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Audi Sport chose this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal the new R8 LMS GT2 race car, which is set to compete in the new GT2 class from 2020 on. The new version of the Audi R8 is the most powerful customer race car ever offered by Audi Sport, with the naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 engine producing 630hp (470kW), mainly thanks to its new exhaust system. With the new R8 LMS GT2, Audi joins Porsche as the second manufacturer to commit to the GT2 Class, which aims to fill the gap between the existing GT3 and GT4 classes. GT2 race cars are designed to offer less downforce than the GT3 cars and are scheduled to make their racing debut in Europe and North America next year. The new Audi R8 LMS GT2 comes with a significantly wider bodywork than the production R8, featuring a new front bumper, a huge rear wing and a roof-mounted air intake for the engine. Audi says that around 55 percent of their new GT2 racer is shared with the road-legal R8. “The Audi R8 LMS GT2 ...

Audi has become the latest automaker to jump on the bandwagon of offering a GT4-spec race car and on the eve of the New York Auto Show, has unveiled the R8 LMS GT4. The new racer is directly derived from a road-going R8 V10 Coupe and includes more than 60 per cent of the same components. It will be constructed at the same Böllinger Höfe production facility as the road car and follows on from the German marque unveiling the RS3 LMS for the TCR category last year. Audi Sport is spearheading development of the model throughout the 2017 racing year and will debut the vehicle at the Nurburgring 24 Hours from May 25 to 28. Power from the naturally-aspirated V10 engine will sit at approximately 495 hp and production of customer-ordered examples will commence in the second half of the year. Speaking about the car, Audi Sport boss Stephan Winkelmann said “Audi Sport GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers offering cars in the GT3 and TCR customer sport categories. Now we’re targeting ...