GT3-spec Audi R8 LMS debuted

The much anticipated GT3-spec Audi R8 LMS was debuted at the Essen Motor Show, race car is marketed toward privateer teams and is part of Audi’s “three pillars of motorsports.” Audi has no plans to develop a factory team with the new GT3-spec Audi R8 but several teams in Europe are set to run the new race car in many European series. The race red Audi R8 makes 500HP from its mid-mounted V10 and is RWD as opposed to AWD in factory R8 models. The power is put down by a six-speed sequential gearbox. The new R8 race car is set to be delivered to customers in the Fall of 2009.