The Audi R10 TDI (Turbo Direct Injection) is a sports prototype designed and built by Audi in partnership with Dallara. [8] Built to the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) regulations, the R10 was highly successful throughout its career; the R10 became the first diesel-powered car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006, in what would be the first of ...

Audi R10 TDI is a Le Mans Prototype racing car used by Audi factory team and Kolles team in sports car races from 2006 to 2010. The car marked motorsport history as the first ever diesel-powered car to win at 24 hours of Le Mans in 2006.

Jun 18, 2006 · The new Audi R10 TDI was the first diesel car to win arguably the toughest car race in the world. In front of a record crowd of 235,000 spectators, Frank Biela (Germany), Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Marco Werner (Germany) clinched the sixth and most important Le Mans win for Audi so far.

Apr 17, 2023 · Audi's R10 TDI, the first purpose-built diesel racer, won the Le Mans 24 Hours for three consecutive years, inspiring alternative technology in racing.

Dec 13, 2005 · The heart of the Audi R10 is a completely new V12 TDI engine with a cubic capacity of 5.5 litres the maximum permitted at Le Mans. Audi ventures into previously unexplored diesel-engine terrain with power exceeding 650 hp and torque of more than 1100 Newton metres from the V12 power plant.

With Audi's impeccable reliability record, many believed it would be an easy, and of course historic victory for the diesel V12. A last minute repair forced one of the cars to start from the …

displacement is 5.5 L. 2006 Audi R10 TDI specs, lap times, performance data, engine specifications, pictures.

Mar 14, 2023 · Few could believe that Audi was about to put its faith into ‘dirty diesel’ for its Le Mans hopes with the radical-for-the-time R10 TDI. But what the car achieved was nothing short of sensational, ushering in a new era of endurance racing …

May 20, 2008 · So Audi started experimenting with a single-cylinder mule, and modified production engines, but what emerged as the definitive R10 TDI engine is a 5.5-litre, dry-sumped, 90-degree V12 (offering smaller, stronger piston crowns than engines with fewer cylinders), with four camshafts and four valves per cylinder.

Apr 11, 2016 · Compared to the current generation of rather disharmonious hybrid beasts, the R10 TDI isn’t just a thing of aesthetic wonder, it could also lay claim to being the definitive …