Marcus Winkelhock, the famous racing driver, recently piloted the 8 e-tron on the challenging Nürburgring Nordschleife race track and set a record by driving the 12.92 mile track in 8:08.099 minutes. This amazing record followed the tailpipes of Audi’s overall wins at the 24 hour races at Le Mans and Nürburgring.
“The R8 e-tron has given a magnificent demonstration of its potential on the toughest race track in the world,” said Michael Dick, AUDI AG Board Member for Technical Development. Dick, who completed a fast lap himself in the R8 e-tron, added: “The record-setting drive confirmed that we are on the right track. To us, electric mobility has never been about sacrifice, but rather is about emotion, sportiness and driving pleasure.”
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The driver was also enthusiastic about his Audi experience in the e-tron, “Of course, the R8 e-tron is a production car, not a racing car with the assistance of aerodynamics,” Winkelhock emphasized. “But with its low center of gravity and rear biased weight distribution, it brings with it a lot of sporty qualities. The torque with which the electric motors propel the car uphill beats everything that I know – even if they make hardly any noise in the process, which at the start was really a completely new experience for me. In places where I really need traction, the torque vectoring – the displacement of the torque between the powered wheels – really helps me.”
The Audi victories are not taken lightly by the company, who strives to be at the forefront of innovative engineering in auto making.
