New book from Audi Tradition: “Audi at Le Mans”
The prototype era of the LMP1 race car was a technically challenging epoch in the history of the famous endurance race. In 1999, Audi’s debut at Le Mans resulted in a commendable achievement as they secured a podium spot. The following year, they went on to claim an impressive triple podium and their first overall victory. Over the years, Audi’s race cars with the four rings went on to win an additional 12 times, with the latest victory recorded in 2016.The authors of “Audi at Le Mans”, Lars Krone and Alexander von Wegner, have been involved in motorsport for several decades, spent several years working for Audi’s PR team at Le Mans and have witnessed countless races in person. Drawing from their own experiences, they take readers on an exciting journey through the extreme challenges that this classic race poses for man and machine. Krone and von Wegner will present Edition Audi Tradition’s latest volume on Tuesday, May 9, at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt. Registration can be completed by sending an e-mail to museum.mobile@audi.de or calling 0841/89-34433 by May 4. The event starts at 6:30 p.m., and the doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro, Marco Werner
(Audi R10 TDI)
Zieldurchfahrt
24h Le Mans 2007
Foto: Audi AG
Information about the book:
Lars Krone/Alexander von Wegner: Audi at Le Mans. Edition Audi Tradition. First edition 2023, 320 pages, 603 photos and illustrations, Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld. ISBN 978-3-667-12652-8, price: 59.00 euros. Available in bookstores, in the museum shop in Ingolstadt and in Audi Tradition’s online shop at www.audi.de/tradition-parts.
