Audi's withdrawal from the World Endurance Championship will speed up the integration of personnel from its LMP1 program to the Abt Formula E project.The German manufacturer announced in August it would add the electric single-seater series into its roster of factory programs from the 2017/18 season.It then delivered the shock...

Audi driver Lucas di Grassi described the manufacturer's 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours as "horrible" after it finished a distant third and fourth behind Porsche and Toyota.Despite contesting the lead with both of its R18 e-tron quattros in the early stages of the race as the track went from wet...

Audi has clawed back much of the power lost by the 2016 LMP1 fuel regulations with its all-new World Endurance Championship challenger.Engine power has been pegged back for the coming season as a result of a blanket 10MJ reduction in the energy available to both petrol and turbodiesel internal-combustion engines...

Audi's full-season World Endurance Championship entries will both run in low-downforce Le Mans specification in Saturday's Spa round.The German manufacturer has confirmed that it will run two of its R18 e-tron quattros in the new aerodynamic configuration that will be racing for the first time in the second round of...

Audi is refusing to reveal how many of its R18 e-tron quattros will run in Le Mans 24 Hours configuration at the Spa round of the World Endurance Championship.The German manufacturer has confirmed that, as in the past, it will debut the low-downforce version of its current LMP1 turbodiesel hybrid...

Related StoriesAudi Sport Technical Director Jorg Zander required the better part of five minutes to chronicle his career highlights prior to joining the German manufacturer. Given the impressive length of teams and accomplishments on his resume, his appointment as the successor to Martin Muehlmeier makes perfect sense, and with stints...

Factory Audi driver Rene Rast discusses his promotion to the R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans program with The RACER Channel's Marshall Pruett.

Oliver Jarvis will replace nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen in Audi's main World Endurance Championship LMP1 lineup next year.Jarvis, who has driven the German manufacturer's third R18 e-tron quattro at Le Mans for the last three years, will step up to partner Loic Duval and Lucas di...

The man known as "Mr. Le Mans" is expected to announce his plans for the future during a press conference scheduled at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at home in Denmark. Audi Sport boss Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich and Audi Sport technical director Ralf Juttner are scheduled to appear at the press...

Related StoriesThe Audi Sport World endurance Championship LMP1-H team tested a secondary energy recovery system prior to the 2014 season, but elected to use a single flywheel-based ERS unit to complement the 4.0-liter turbodiesel V6s powering its fleet of R18 e-tron quattros.According to Thomas Laudenbach, Audi Motorsport's head of electric,...