As we arrived this morning at Audi Sport’s Neuberg facility it was obvious we were to be treated to a display of some of their collection of past LMP1 machinery. What emerged throughout the day, as a train of R18s, R15s, R10s and R8s emerged at regular intervals from behind the main building was that the display was going to be something extraordinary.
What was presented to us as we took the short walk from the Audi Customer Experience Welcome Centre (where the 2014 Le Mans winning R18 e-tron Quattro was displayed), was a line up of every other Audi overall Le Mans 24 Hours winning car, from the 2000 R8 through to the 2013 R18, 12 cars providing a racing timeline like no other!
Audi Sport though, perfectionists through and through did assemble the whole collection the previous day for a truly unique group shot!
And here they are one by one:
2014 Marcel Fässler/ André Lotterer/ Benoît Tréluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro
2013 Tom Kristensen/ Allan McNish/ Loïc Duval Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro
2012 Marcel Fässler/ André Lotterer/ Benoît Tréluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro
2011 Marcel Fässler/ André Lotterer/ Benoît Tréluyer Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI
2010 Mike Rockenfeller/ Timo Bernhard/ Romain Dumas Audi Sport North America Audi R15 TDI plus
2008 Tom Kristensen/ Allan McNish/ Rinaldo Capello Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI
2007 Frank Biela/ Emanuele Pirro/ Marco Werner Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI
2006 Frank Biela/ Emanuele Pirro/ Marco Werner Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 TDI
2005 JJ Lehto/ Marco Werner/ Tom Kristensen ADT Champion Racing Audi R8
2004 Seiji Ara/ Tom Kristensen/ Rinaldo Capello Audi Sport Japan Team Goh Audi R8
2002 Frank Biela/ Tom Kristensen/ Emanuele Pirro Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8
2001 Frank Biela/ Tom Kristensen/ Emanuele Pirro Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8
2000 Frank Biela/ Tom Kristensen/ Emanuele Pirro Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8