Real Racing

Real World Racing – More Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT3 Test footage. (19_Bozzy_92)

The same day during which Audi was testing the new car for the 24h of Le Mans, Audi was also testing the evolution of the Audi R8 LMS, called Audi R8 LMS Ultra @ Monza. In this video you can appreciate the loud sound that the V10 engine produces with a lot of full throttle accelerations, fast fly bys and downshifts. You can also appreciate some beautiful powerslides while accelerating out of the first corner and hitting the revs limiter.

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Real World Racing – 2012 Audi R18 e-Tron Hybrid Quattro LMP1. [Video by 19_Bozzy_92]

Today 19_Bozzy_92 recorded the new Audi R18 e-Tron Quattro during a test day at Monza Circuit, in Italy. Unfortunately Bozzy could not film the car at full performanse because of the really bad weather conditions. The car is powered by a V6 turbo diesel engine which can produce more than 500 BHP. The e-Tron Quattro is also a hybrid. While the V6 engine drives the rear wheels, the kinetic energy recovered in braking phase is stored, as electric energy, in accumulators.

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Real World Racing – Koenigsegg Agera R – 402km/h fly by on the Nurburgring! (Check 1.38min)

Last couple of days I visited the Gran Turismo Events on the Nurburgring. Koenigsegg Norway also enjoyed this great event with their Official Test Car 7031 Streetfighter and the World Record Car Agera R. When the awesome 1115 HP Koenigsegg Agera R passed the pit lane on Döttinger Höhe on Thursday everyone was amazed by the speed of the car. Using the whole 3.5 kilometer straight, the Koenigsegg logged a "quite impressive" 401.6 km/h before braking before the bridge at Tiergarten. The Agera R has a normal Koenigsegg road setup, was driven on 98 oktan fuel and on standard Michelin Pilot tires.

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Real World Racing – FIA GT3 @ Nogaro, France – Race 1 & 2 Watch Again [08/09-04-12]

Positive results in the opening event of the European FIA GT3 Championship. At Nogaro (France) the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia pushed strongly in both race 1 and race 2. Stefano Gai-Michael Lyons duo took the double chequered flag in second and third position (race 1 Sunday, race 2 Monday). The Italian and British young drivers are at their debut in the hard FIA GT3 Championship but they are showing a great potential on the “Rossa” #51. The championship now moves to the Belgian circuit of Zolder for the second round on April 20-22.

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