Audi win the 6 hours of silverstone

The Audi R18 e-tron of fassler,lotterer and treluyer took the victory by just under a minute. The Toyota finishing second ahead of the kristensen and mcnish Audi.

The lmp2 class was won by the oreca Nissan of graves,martin, charouz coming in eighth place overall, the brundle Nissan coming home a disappointing twelfth place and fifth in class.

LmGte pro was won by the Fisichella and bruni Ferrari 458 italia, who finished 2 laps ahead of the second 458.

LmGte am was won by the Ferrari 458 of Perazzini,Cioci,Griffin.

Audi qualify 1&2 at the silverstone wec

Audi have taken first and second place at the silverstone round of the world endurance championship.

The lotterer,treluyer and fassler R18 e-tron took pole with a gap of just 0.10 from the McNish/kristensen R18 ultra. The toyota of wurz,lapierre and nakajima took third over half a second behind.

The Honda of Brabham,Chandhok and Dumbreck took seventh infront of the Brundle's and ordonez nissan who took first in the lmp2 class.

Marc lieb and Richard lietz in the porsche 911 rsr took pole in the lmgte pro am class with the Ferrari 458 of Giancarlo Fisichella coming third.

The 6 hour race starts tomorrow at 12.

New facelifted Audi R8 for 2013

Audi have announced the new facelifted 2013 R8 model. This will be on display at the paris motorshow in september.

The facelift compromises of new bumpers, led headlights and diffusers.

Audi have also dropped the r tronic gearbox in favour of the seven speed s tronic box (a welcome addition to the two pedal version) they will also still produce the manual version.

In a similar situation to the tt rs Audi have also revealed tehy will release an r8 plus. This will benefit from revised suspension power output upto 542bhp and a reduced kerb weight achieved through lighter wheels,reduced soundproofing,carbon mirrors,splitters,vents and lightweight bucket seats.

This will provide 0-60 in 3.5 seconds .2 faster than a gallardo 560-4 and onto a top speed of 197mph.

The updates apply to the coupe and spyder range.

Audi at the goodwood festival of speed 2012.

Today's blog will cover audi at the goodwood festival of speed 2012. Audi had one of if not the best display at the good wood festival of speed, very large and the cars had generous amounts of space around them, most were also open to have sit inside. The new Rs4 avant was on show in the striking orange colour along with, previous rs4's. The tt rs plus was on display,rs5, Audi R8 limited edition, the new S7 and the a1 Quattro. The Le mans Audi R18 e-tron was also in action on the hill.