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- Lamborghini unveils V12 rolling chassis in advance of car’s Geneva launch
- DTM: Rahel Frey, Filipe Albuquerque and Edoardo Mortara join the Audi squad
- Four-door Audi A3 concept to show at Geneva
| Lamborghini unveils V12 rolling chassis in advance of car’s Geneva launch Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:55 AM PST
At a TechDay event in collaboration with Audi, Automobili Lamborghini unveils the rolling chassis of its new V12 to be launched at Geneva motor show on March 1st. Related posts:
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| DTM: Rahel Frey, Filipe Albuquerque and Edoardo Mortara join the Audi squad Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:35 AM PST
Audi will start the 2011 DTM season with a newly formed driver squad including three newcomers with the goal of bringing back the title of the most popular international touring car series to Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. New to the Audi DTM team are Swiss Rahel Frey (25), Portuguese Filipe Albuquerque (25) and Italian Edoardo Mortara (24). “All three made an excellent impression during our driver sighting tests in December,” explains Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. “I’m convinced that they will be a genuine reinforcement to our driver squad and that we are in a good position for the 2011 season.”
Albuquerque, whose full first name is Filipe Miguel Delgadinho, comes from single-seater racing and was Formula 1 test driver for Red Bull and Toro Rosso. In 2010 he drove an Audi R8 LMS for Audi Sport Italia in the Italian GT Championship and was runner-up after scoring two victories and ten podium finishes. The Portuguese made international headlines following his sensational “Race of Champions” triumph in Düsseldorf in November 2010 where he beat Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel and World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb. Rahel Frey was also mainly active in single-seater racing until now. The young Swiss girl recorded her greatest success to date at the Nürburgring in 2009 when she became the first lady driver in German Formula 3 Cup history to win a race. In 2010, she contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a GT1 car in an “all women” team. Her motto: “Go fast and never ever give up.” Geneva born Edoardo Mortara, who has both French and Italian citizenship but races under the Italian flag, is the reigning Formula 3 Euro Series champion. The former Volkswagen factory driver became, in addition, the first driver in history to win the famous Formula 3 race in Macau twice. His promotion to the DTM ranks within the Volkswagen Group was therefore destined. Mortara and Albuquerque contest the DTM for Audi Sport Team Rosberg. Rahel Frey is team-mate to Martin Tomczyk at Audi Sport Team Phoenix. After four years at the wheel of a year old car, Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller (D/27) finally gets a chance to race for championship honors with an Audi A4 DTM of the latest generation. For this purpose he moves to Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, for which both two-time DTM Champions Mattias Ekström (S/32) and Timo Scheider (D/32), plus Oliver Jarvis (GB/27) and Miguel Molina (E/22), again compete. Molina continues with a 2008-spec A4. “The last DTM season did not run according to plan for Audi,” says Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. “Which is why we tried over the winter to improve in every area – this also includes the driving squad. I see it as a chance for Martin Tomczyk that he races in an older car and in a team other than Abt Sportsline for the first time. British race drivers Jamie Green and Gary Paffett are examples of the fact that you can certainly win races with a last year’s car and give his career new impetus.” The sports prototype driving squad is also reinforced: The 25-year old Italian Marco Bonanomi, who contested the Italian GT Championship together with Filipe Albuquerque last year in an Audi R8 LMS, has been signed as test and reserve driver and is integrated in the development program for the new Audi R18. Profile: Audi factory driver Filipe Albuquerque (P)Date of birth: June 13, 1985 Sporting career Profile: Audi factory driver Marco Bonanomi (I)Date of birth: 12 March 1985 Sporting career Profile: Audi factory driver Rahel Frey (CH)Date of birth: February 23, 1986 Sporting career Profile: Audi factory driver Edoardo Mortara (I/F)Date of birth: January 12, 1987 Sporting career Related posts:
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| Four-door Audi A3 concept to show at Geneva Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:05 AM PST
Audi will present an attractive technological concept car based on the coming generation of the Audi A3 at the 81st International Geneva Motor Show in early March 2011. The four-seater notchback sedan offers a glimpse of the future expansion of the A3 family. The sporty yet elegant design of the Audi A3 concept integrates the single-frame grille with its tapered upper corners and headlights with the latest generation of LED technology. The low, flowing roof dome and a coupe-like, low C pillar are among the defining features of the side view. The Audi A3 concept is 4.44 meters (14.57 feet) long, 1.84 meters (6.04 feet) wide and just 1.39 meters (4.56 feet) high. These proportions emphasize the dynamism of the car’s appearance, as do the performance figures for the drive unit. The five-cylinder turbocharged engine has a power output of 300 kW (408 hp). It distributes its power to all four wheels through a seven-speed S tronic transmission and permanent all-wheel drive.
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