Audi R8

[rdjones]

I have been looking into the history of all the greatest sportscar ever built mainly the Audi R8. From what I can work out there where 16 chassis built and the race histories look like this:-

401 - History Unknown

402 - 2000 Audi Sport - Sebring

403 - 2000 Audi Sport - Sebring, Sears Point, Mosport, Portland, Petit Le Mans Le Mans 2001 Johansson Motorsport Sebring, Donington, Laguna Seca, Estoril, Most

404 - 2000 Audi Sport - Le Mans

405 - 2000 Audi Sport - Nürburgring, Sears Point, Mosport, Le Mans Portland, Petit Le Mans Champion Racing - 2001 Texas, Sebring, Sears Point, Le Mans Portland 2002 Audi Sport - Sears Point

501 - Audi Sport - 2001 Jarama, Sears Point, Portland, Mosport, Le Mans 2002 - Team Goh - Le Mans

502 - Audi Sport - 2001 Texas, Sebring, Donington, Le Mans

503 - Audi Sport - 2001 Texas, Sebring, Donington, Jarama, Sears Point, Portland, Mosport, Petit Le Mans

504 - History Unknown

505 - 2001 Audi Sport - Mid Ohio, Petit Le Mans Champion - 2002 Sebring, Sears Point, Road America, Washington, Trois-Rivieres, Laguna Seca, Miami, Petit Le Mans 2003 Champion - Sebring, Road Atlanta, Trois-Rivieres, Mosport, Road America, Petit Le Mans, Le Mans 2004 - Champion - Sebring, Mid Ohio, Lime Rock, Portland, Mosport, Road America, Petit Le Mans 2005 Champion Racing- Sebring, Road Atlanta. Mid Ohio, Lime Rock, Portland, Mosport, Petit Le Mans, Laguna Seca, Le Mans

601 - 2002 Audi Sport - Sebring, Mid Ohio, Road America, Washington, Trois-Rivieres, Mosport, Laguna Seca, Miami, Petit Le Mans, Le Mans

602 - 2002 Audi Sport - Sebring, Mid Ohio, Road America, Washington, Trois-Rivieres, Mosport, Laguna Seca, Miami, Petit Le Mans, Le Mans 2003 - Team Goh Le Mans, Spa 1000Km, Le Mans 1000Km 2004 - Le Mans

603 - 2003 Audi Sport UK - Sebring, Le Mans 2004 - Audi UK - Sebring, Monza, Le Mans, Silverstone, Spa, Nürburgring 2005 ORECA - Spa, Silverstone, Monza, Le Mans, Nürburgring, Istanbul

604 - 2003 Audi Sport - Sebring, Road Atlanta, Trois-Rivieres, Mosport, Road America, Petit Le Mans

605 - 2004 Champion Racing- Le Mans, Road America, Petit Le Mans 2005 Champion Racing - Sebring, Road Atlanta. Mid Ohio, Lime Rock, Portland, Mosport, Petit Le Mans, Laguna Seca, Le Mans

606 - 2004 Audi Sport UK - Sebring, Monza, Le Mans, Silverstone, Spa, Nürburgring

[ss_collins]

I think alboreto died in 504

[panoz.lmp1]

Originally Posted by ss_collins

I think alboreto died in 504

504 is correct.

[AMICALEMANS]

And what about the two R8 who ran Le Mans in 1999 ? i am talking about the two openseater cars R8R. I think that they became R8...

And if someone know about the 2 R8C... they look so much like a Bentley

[Blauwewolk]

Hello,

I have seen the Audi R8C number 10 in Neckarsulm.
That one has chassis number 102 (8RZAA 200 102). I suppose that the number 9 car has chassis number 101. I don’t know if they made more than two of the R8C’s but I don’t think so.

Unfortunately I don’t know the numbers of the R8R’s. I hope someone can tell us these numbers.

I also would like to know the numbers of the R8R 1999 Sebring cars and the numbers of the R8R prototype.

Does anybody know the R10 numbers and in what races they races?

Regards,
Martijn

[panoz.lmp1]

R8c: 101, 102
R8r: 204, 205

[Blauwewolk]

Hello panoz.lmp1,

Do you also know witch chassis number belongs to witch racecar?
# 77 is chassis 204 and # 78 is chassis 205?

[Dauer 962]

Originally Posted by Blauwewolk

Hello panoz.lmp1,

Do you also know witch chassis number belongs to witch racecar?
# 77 is chassis 204 and # 78 is chassis 205?

No, just the other way.

[AMICALEMANS]

For R10
At le Mans 2006 :

the 7 was 103
the 8 was 102 (win)

[Blauwewolk]

The R10 that won Sebring was 101. It crashed in a test after Sebring and has been rebuilt as a show car. 101 has been replaced by 103. What are the numbers of this years R10’s? I heart that these were 104 and 105 or 105 and 106.

Did the Audi R8 Chassis 406 or 606 really exist?
406 should have raced at Mid Ohio and Laguna Seca in 2001 (# 38) but I think this is chassis 405.

Chassis 606 should have raced at Sebring 2004 (#88). But I think this was chassis 604.

If the R8R from Sebring were number 204 and 205, it seems logic that there also would have been a chassis 201, 202 and 203 to.

It is also possible that it was like this:

R8C 101
R8C 102
R8R 203 Test car (1e version)
R8R 204 Sebring 1999 (2e version)
R8R 205 Sebring 1999 (2e version)
R8R 306 Le Mans 1999 / ALMS 2000 (3e version)
R8R 307 Le Mans 1999 (3e version)
R8R 308 ALMS 2000 (3e version)

[panoz.lmp1]

Until now no one knows that the 203 (or 103) exists.

[Blauwewolk]

They started in 1997 (1:4 Wooden model) with the development of the R8R. The first real R8R was ready in August 1998. And the R8C development started in September 1998?

It would be logic to say that the first R8R chassis numbers started with a 101. Because the R8C wasn’t built jet.

Than there still is a gap to the 204 car of 2 cars.
Are the silver/black and the all black R8 first version cars the same car?
And is the R8 2e version used for testing the same car as one of the Sebring cars?

If not, than the gap would be filled.

[Blauwewolk]

Is the R8C I have seen in Neckarsulm really the original number 10 car?
It has chassisnumber 102. So far I only found lists that say that number 9 was chassis 102 and number 10 was chassis 101.

Did they change the body like the 402 car that now has the 403 crocodile body?

[redshoes]

Found this summary on Emanuele Pirro's website.

Haven't checked all the info against what's already been posted but notably it refers to the two 1999 Le Mans cars as 001/002 not 101/102

[Aysedasi]

Shame we got the R8R instead of the R8C after 1999, I might have actually liked the R8 then......

[Rd_Bll]

What is the car which run in 3 races of American Le Mans Series in 2006 (Audi Sport North America/Champion Racing - Audi R8 FSI n°2 - McNish/Capello) ?

- 505 ?
- 605 ?

[FIRE]

According Audi themself:

Chassis	Built	Races	Victories	Comment
R8-401	1999	0	0	Completed its roll-out on 23 December 1999 and subsequently served as a test car for Audi Sport. Remains in possession of Audi.
R8-402	2000	2	1	Race winning car at the 12 hour race at Sebring in 2000, and was, as a result, the first R8 to win a race. Serves as a show car today with "crocodile" bodywork.
R8-403	2000	19	7	The 2000 ALMS championship winning car, which started as a "crocodile" at the finale at Adelaide. Was sold to Stefan Johansson's team and raced for another year.
R8-404	2000	1	1	The 24 Hours of Le Mans race winning car in 2000. Was only raced once, has been on display at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt since then.
R8-405	2000	18	2	Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro's race car at the ALMS race which followed Le Mans. Was bought by Champion Racing in 2001 and entered in the ALMS, was loaned to the factory team for a final time in 2002 for the race at Sears Point.
R8-406	2000	0	0	Show car. Was never raced.
R8-501	2001	1	1	First of the second generation R8 cars. Audi Sport test car, which only raced at the ALMS race at Jarama (TFSI engine debut).
R8-502	2001	5	3	Won the first three races of the 2001 season (including Sebring) before being sold to Team Goh in Japan, which entered the R8 in two races (Le Mans and Suzuka) during the 2002 season.
R8-503	2001	11	4	Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro's 2001 ALMS race car and the 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans race winning car.
R8-504	2001	0	0	Was earmarked as race car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2001. Michele Alboreto crashed with this R8 whilst testing at the Eurospeedway.
R8-505	2001	47	15	The R8 with the most races and wins under its belt. Dindo Capello and Tom Kristensen's race car in the 2001 ALMS, which was subsequently run by Team ADT Champion Racing for four years in the American Le Mans Series. ALMS winner in 2004.
R8-601	2002	10	4	2002 Le Mans 24 hour race winning car, and Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro's race car in the 2002 ALMS. Loaned to the museum in Le Mans by Audi in 2004 - where it can be seen today.
R8-602	2002	18	8	Dindo Capello and Tom Kristensen's race car in the 2002 ALMS, with which Kristensen won the title. Was transferred to Team Goh in 2003. Won Le Mans in 2004.
R8-603	2002	13	4	Served as third car in Le Mans 2002, was subsuquently bought by Audi UK, entered at Le Mans in 2003 and by Team Veloqx at Le Mans and in the LMES in 2004.
R8-604	2002	15	6	Was rebuilt in winter 2002/2003 by Team Joest and raced in the 2003 ALMS. Was transferred to Sam Li (Team Veloqx) in 2004 and won the LMES. Scored the 50th victory for an Audi R8 at Spa 2004.
R8-605	2002	16	7	The last R8 built, which only made its race debut at the end of 2004. Team ADT Champion Racing won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series with it during the 2005 season. Was also in action on the "Farewell Tour" during the 2006 season.

Source: Audi R8 - Born to win by Thomas Voigt/Audi AG

[outamyhead]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Shame we got the R8R instead of the R8C after 1999, I might have actually liked the R8 then......

There were issues with the engine cowling ripping itself off at high speed, that's when they decided on the open cockpit.

[chernaudi]

The open cars also were allowed to run wider wheels and tires, and had a BOP advantage over the GTP cars until Audi Sport developed the '03 Bentley Speed 8, though it went up mostly against the semi-factory R8s.

It should also be noted that the 500 series cars were initially fitted with 2000 spec bodywork until the '01 LM test day.

Also, I'm curious about the shift points on the R8. Initially the started of with a shift pattern similar to the 2011-2013 R18s (aside from not using 1st gear), then they went to a quicker shift pattern in 2003. I asked about this in the technology thread, but it seems that's not a very well frequented area.

Road America 2002:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFkQRqmxgZs&t=2869s

Same track in 2003:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD1BoNqodak&t=4284s

Oddly, the Champion R8 it seems often ran the quicker shift pattern as early as Sebring in 2001. Only big change in the R8's life in the ALMS was a 10% smaller air restrictor that the ACO fitted to all cars after 2002. Was it team preference that dictated the shift patterns? IMO, that's a bit odd given how much Audi Sport micromanaged the privateer R8s.

[chernaudi]

Just found this at Midweek Motorsports' FB page, Mr. Le Mans behind the wheel of one of the models of car that made him Mr. Le Mans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK5u3aCwNgc

I don't know if this is 605 (last R8 to win an ALMS race) or one of the replicas built up from spare/unused tubs.

[chernaudi]

Another video at Racer Magazine's You Tube page has Brad Kettler confirm that the Laguna Seca Historics car was 605.

Also, there's at least two R8s built up from tubs that weren't raced in period that are running in vintage racing that Audi Sport doesn't officially acknowledge as being raced in period. Which is odd given that at least one R8 was built in 2000 and only used as a show car.

[Marcel ten Caat]

The two replica cars, or clones as they prefer to call them, are indeed R8-606 and R8-607. Understand why Audi Sport doesn't include them, as they weren't made by them ;-)

[chernaudi]

I know that this is about the R8, but I do have a question about the R10. I've seen a couple of videos (one from 2018 and the other from 2021) that Allan McNish said that he drove R10 #101 for most of 2007 and the #1 Audi in '08 was also #101 (McNish drove the #1 Audi at PLM that year). However, Racing Sports Cars says that the #1 Audi in both of those seasons was predominantly #103. I wonder who's actually correct here?