Audi R8 & R8R

On 24 May 2016 I showed photographs of the 1999 Audi R8R and 1980 Audi R8 at Donington Park at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting in May 2001. Here are photographs of the two cars during one of the demonstration runs that day on the stretch between the Old Hairpin and McLean's Corner.

This is the 1999 Audi R8R, two of which competed in the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hour race finishing in third and fourth places. It has a 3,596 cc twin-turbo V8 engine.

This is the 2000 Audi R8, developed from the previous year's R8R and powered by the same 3.6 litre V8 engine. The R8 competed in the Le Mans 24 Hour race six times, from 2000 to 2005, winning on 5 occasions and being beaten only in 2003 - by the Bentley Speed 8.