From spy shots to new releases to auto show coverage, Car and Driver brings you the latest in car news. The #7 placed in fifth and the #9 placed sixth. Audi retained the aero package raced at Fuji for Shanghai. The second generation of the R8 (model code: Type 4S) was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show and is based on the Modular Sports System platform shared with the Lamborghini Huracan. The race got underway in wet conditions, with the safety car leading the field when the race timer started. Wheel tethers and extra crash structures are also added to the car. [13][14] In 2016, the convertible (Spyder) variant was added to the line up which was initially available in the base V10 trim. This, in turn, enters the cooling ducts through the body hull and travels to the underfloor. Through the first hour, the #7 was in fourth and the #8 was in fifth. The race would show Audi's strong pace, but it was neutralized by Toyota's better fuel consumption in its 2013-spec car, making for a very tight race for Audi. The #1 car set the second-fastest lap behind its sister car, the #2, of a lap time of 1 minute and 46.142 seconds. [60] In the final practice, the Porsches took the first two positions, and Audi finished with the #7 in third and #8 in fourth. The #7 finished the qualifying session in third and the #8 finished in fourth. 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. 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. The refreshed model had substantial performance improvements over its predecessor. However, they would prove to be largely ineffective at challenging any of the LMP1 field, due to a failed hybrid system. The put the #8 in second place behind the leading Toyota. 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. The #8 rounded off the LMP-H category, eleven laps down. The start of the race would be dry and in comparison to the previous practices and qualifying sessions, there would not be rain in the forecast for the remainder of the six-hour session. The #1 would finish second place and the #2 would retire due to mechanical issues. The Audi R18 is a Le Mans Prototype (LMP) racing car constructed by the German car manufacturer Audi AG.It is the successor to the Audi R15 TDI.Like its predecessor, the R18 uses a TDI turbocharged diesel engine but with a reduced capacity of 3.7 litres and in a V6 configuration. 6-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx described the R8 as "the best handling road car today". When the race ended, the #8 Audi would come across the line in first place, over the #2 Porsche, which was two laps down after struggling predominately from a disabled hybrid system for the majority of the race. This was how the positioning for first hour would end for the Audis. 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 #7 Audi would get as high as third place on the first lap. By the end of the first hour, the #2 and #1 stood in the middle of the LMP1 fray, third and fourth respectively, with the #3 car hanging onto sixth position. In the first hour, the Porsches would break away from the Audis, but very slowly, as the Audis were not much slower. The e-tron Quattro finished first and second with the Ultra finishing in third and fifth. In addition to the changes required by the regulations (reduced air intake restrictor and 60 litre fuel tank) the car was completely reworked to reduce weight. In the only free practice session of the race week, the #2 car set a time of 3 minutes and 23.796 seconds to place second to the lead Toyota TS040 Hybrid machine, a little over three tenths off the pace. Audi, although setting faster laps than the rest of the LMP1 field for the first time during a race in the season would struggle to run consistent lap times. [24][28], The championship would stay in Asia for the next round in Shanghai, China for the 6 Hours of Shanghai. 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. The #8 Audi made contact with a LMP2 car during the session, damaging the car enough take it out for the remainder of the session. The car was first tested in late 2015 ahead of the 2016 season.[64]. Two of Toyota's drivers, Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi in the #8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid had the ability to clinch the drivers' championship with a position of fifth place or better or the #2 Audi finishing lower than first place. The twenty-four-hour Le Mans event was next, and Audi hoped to repeat the dominance that they exhibited last year and use the 24 hours of Le Mans to revitalize their season. The development and engineering of the 2014 e-tron quattro was a massive overhaul from past seasons, which in contrast to the previous two seasons, struggled for pace. [2] Ninety-five lasers inspect the entire car in five seconds to ensure that over 220 measurements are within 0.1 millimetres of the programmed plans. The #8 qualified fifth and the #9 qualified eighth. At the end of hour 4, the #2 would slip back to second, but would eventually battle back to win the race, twenty-three seconds ahead of their rival Toyota.[24]. The #5 Toyota finished last the order after dominated half of the 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. However, during hour two until the end of three, the #2 car regained the lead, being followed closely by the Toyota in second. A larger 4.0 L engine (producing over 540 BHP) would power the rear of the car and one MGU hybrid system (producing over 230 HP) would operate in the front axle of the car. Audi found themselves at the bottom of the prototype hybrid class, as the fastest Audi, #2 was behind the Porsche and Toyota prototype duos, setting a 3-minute and 26.388 seconds lap to place itself fifth. 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. 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Finally, there are numerous smaller upgrades to vision and ergonomics to improve drivability.[10][11][12][13]. Meanwhile, the #7 Audi would suffer from floor damage after running over a curb, resulting in a visit to the garage. A damp practice session would be dominated by the e-tron quattro's and would continue into the dry qualifying session, with cars #1, #3, and #2 (in that order) qualifying a second within each other taking the first three spots. Fifteen minutes into the twelfth hour, the #19 Porsche pitted in, handing the lead over to the #7. A full course yellow, gave the two Audis the advantage over the lone Porsche in front, leading to the #8 and #7 placing first and second by the end of the first hour. [20] Audi had entered a four car line-up for Le Mans. 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. The development of the Type 4S commenced in late 2013 and was completed in late 2014. Following averaging a tenth behind was the #8, which snapped an 11-race streak starting from pole for Porsche. 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. The car uses a high-pressure central hydraulics system to reduce weight while still actuating braking, transmission, and engine operations. In addition, the Audi #2 finished too low; and did not earn enough points, giving Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi in the #8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid the drivers' championship title in the penultimate round of the season. The #7 and #8 entries would be full-time entries and the #9 car would only be utilized for the second and third rounds, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans. This position for both the Audis would last until the end of hour five, with the second of the Porsches racing the #8 hard to gain third. The #2 car was fifth in the first practice, behind one of the Toyotas. Initial models included the R8 4.2 FSI coupé (with a V8 engine) and R8 5.2 FSI coupé (with a V10 engine). The rainy weather would play a significant role in the result of the race, and it did not favor Audi. [61] In the last qualifying session of the season, Porsche was able to take pole position once again on average time between their two drivers. The result from the final practice would follow into the qualifying session, with the #8 and #7 placing third and fourth on the starting grid. [18][19], Both the Ultra and e-tron Quattro made their racing débuts at the 2012 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps as part of a four-car Audi entry in the FIA World Endurance Championship. In the third practice session, the #2 only participated, and placed fourth. [40] In the fifth hour, #9 Audi driven by Filipe Albuquerque managed to set a race lap record on the Sarthe circuit of a 3-minute and 17.647 lap, and the pace continued to place himself second by the end of the hour with the #7 behind. The #8 and #7 placed in third and fourth, with the first Audi about eight tenths off the lead. 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. The #8 would lose a position to the #2 Toyota, but soon regain the position back. The #7 Audi would go onto win the race by thirteen seconds over the rival #18 Porsche. In qualifying, the #2 posted a time of a 1-minute 44.792 lap, positioning it fifth. The car placed sixth. The #1 car had suffered a fuel injection issue earlier in the race and sat two laps down when the lead exchange occurred, sitting in fourth place behind a Porsche. [24], The championship moved westward to Shanghai for the 6 Hours of Shanghai. Practice session two was run under wet track conditions, and this time the Toyota got the upper hand, taking the first and third positions. 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. The new gearbox is electrically controlled instead of pneumatically controlled, saving weight by eliminating the pneumatic system. The 4.0 liter V6 engine has been further developed to produce 558 BHP, with better-optimized fuel consumption, despite a reduction in the regulations for a lower fuel capacity.
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