IMSA Audi for Lotterer at Goodwood

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer will drive an Audi 90 quattro IMSA GT car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Audi driver, who notched up his third Le Mans victory with Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler last weekend, will be fulfilling a long-held ambition when he demonstrates one of the 1989 IMSA GTO class silhouette racers at Goodwood on June 27-29.

"I'm so stoked, because that was a dream car for me when I was growing up," he said. "When I joined Audi I saw some other guys getting the chance to drive it at special events and wondered if I would ever get a go.

"My dad's racing team [RAS Sport] had Audi coupes at one point, and that five-cylinder sound has stayed with me."

The Audi 90 quattro, which produced more than 700hp from its five-cylinder turbo poweplants, took seven GTO victories with Hans Stuck, including one shared with Walter Rohrl, in the 1989 IMSA series. Audi missed two of the first three rounds, which combined with a series of retirements, restricted Stuck to third in the points.

Lotterer joins a number of recent Le Mans winners taking part in the Festival of Speed: David Brabham (2009) who will drive a Bentley Continental GT3; Frank Biela (2000-'02 and 2006-'07) will take the Auto Union C up the hill; and Andy Wallace (1988) will be reunited with the Jaguar XJR-9LM in which he won Le Mans.

Also present will be Allan McNish (1998, 2008 and '13) and Emanuele Pirro (2000-'02 and 2006-'07), who will drive cars from the Audi museum, and Jochen Mass (1989).

Audi will be taking either the first or second-placed R18 e-tron quattro from Le Mans last weekend to Goodwood.