Audi’s customer racing program was launched in 2009, so the anniversary year of 2018 marks the tenth full season of Audi Sport customer racing. Following the beginnings in the GT3 category and a race car concept for the VLN, the program, in 2015, expanded into the field of one-make cups. A race car for the TCR class followed at the end of 2016 and subsequently, in 2017, for the GT4 category. The customer program is firmly anchored on four continents and encompasses several hundred races per season.

Audi Sport customer racing’s portfolio features greater variety than ever before. To teams and drivers in touring car racing, the Audi RS 3 LMS with output of up to 257 kW (350 hp) offers professional entry-level opportunities at moderate costs, both nationally and internationally. The Audi R8 LMS GT4 targets amateur drivers who wish to contest sprint or endurance races in an attractive, production-based sports car. Output of up to 364 kW (495 hp) guarantees sophisticated momentum appreciated by drivers and audiences alike. Finally, the GT3 model of the Audi R8 LMS marks the top of the line: overall victories in 12- and 24-hour races, title wins in the top national GT series, as well as in international or worldwide racing series, emphasize the qualities of the race car delivering up to 430 kW (585 hp).

“Audi Sport has evolved into one of the most attractive vehicle suppliers in international customer racing,” says Michael-Julius Renz, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH since March 1. “Our product range thrills teams, drivers and fans around the globe. The commercial and racing successes confirm the focus of our program that is now able to celebrate its tenth anniversary.”

More than 200 deliveries of the GT3 model, more than 100 TCR race cars and production of the GT4 model launched in December 2017 stand for an economically successful program that has become firmly established in the whole world. Four satellites – two in Asia, one in Australia and one in North America – cover regional support of the teams while Audi Sport customer racing based in Neuburg an der Donau takes care of the European markets.