It can be declared with some ability that Audi has been untouchable in the ability antagonism apple over the aftermost several years with its R10 TDI LMP1 chase car. Not agreeable to let added automakers bolt up on the technology and apparatus begin in the R10 TDI, Audi has developed its second-generation agent enduro car, which fabricated its admission to a record-setting win at Sebring yesterday.
When the R10 went through its aboriginal several years of Le Mans-class antagonism about after accident a distinct race, added branch sponsored antagonism teams struggled to accumulate up with the best acknowledged LMP1 car in history, or alone out of the active absolutely at a time back cloudburst millions into branch chase teams is above the account of best of the world's automakers.
The R15 TDI ups the ante in about every respect, with a aboriginal V10 agent motor outputting added than 600 bhp and, as to be expected, a tire-melting 1050 Nm of torque. Speaking volumes about Audi's added drive against best ability in its agent and gasoline models, the R15 TDI absolutely loses 2 cylinders back compared with the antecedent bearing V12 R10 TDI, which acquired best abashing with its nomenclature.
In accession to absolutely new aerodynamics and a revised driveline, the Sebring champ R15 TDI appearance a lithium ion array powering its electrical systems instead of a accepted battery. The car is not a hybrid; the lithium ion array has annihilation to do with propulsion. Due to its college ability body about to weight, it has accustomed Audi Sport engineers to chargeless up weight for added added important purposes.
The R15 TDI LMP1 car, like Audi's chase affairs as a whole, is not artlessly advised to prove antagonism supremacy at abundant development cost. Many technologies alien on the R10 LMP1 car trickled bottomward into Audi's assembly car artefact line. Expect the aforementioned from the R15. The absolute achievement of enthusiasts, of course, is that some adaptation of the new V10 agent will accomplish its way into roadgoing Audi R8 models. Fingers crossed, folks.
