At the 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours on 14/15 June, the three Audi R10 TDI prototypes entered by Audi Sport Team Joest will race for the first time with the next generation of Biofuel manufactured from Biowaste and promising a reduction in the emission of CO2 by almost 90 per cent when compared with traditional diesel.
Audi fields the 650-hp plus R10 TDI, which has already won the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, in sportscar races since 2006. Shell V-Power Diesel race fuel produced by development partner Shell has been used since the very beginning. It’s a particularly powerful and efficient synthetic fuel which is created from Natural Gas in a process called Gas To Liquids (GTL). Fuels with these components are already available at the pumps.
For the third appearance of the Audi R10 TDI at Le Mans, a small amount of Biofuel of the next generation is mixed for the first time with the previously well-proven GTL components: BTL (Biomass To Liquids), as it is officially called, is extracted from Biowaste that is unfit for use in foodstuffs, for example from waste wood. BTL promises a reduction in the amount of CO2 emission by almost 90 per cent compared to traditional diesel.
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The American Le Mans Series is moving along at a rapid pace: With Long Beach and Houston coming up, as many as two city races are on the agenda within just one week - putting the
Audi R10 TDI, which has remained unbeaten so far, to the test yet again.
By claiming a one-two victory in St. Petersburg, Audi proved that the revolutionary diesel-powered sportscar is also capable of winning on a street course. The circuits in Long Beach and Houston, however, have different characteristics than (...
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It remains unbeaten on the race track, and now it conquers the streets of Manhattan: Le Mans winner Marco Werner takes time out this coming Wednesday (11 October) between two American Le Mans Series races to drive the
Audi R10 TDI along Park Avenue in the American metropolis New York. The revolutionary diesel race car is accompanied by a police escort, the new Audi R8 sportscar, which celebrates its US debut in New York, and a 1939 Auto Union Type D driven by Audi driver Emanuele Pirro. (...
>> read Audi competes with a diesel sportscar at Le Mans AUDI AG is once again one step ahead of the opposition: The inventor of ‘TDI’ will become the world’s first automobile manufacturer to fight for overall victory with a diesel engine in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. The all-new Audi R10 TDI is powered by a totally new 5.5-litre, twelve-cylinder bi-turbo TDI engine,
which is extremely quiet and economical.
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