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Written by Stephen Dobie
The rules at the top end of Le Mans are changing, leading to a new hypercar class that Aston Martin and Toyota are keen to win. High time for a return to glory for Audi? Um, probably not. "Le Mans was a success for us because our legend in motorsport is we differentiate for success through technology," says Chris Reinke, head of Audi"s customer racing. "We used quattro in rally and touring cars, diesel and hybrid at Le Mans. "With the new hypercars, the idea is it"s based on a hyper road model, and we simply don"t have one. If you say maybe you do it like Toyota", and we create a hypercar around that project, then there"s got to be a story of what do we want to deliver?"
Date written: 1 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16180
The rules at the top end of Le Mans are changing, leading to a new hypercar class that Aston Martin and Toyota are keen to win. High time for a return to glory for Audi? Um, probably not. "Le Mans was a success for us because our legend in motorsport is we differentiate for success through technology," says Chris Reinke, head of Audi"s customer racing. "We used quattro in rally and touring cars, diesel and hybrid at Le Mans. "With the new hypercars, the idea is it"s based on a hyper road model, and we simply don"t have one. If you say maybe you do it like Toyota", and we create a hypercar around that project, then there"s got to be a story of what do we want to deliver?"
Date written: 1 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16180