2016 Audi R8 LMS GT3 ready for the IMSA GT Daytona class - Motorsport.com
One of the exciting things about the world of sports cars is that typically when we see a brand-new production car, it’s followed closely by a brand-new race car based on that road car’s platform. Which is exactly what happened this spring, when Audi introduced the 2016 Audi R8 at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, and immediately rolled out the brand’s newest race car: The 2016 Audi R8 LMS, built to compete in the global GT3 class. We can expect some teams, like Alex Job Racing, for instance, to stick with the manufacturer they have raced with in the past – Job has a 23-year relationship with Porsche, so it was no surprise that he will head a two-car Porsche GT3 team in... Certainly one of those GT3 cars he cross-shopped was the Audi, given Audi’s lengthy and impressive history of pursuing domination on the race track. Audi is currently represented in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship GT Daytona ranks by the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Audi R8, and quite successfully: The team won Petit Le Mans in 2014, and finished second in points. With drivers Dion von Moltke and Christopher Haase, with help from Bryce Miller on the longer races, the team has scored three podium finishes so far this year with the Castrol EDGE Paul Miller Racing Audi R8. Source: www.motorsport.com
