2000 Audi R8

In May 2001 Audi brought an Auto Union C-Type and a D-Type to the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park, together with several other cars and motorcycles. This was one of the other cars which they brought, pictured  on the stretch between the Old Hairpin and McLean's Corner during a demonstration run that day.

It’s 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 (finishing in the first three places in 2000) and being beaten only in 2003 - by the Bentley Speed 8.

2023 Audi R8

This is a car that I saw in the Manchester United car park in April 2023.

It's a 2023 Audi R8, a Second Generation model.

 It has a 5,204cc V10 engine.

2000 Audi R8

May 2001 marked the first appearance of the Auto Union C-type and D-type Grand Prix cars at Donington Park since the late 1930s when Audi brought an Auto Union C-Type and a D-Type to the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting. They brought several other cars and motorcycles that day, including the one shown below.

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.

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.

Audi R8

Another couple of photographs taken at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in May 2001 of the 2000 Audi R8 that I featured on 24 May 2016.

This is the car on display with the other Audi, Auto Union, NSU and DKW vehicles in the paddock at Donington Park.

Here the car's in one of the pit garages being prepared for a demonstration run.

Audi R8

I walked past this car parked in a Hyde street recently.

It's an early Audi R8, a 2007 model, and has the 4,163cc V8 32 valve engine.

The finish is described as satin black.

Audi

On 2 December 2012 I showed some photographs of the Auto Union C-Type and D-Type which Audi brought to the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in May 2001. Audi brought several other cars and motorcycles that day, including the two shown below.

This is the Audi R8R of 1999, a prototype which competed in the Le Mans 24 Hour race that year, the two cars finishing in third and fourth places, though the two R8C closed cockpit cars in the LMGTP class failed to finish the race.

This car is the Audi R8, a redevelopment of the previous year's car, and it finished in the first three places in the 2000 Le Mans race which it won again in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.

Here are the two cars during the demonstration run, photographed from the inside of Coppice Corner.