Michele Alboreto: 12 years ago Audi lost a great champion

By Tarek Ramchani

Twelve years already, 25 April 2001 Michele Alboreto passed away at the EuroSpeeday whilst testing the Audi R8 for Audi Sport Team Joest. Just weeks earlier the Italian champion won  the 12 Hours of Sebring and was preparing for Audi's assault for Le Mans. Alboreto raced with Audi for three years between 1999 and 2001. He won Le Mans once, back in 1997 with Joest Racing in a TWR Porsche. For sure Audi and motorsport fans in general will never forget him.

Full details about Michele Alboreto's career, including his glorious days in Formula 1 with Ferrari is here.

 

Photo credit: Audi Media

Red Camel Audi R8 at Hungary 12 Hour

By Tarek Ramchani

After two great endurance events, the Dubai 24 Hour and the Bathurst 12 Hour races, the next 24H Series event is the Hungary 12 Hour race in Budapest. 

A single Audi car is so far listed on the provisional entry list. An Audi R8 from the Dutch team, Red Camel-Jordans.nl. The car is not a factory built Audi R8 LMS from quattro GmbH. This R8 racer from Holland was privately built by Creventic, and named the CR-8. Two of these cars have been built and competeting since 2008. The car will be in the SP2 class. The driver line-up will be announced later.

An Audi won the event overall back in 2010. The victory came with an Audi R8 LMS from the Austrian based team, Lechner Racing. The 2013 Hungary 12 Hour race is set for April 6th. We wish the best of luck to Red Camel Racing and their R8 effort.

Photo credit and more information:
24H Series official website