Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe

Auto Blog: Diesel , Audi , Racing Following the close of the 2008 racing season, Audi announced that after three years competition in North America and Europe, the groundbreaking R10 TDI would be retired. At the time of the December announcement, the German company declared that the cars would not be made available to private teams. Instead, the company would focus on the all new R15 TDI for the 24 hours of Le Mans and the European DTM program. The company has now changed its plans and has decided to sell two of the R10s to the owner of one of its DTM teams, Dr Colin Kolles. Kolles will campaign the R10s in the Le Mans Series in Europe as well as the round the clock French race. Part of the reason for Audi’s curtailment of its 2009 activities was budgetary. Given that, the technical support that will be provided by Audi engineers to the Kolles team will likely come at Kolles’s expense. Hopefully, someone here in North America will step up and take on at least one R10 for the ALMS as well. [Source: Audi] Continue reading Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green

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Audi R10 TDI not done yet; two will run in private hands in Europe