The Audi R18 that has been redesigned and has little in common anymore with its predecessor that lost at Le Mans last year. It has more radical aerodynamics, including a new safety cell. The hybrid drive system is battery-operated for the first time, and the V6 TDI engine has been revised.
As a result, Audi’s LMP1 sports car is a vehicle that is more powerful and “clearly more efficient than its predecessor.” While the new R18 is Audi’s strongest race car to date, it consumes less fuel than any of the generations before it.
