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Video: Audi TT RS Targa Tasmania Highlights

Posted by just sharing Wednesday, May 22, 2013 0 comments

By Johan Laubscher

The Audi Centre Melbourne Audi TT RS was tipped as one of the front runners at the Targa Tasmania this year. The car, driven by Matt and Casey Close, had performed very well this year. With a string of good results they were very confident ahead of the premiere event in the Australian Targa Championship calendar.

They performed very well at the Targa Tasmania, despite technical problems which lost them time. They were up to a comfortable third overall when turbo related problems unfortunately ended their event.

Other Side Productions have been producing great video coverage of the Targa Championship. They have just released another new video featuring the TT RS at the 2013 Targa Tasmania. It is a great video, and the TT RS sounds brilliant with its five cylinder turbo engine

More information:

Other Side Productions
Targa News

Photo credit: Other Side Productions

Video: Audi A1 Rallycross from Racing Team Jagu

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By Johan Laubscher

Racing Team Jagu is a French Rallycross team who have been competing with Audis for many years. The team has developed an Audi A1 rallycross car for the 2013 French Rallycross Championship.

The new car looks great and they debuted at the first round of the championship this past weekend. More about this Audi A1 can be read HERE.

Les films Z has produced a short video introducing the new Team Jagu Audi A1, we have embedded that YouTube video below:

Photo credit: Les films Z

Audi A1 ready for French Rallycross

Posted by just sharing Tuesday, May 14, 2013 0 comments

By Johan Laubscher

Racing Team Jagu is a French rallycross team who have been loyal to Audi for many years. The team competed in the French Rallycross Championship with a first generation Audi A3 until 2011. They sold their A3 to another competitor during 2012 as they were preparing a new machine for 2013.

Towards the end of 2012 Racing Team Jagu announced that they had acquired an Audi A1 which would be prepared for the 2013 French Rallycross Championship. The car’s development looked promising, as this smallest of Audi road cars was turned into a rallycross machine. More about the development can be read HERE.

The car looks great and has undergone a lot of testing ahead of the 2013 season. It will be driven by Yvonnick Jagu.

The French Rallycross Championship gets underway this coming weekend, with the “Rallycross des Ducs” event. Two Audis will be present at the season opener. It will be the debut for the Jagu Audi A1, which will compete in the Super 1600 class. The second Audi will be the ex-Jagu Audi A3 which is driven by Jimmy Terpereau in the Division 4 class.

Photo credit: Racing Team Jagu website

Video: Audi R13 in the Spanish Hillclimb Championship

Posted by just sharing Saturday, May 11, 2013 0 comments

By Johan Laubscher

The Spanish Hillcimb Championship has been the scene for many Audi race cars in the last decade. The Audi A4 STW (Super Touring) has been a very popular choice of car amongst the competitors. For 2013 a very special Audi race car has been added to the series.

One of the long-time drivers, who has been competing with Audis in this series, is Jose Antonio Lopez-Fombona, competing with his Audi A4 STW since 2002. He is a multiple hillclimb champion and has been loyal to Audi A4 Touring cars for over a decade. For 2013 Fombona has decided to retire his older A4 STW, having sold it to another competitor. This decision does not mean the end for Fombona and his hillclimb racing with Audis. He has acquired an Audi R13, and will be competing with the car in Spain this year.

The Audi R13 is the 2007 Audi A4 DTM (B7) car, the same version which took Mattias Ekström to the 2007 DTM driver’s title. Fombona debuted his A4 DTM at the end of April and will continue to compete in the Spanish Hillclimb Championship this year. The car has a beautiful white, grey and orange livery. It is wonderful to see these older race cars still competing.

A number of YouTube videos featuring Fombona’s Audi A4 DTM, including an onboard video, have been embedded below.

Photo credit: Screenshots from this video

Gallery: Walter Röhrl with the Audi Sport quattro S1 at Rallye Lavanttal

Posted by just sharing Monday, April 22, 2013 0 comments

By Tarek Ramchani

Audi legend Walter Röhrl was reunited again with the Sport quattro S1 E2. The German driver was at Rallye Lavanttal two weeks ago. Here is a great photo gallery from the event by our friends at race-action.com.

Photo credit and more information:
Race-action.com official Facebook

Video: Walter Röhrl crashes an Audi Sport quattro S1 at Lavanttal Rallye

Posted by just sharing Wednesday, April 17, 2013 0 comments

By Tarek Ramchani

Walter Röhrl is one of the greatest drivers, if not the greatest World Rally driver of all time. The legendary Audi driver won everything with the quattro cars, from World Rally Championship events and the Pikes Peak Hillclimb.

He crashed an Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 at the Lavanttal Rallye event last weekend, something very rare for the rally legend. Luckily the damage was minimal. Here is a video from our friends at MotorsportSpielberg on YouTube.

Photo credit: Motorspot Spielberg official Facebook

Video: Closer look at the Targa Audi TT RS

Posted by just sharing Thursday, March 7, 2013 0 comments

By Johan Laubscher

The Audi TT RS of Matt and Casey Close has become a formidable force in the Australian Targa Championship. These tarmac rally events always provide a great spectacle and the TT RS more than holds its own against a field of very potent competitors. The Close pairing have had a very good 2012-2013 season so far, as they are coming off a set of two consecutive second place finishes. This good speed and consistency puts them in a positive position ahead of the Targa Tasmania in April.

Other Side Productions have been producing great video coverage of the Targa Championship. They have just released another new video featuring a closer look at the TT RS and interviews with Matt Close. Enjoy, the sound from the five cylinder turbo engine sounds great on the Australian tarmac stages.

More information:

Other Side Productions
Targa News

Photo credit: Other Side Productions

Gallery: Audi quattro cars at Eisrennen

Posted by just sharing Sunday, February 17, 2013 0 comments

By Tarek Ramchani

A number of Audi cars took part in the Eisrennen ice rally event this weekend. Our friends, the Austrian based race-action.com website, bring to us some very beautiful and cool photos featuring the Audi machines. Tricky track conditions always prove to be perfect for Audi's quattro AWD.

Photo credit and more information:
Race-action.com official Facebook

Another great Audi TT RS Targa performance

Posted by just sharing Monday, February 11, 2013 0 comments

By Johan Laubscher

The Audi TT RS pairing of Matt and Casey Close achieved another sensational result in the Australian Targa Championship. They finished second overall for the second consecutive event. The latest event was the Targa Wrest Point and as per usual the TT RS team faced fierce competition from other high powered entries.

The Audi has proven to be a great package on the Australian stages, further enhanced by the new S-Tronic double clutch gearbox which was fitted before the previous round. We have included the event review videos below, which have been produced by Other Side Productions. Enjoy the sights and sounds from Targa.

More information:

Other Side Productions
Targa News

Photo by Other Side Productions

ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport building an Audi S3 rallycross racer

Posted by just sharing Friday, January 25, 2013 0 comments

By Johan Laubscher

In the past ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, the FIA GT1 World Champions, announced that they were interested in building an Audi rallycross race car. The team have been seen in the German Rallycorss Championship with a Skoda in recent years. This week the team have released the first images featuring the build of their new Audi S3 rallycross car, being called the S3 SuperCar. We have included the photos below. It will be great to see this car competing in the series.

Photo credits and more information:

all-inkl.com münnich motorsport FB page

berzerkdesign.de FB page

Gallery: Audi quattros at Jänner Rally in Austria

Posted by just sharing Saturday, January 12, 2013 0 comments

By Tarek Ramchani

The European rally season has started. Austria hosted the season opener of the FIA European Rally Championship last weekend, the 29th International Jänner Rally. A very large entry list mixing new generation WRC and S1600 cars with older rally cars. Among the starters there were some Audis quattros and S2s.

Our friends at race-action.com provided massive coverage, as always, of this Austrian meeting with some great photos.

Photo credit and more information:
Race-action.com website

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