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Audi R18 TDI Le Mans Winning Car Will Tour the Ingolstadt Plant

Red Sonja, as it was affectionately nicknamed by the Audi Sport Team Joest mechanics, is to return to its origins tomorrow morning, June 21st. The very same car that won this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours - chassis R18-106 - will be driven around the premises of the Audi plant in Ingolstadt.

All three drivers - Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer - and Head of Audi Motorsport will be on location and sign autographs.

Following the tour, the vehicle which is only a few months old is already allowed to enter a museum. The successful sport prototype will be handed over to Audi Tradition which conserves the brand’s historic heritage.

In addition, Le Mans winner Marcel Fassler together with Audi Sport Team Phoenix will be auctioning various items of his personal racing gear – including a racing helmet and an overall – at the Nurburgring 24 Hours. Other items to be auctioned are a Kettcar sporting the design of Audi Top Service and two Kid Cars in the colors of the two Phoenix Audi R8 LMS cars used in the 24-hour race.

Place and time of the auction: the Phoenix Store on the Ring Boulevard Nurburgring on Saturday, June 25, between 11:00 and 12:00 in the morning. The proceeds will go to the SOS Youth Assistance Hünstetten/Taunusstein charity.

Since the winning car of the Le Mans 24 Hours goes to Audi Tradition and the other two R18 TDI cars were destroyed in accidents at Le Mans Audi will contest the fourth round of the Intercontinental Cup (ILMC) at Imola with two new chassis. The R18-103 and the R18-107 will be thrown into the racing field in Italy on July 3rd.
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