Gallery: Audi R18 TDI at Dindo Capello's Audi Zentrum Alessandria

By Tarek Ramchani

Dindo Capello retired from Le Mans competition as a factory Audi driver last year. The Italian had a great career with the Inglostadt brand from 1994 to 2012.  First in touring car racing with Audi Sport Italia, claiming the 1996 title with the A4 quattro Super Touring. He then followed Audi on their Le Mans sportscar assault. Dindo Capello won the Le Mans 24 Hours overall three times, two for Audi and one for Bentley.

Successes also came in the American Le Mans Series and the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring. Dindo Capello is still racing with Audi, taking part in the Italian GT Championship this season with Audi Sport Italia and the R8 LMS ultra, more about that here.

As recognition for his successful career and loyalty to the brand, Audi AG has given Dindo the ultimate gift. The Audi R18 TDI (chassis #102), which won the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, is now on permanent loan from Audi for Capello. Here is a selection of nice photos from our friend "Mr Monza" Stefano Ciabattoni. The Audi R18 TDI is at Audi Zentrum Alessandria, one of Dindo Capello's Audi centers.

You can read all about Dindo Capello's career with Audi right here.

More information:
Audi Zentrum Alessandria official website
Audi Zentrum Alessandria official Facebook

Photo credit: Stefano Ciabattoni

Gallery: Audi cars at the Rechbergrennen

By Johan Laubscher

The Rechberg Hillclimb was held in Austria last weekend, the “Hill Climb Grand Prix of Austria”. The event was part of the FIA Hillclimb Championship and a number of Audi cars were entered.

The most notable Audi entry this weekend was the return of Vláďa Vitver and his modified ABT-Audi TT-R. Vitver had suffered a substantial crash during testing last year and this was the first appearance of the car after an extensive rebuild and further modification. The 2012 testing crash can be seen HERE.

The other Audi entries were spearheaded by Austrian Hillclimb regular, Andreas Marko, and his Audi A4 STW. An Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 replica, an Audi Coupe, a modified Audi S2 and an Audi 90 sedan also competed.

These photos are from our friends at Race-Action.com, who had a number of photographers on site to provide excellent coverage of the event.

More information and photo credit: 
Race-Action.com on Facebook

#53 ABT-Audi TT-R - Vláďa Vitver

#92 Audi A4 STW - Andreas Marko

#196 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 replica - Harald Neuherz

#84 Audi S2 - Karl Werner

#102 Audi Coupe - Michael Endress

#83 Audi 90 - Edi Lieber

Gallery: Rob Austin Racing Audi A4 at Donington Park BTCC

By Tarek Ramchani

Rob Austin Racing faced a very hard British Touring Car Championship weekend at Donington Park. Both Audi A4 NGTC cars of Rob Austin and Will Bratt were extremely unlucky with very mixed results in all three races.

Here is a selection of great photos from Donington Park by our friend Phill Laughton.

Photo credit and more information:
Phil Laughton Photography official Facebook

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

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