- SPARK Audi 502.22.001.31 (resin)
The “Dakar” has not been held in Africa since 2005. I’m happy I visited the finish in Dakar in 2005, the last time. They raced in South America for some years, but now – as another sports washing event – compete in Saudi Arabia …
DTM
2003 DTM Championship, Audi TT-R. Team Abt-Sportsline enters 4 cars for the spectacular DTM championship in 2003. Two in Hasseröder yellow (including reigning champion Laurent Aiello) and two in Red Bull blue. Mattias Ekström does well in the Red Bull colors and finishes 4th in the championship, but Karl Wendlinger scores just a single point over the entire season.
#6 Karl Wendlinger (A) – 15th
Audi TT-R DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 450 hp. Weight 1000 kg. Dunlop tires. Steel + carbon space frame, chassisnr. ABT unknown
- SCHUCO 04903 (diecast)
- this model has been posted before in #058 Red Bull
2004 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. The German Touringcar Masters DTM is one of the most popular racing series in Europe. Mercedes, Opel and Audi compete with top teams and drivers. Seven time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen shows he is not only good in endurance but very fast too, finishing 4th in his debut year in DTM.
#12 Tom Kristensen (DK) – 4th
Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel space frame with carbon safety cell, chassisnr. Audi R11 #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC400 041412 limited 1824 pcs (diecast)
2006 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. Multiple Le Mans winner Kristensen made his debut in the DTM Championship in 2004. In 2005 and 2006 he finishes third in the championship. This year he is the best of the Audi’s behind the Mercedes’ of Schneider and Spengler.
#12 Tom Kristensen (DK) – 3rd
Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel space frame with carbon safety cell, chassisnr. Audi R12+ #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC400 069607 limited 1584 pcs (diecast)
2006 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. The 2006 season was dominated by ‘big names’ Bernd Schneider and Bruno Spengler in their HWA Mercedes and Tom Kristensen in an Audi. The others were behind, including Pierre Kaffer in his Castrol Audi. He managed to finish in the points only once and that was the Norisring race. So he ended up in 16th position with only 1 championship point.
#14 Pierre Kaffer (D) – 16th
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel space frame with carbon safety cell, chassisnr. Audi R12+ #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC400 061514 limited 1440 pcs (diecast)
- this model has been posted before in #069 Castrol
2007 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. Mattias Ekström is one of the real DTM veterans. He made his debut in a Abt Audi TT-R in 2001, the team is still driving for in 2016. His first win was in 2002 and he took the championship in 2004. This year he again was the most consistent driver; 1 win, 1 second and 5 third’s brought him his second DTM title.
#3 Mattias Ekström (S) – 1st
Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 460 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 980 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R13 unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC400 071703 (diecast)
- this model has been posted before in #058 Red Bull
2008 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. Ekström won the DTM title in 2004 and 2007. This year he won 3 races, more than last year. But Mattias was not able to defend his title, he had to settle for third while his team mate Timo Scheider won this year’s championship.
#1 Mattias Ekström (S) – 3rd
Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 460 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 980 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R14 unknown
- MINICHAMPS Audi 502.08.001.23 (diecast)
- this model has been posted before in #058 Red Bull
2008 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. “Mister Le Mans” Tom Kristensen finished 3rd in DTM in 2005 and 2006 and was one of the favorites for 2007. But that season was ruined by a severe crash. In 2008 he drove the whole season but only managed 3 third places. Not a bad result, but it only brought him the 8th position in the championship.
#9 Tom Kristensen (DK) – 8th
Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 460 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 980 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R14 unknown
- MINICHAMPS Quattro GmbH Audi 502.08.001.43 (diecast)
2008 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. Christijan Albers was runner-up in DTM in 2003 and 2004, he won 5 races in total. After his Formula 1 adventure stranded, he returned to DTM. Not in a Mercedes, but a one year old Audi for the team of Colin Kolles. His old car “Jahreswagen” left him without chances and he ended the season without points, his best result a 10th place in Barcelona.
#12 Christijan Albers (NL) – 10th Barcelona
Kolles Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 460 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 980 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R13 unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC400 089621 limited 1008 pcs (diecast)
2010 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. Martin Tomczyk is just like Mattias Ekström one of the real DTM veterans. They both drove for Abt Sportsline their whole DTM career. Martin drove the Audi in Red Bull Cola colors in 2009 and 2010. Unfortunately his results were not that well, so for 2011 Tomczyk will drive an older model. He would take the title!
#6 Martin Tomczyk (D) – 8th
Audi A4 DTM (R14+) – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 460 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 980 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. ABT unknown
- SPARK Audi 502.10.001.33 (resin)
- this model has been posted before in #058 Red Bull
2012 DTM Championship, Audi RS5 DTM. In 2012 the format of DTM changed again. The 4-door saloons were replaced by 2-doors coupe models: BMW returned to the series with their M3, Mercedes used the C-class coupe and Audi entered their beautiful A5. Young Spaniard Miguel Molina drove the Team Phoenix Audi in the famous colors of sponsor Red Bull. He had a difficult season, scoring only 8 points which saw him finish the season in 18th position.
#10 Miguel Molina (E) – 18th
Audi RS5 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 480 hp. Hankook tires. Weight 1020 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R17 unknown
- SPARK Audi 502.12.001.53 (resin)
- this model has been posted before in #058 Red Bull
2015 DTM Championship, Audi RS5 DTM. In 2012 the format of DTM changed again. The 4-door saloons were replaced by 2-doors coupe models. Eduardo Mortara started for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline and finished 4th in the championship, he won one race at the Red Bull Ring.
#48 Eduardo Mortara (I) – 18th
Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 480 hp. Hankook tires. Weight 1020 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R17 unknown
- SPARK SG 217 #058 / 300 pcs (resin)
R8 LMS
2009 Nürburgring 24h, Audi R8 LMS. The Audi R8 has been developed by Audi on the same platform as the Lamborghini Gallardo. The street versions use the Quattro AWD-system. In the new developed GT3 car, this is not allowed and these have only rear wheel drive. Audi entered four Audi R8 LMS for this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. All cars finished the race, this one in 12th place overall. It was 3rd of the Audi’s. The race was won by a Manthey Porsche GT3 RSR.
#98 Hans J. Stuck (D) / Frank Biela (D) / Emanuele Pirro (I) – 12th / 7th SP9 (GT3)
Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 525 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1250 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi R16 #unknown
- SPARK Quattro GmbH Audi 502.09.184.23 (resin)
2010 Nürburgring 24h, Audi R8 LMS. Audi made a great debut last year with their R8. This year, eight R8 LMS entered the grueling Nürburgring 24 hour race. Audi’s were fastest in practice, but in the race the battle was mainly between the hybrid Porsche, the Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and the BMW GT2 that won in the end.
#2 Christian Abt (D) / Emmanuel Collard (F) / Lucas Luhr (D) / Christopher Mies (D) – DNF
Team Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 525 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1250 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi R16 #unknown
- SPARK Quattro GmbH Audi 502.10.184.13 (resin)
2011 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Audi R8 LMS Ultra. The Audi R8 LMS has established itself at the top of the GT3 food chain. In 2011 and 2012 the car is quite dominant in GT endurance racing. Audi R8 LMS won the 24 hours races at Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps, both in 2011 and 2012. This is the Belgian WRT Car that won at Spa-Francorchamps in 2011.
#33 Mattias Ekström (S) / Timo Scheider (D) / Gregory Franchi (B) – 1st
WRT Audi R8 LMS Ultra – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 550 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1250 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi R16 #unknown
- SPARK SB011 #186 / 500 pcs (resin)
2012 Bathurst 12h, Audi R8 LMS Ultra. Audi R8 LMS won the 24 hours races at Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps, both in 2011 and 2012. They also are welcome down under where two Phoenix Audi’s succesfully defended their title at the Bathurst 12-hour race. Both cars had a beautiful Australian art livery, one with a redback spider, the other one with a Kangaroo roadsign.
#1A Christopher Mies (D) / Darryl O’Young (HK) / Christer Joen (D) – 1st
#2A Craig Lowndes (AUS) / Warren Luff (AUS) / Mark Eddy (AUS) – DNF
Phoenix Audi R8 LMS Ultra – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 550 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1250 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi R16 #unknown
- SPARK AS003 #028 / 750 pcs & AS004 #046 / 750 pcs (resin)
2015 Bathurst 12h, Audi R8 LMS Ultra. The Bathurst 12 hours is the biggest en most well known GT race in the southern hemispere. Team Pheonix travels to Australia each year to compete with their Audi R8 LMS. The livery of the car is often specially designed for this race, this year it was very special just like the Aud R8 that ran in Adelaide in 2000. One of the drivers was Felix Baumgartner who became famous because of his free fall parachute jump from 39 km height.
#16A Stéphane Ortelli (MC) / Christopher Haase (D) / Felix Baumgartner (A) – 9th
Phoenix Audi R8 LMS Ultra – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 550 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1250 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi R16 #unknown
- SPARK Audi 502.150.0473 (resin)
2016 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Audi R8 LMS (2016). In 2015 Audi launches a new generation Audi R8. In 2016 a new R8 LMS GT3 is introduced to remain competitive in the GT3 category which is booming. The new car had pole-position for the race and finishes third in the Spa 24h-race behind a ROWE BMW M6 GT3 and Mercedes AMG GT3.
#28 Laurens Vanthoor (B) / Rene Rast (D) / Nico Müller (CH) – 3rd
WRT Audi R8 LMS (2016) – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 575 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1225 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi #unknown
- SPARK SB123 #045 / 300 pcs (resin)
2017 Nürburgring 24h, Audi R8 LMS (2016). The Nürburgring 24-hour race is the most unpredictable endurance race in the world because of the changing weather conditions. The Land Motorsport had to make a pitstop for a loose fuel cap and as it began to rain, the crew put the car on wet weather tires. The two leading cars were in front (the WRT Audi and ROWE BMW) and these got caught in the rain. When these eventually made their stop, the Land car had taken the lead with only 1 lap to go! The BMW finished 2nd, half a minute in front of the WRT Audi.
#29 Markus Winkelhock (D) / Christopher Mies (D) / Kelvin van de Linde (SA) / Connor De Phillippi (USA) – 1st
Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS (2016) – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 575 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1225 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi #GT201700069
- CMR 43019 (diecast)
2017 GT Masters, Audi R8 LMS (2016). In 2017 DTM were still prototypes in a touring car body work while the GT Masters made use of GT3 cars. Also, the race in GT Masters were longer and had two drivers on each car. Mücke Motorsport was active in both series. In the Masters, Mücke used an AMG Mercedes as well as this Audi R8 LMS for Stippler and Ortmann. Mücke Motorsport finishes third in the team standings.
#25 Frank Stippler (D) / Mike David Ortmann (D) – 3rd
Mücke Audi R8 LMS (2016) – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 575 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1225 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC437 171725 limited 200 pcs (resin, produced by SPARK)
2021 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Audi R8 LMS evo II. Competition in GT3 is fierce, so Audi launched an evo version in 2019 and a final evo II in 2021. Audi Sport has optimized the R8 LMS in five areas: aerodynamics, engine characteristics, air conditioning, suspension and traction control. This Gulf car is entered for his son by Roald Goethe, a passionate racing driver and car collector (the famous ROFGO collection), operations are provided by WRT.
#30 Benjamin Goethe (DK) / Franco Colapinto (ARG) / James Pull (GB) – 22nd / 6th Silver
WRT Audi R8 LMS evo II – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 575 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1225 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi #unknown
- SPARK SB447 #141 / 300 pcs (resin)
2022 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Audi R8 LMS evo II. Valentino Rossi is nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion and regarded one of the best motorcycle racers of all time. But he quit. Now he is racing GT’s which he has done many times before just for fun, but now at a professional level. He races in the factory backed team of WRT (who moved to BMW in 2023, taking Rossi with them). Rossi rode with the number 46 for his entire career and still does.
#46 Valentino Rossi (I) / Frederic Vervisch (B) / Nico Müller (CH) – 25th
WRT Audi R8 LMS evo II – 5.2 liter Audi V10, approx. 575 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1225 kg. Carbon fibre & aluminium space frame, chassisnr. Audi #GT201900130
- SPARK SB511 #806 / 1200 pcs (resin)
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