Only two R8Cs were ever built, chassis #101 (car no. It is still probably one of the most beautiful prototypes in Le Mans history. Conversely, the R8Rs were able to qualify 9th and 11th. For more recent exchange rates, please use the. Toyota and Mercedes both committed to either modifying existing cars or building brand new cars to take advantage of the new rules.

It featured a carbon fibre chassis and body, a 3600 cc turbo powered engine, and a 6 speed sequential gearbox. The 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans was the only competition in which the R8Cs were entered . Car no. While the R8Rs managed the 8th and 11th fastest times, the R8Cs could only manage the 22nd and 28th fastest times. 9). James Weaver said that the R8C, at one time during the race,  had become one of the best cars he had ever driven. The Audi R8C is a Le Mans Prototype racecar that was built by Audi and designed by Peter Elleray to compete in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans under the LMGTP category. With these developments in mind, Audi decided that it should invest in this new LMGTP class along with the R8R LMP program, hence the appearance of the R8C project. In GT ranks, the GT1 category was replaced with the GTS category. Additionally, in order to address advances and popularity of old GT1 class cars, the ACO created the LMGTP category. The Audi R8C is a Le Mans Prototype racecar that was built by Audi and designed by Peter Elleray to compete in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans under the LMGTP category. Though these cars were within the GT1 rules, they were not at all what the ACO had intended for the category. 10) and #102 (car no. Unlike the R8R, which was able to complete a full testing program, the R8C was completed late and had very little test time prior to the 24 Hours of Le Mans group test in May. Something went wrong.

In 2003, the Bentley Speed 8, the evolution of the EXP Speed 8, and, somewhat the spiritual successor of the R8C, won Le Mans. Note that the model also correctly reproduces the shape of the trilobate air intake on the nose, replaced in the race version by a single gap intake. Car no. It is still probably one of the most beautiful prototypes in Le Mans history. In the following years, Audi opted for an open cockpit version of the R8 and the R8C became the basis for the Bentley Exp Speed 8 project, which won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2003. The R8C also has thinner wheel arches, partially due to LMGTP rules, at the time, that stipulate the LMGTP cars use thinner tires than the LMP cars in order to off-set the better aerodynamic efficiency, and thus higher top speeds, of the LMGTP cars. View cart for details. The Audi R8C, designed by Peter Ellerey and Tony Southgate, only took part in the 1999 edition of the 24h of Le Mans. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than Canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to Canadian dollars based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates. Copyright © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. While many cars like to claim racing heritage, the R8 Coupé is a true thoroughbred. However, following the dominant performance of GT1-class cars in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, the race organizers, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), had faced a problem. This car is a beast in a straight line but sluggish in the corners compared to other cars at lemans when it ran in 1999. Racing Technologies Norfolk built a carbon fibre bodywork around a monocoque frame, all powered with a 358 cc V8 biturbo engine. During the race, both the R8Rs and R8Cs suffered numerous gearbox difficulties, but Audi Sport Team Joest was better able to cope with the issues on the R8Rs compared to Audi Sport UK with the R8Cs. Your R8 Coupé Some legends are real. In contrast, both R8Rs finished the race despite their gearbox difficulties, finishing in 3rd and 4th place, 5 and 19 laps behind the winning car respectively. Many of the R8Cs' problems stemmed from aerodynamic instability, which, besides creating handling difficulties, was causing a build-up of air underneath the engine cover. Unfortunately, its performance did not match its elegance, mostly for lack of development time. Unveiled only three weeks before qualifying, designed by Tony Southgate, it is surely one of the most beautiful racing cars ever seen at Le Mans. The R8C and R8R both use the 600 hp (450 kW) 3.6 litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine, but are radically different aerodynamically.

Physics update for the Audi R8C from ***** Hello everyone here is a updated version of the Audi R8C by me Tyler Sanders(Peugeot 905) orginally from Assetto Garage and changes made by *****. This would lead to the Audi R8 (race car), which would win Le Mans a total of 5 times between 2000 and 2005. Unfortunately, its performance did not match its elegance, mostly for lack of development time. However, Audi would return to the LMGTP class in 2001 with the Bentley EXP Speed 8. The LMGTP category would be for closed cockpit prototypes, which gave a place for the previous GT1 cars, but, under prototype rules now, also freed the from certain "production car" restrictions that they had been under in the GT1 category. Audi Sport UK was unable to significantly improve the R8Cs in the month between the test and the actual race. Although similar visually to the R8C, the Bentley EXP Speed 8 was a fresh design other than the Audi engine which powered it and the aerodynamic lessons learned from the R8C. Unlike the R8R, for which Audi had turned to Dallara, they instead looked to Racing Technology Norfolk (RTN) to design and develop the new R8C. In its class it is one of the most successful racing sports cars having won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005, five of the six years it competed in total.

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