The most powerful Audi racing car in the company’s 11-year history of its customer racing program makes its debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. With a base price of 338,000 euros (around RM1.6 million), deliveries of the new Audi R8 LMS GT2 will start from December.
From the 2020 season on, they will be able to compete in the new GT2 class that will open up a new stage in racing to the world’s most beautiful super sportscars.
“This sportscar with its emotive high-performance V10 engine marks the top end of our customer racing program. The legendary event at Goodwood is the ideal venue for unveiling such a fascinating sports car,” said Oliver Hoffmann, CEO of Audi Sport GmbH.
Created for the new GT2 category
The racing car has been created for a future racing category which will come to life in Europe and North America in 2020. It will fill a gap between the existing GT3 and GT4 categories and specifically feature cars with high longitudinal dynamics.
Consequently, this type of car addresses gentleman drivers who have been the backbone of GT racing for decades. It is the fourth model for customer racing from Audi Sport.
