The champion from Tavullia was the protagonist of the tests with the German supercar of the Wrt team on the French track on the eve of his 43rd birthday. The debut in the race at Imola on April 3
Giulio Masperi
February 16
– Milan
The first act of Valentino Rossi’s “new” career was staged on Monday 14 February on the French circuit of Magny-Cours, where the Doctor of Tavullia – who turns 43 on February 16 – rode his Audi R8 Lms GT3 for a private test session with the Belgian team Wrt. For the nine-time world champion with motorcycles, the adventure with cars comes to life. The GT World Challenge Europe 2022 championship is held, the international reference series for supercars of the Fia GT3 class.
VALENTINO IN GT: TICKETS FOR IMOLA
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Valentino will make his debut in the race in Imola on the weekend of April 3 with the first round of the Endurance Cup which includes a 3-hour race (tickets start at 36.50 euros for Saturdays and Sundays, from 26.50 euros only on Sundays; the details on the circuit website named after Enzo and Dino Ferrari). Second Italian appointment in Misano Adriatico, on 3 July, for the Sprint cup. How is Valentino’s racing Audi made? What are the technical characteristics and performances? Here are all the details of the out of series with the number 46 on the bodywork.
AUDI R8 LMS GT3: HOW IT’S MADE
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For racing on the track with cars derived from series production, the Audi R8 in racing conformation represents the non plus ultra produced by the Ingolstadt-based manufacturer. The Audi R8 Lms GT3 Evo II model (the second generation debuts in the race from 2022) available to the private Wrt team measures 4,599 meters in length, 1,997 meters in width and 1,171 meters in height. The minimum weight is 1,235 kilograms; the fuel tank has a capacity of 120 liters. The racing car has as its starting point the Audi R8 V10 performance Coupé road car, of which it uses about 50% of the components. In the field of track races – endurance and sprint – superior to the GT3 category there is only the GTE class, the one that the sporting regulations provide for professional drivers participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (and the World Endurance Championship Wec) in the Lmgte Pro class. This conformation, however, is destined to be supplanted by the GT3 itself, which already from the 2023 season will become the absolute reference in the WEC as well.
AUDI R8 LMS GT3: ALL THE NUMBERS
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The Audi R8 Lms GT3 is powered by a 5.2-liter, 4-valve-per-cylinder, 10-cylinder 90 ° V-aspirated petrol engine in a central rear position, combined with rear-wheel drive and a 6-speed sequential gearbox with paddles on the steering wheel. The maximum power of the engine is 585 horsepower, the torque of 550 Nm. On the front of the technologies adopted, this engine for the GT3 class includes the Asr traction control and the Abs (absent in the Gte class); the forged aluminum wheels measure 18 ”; the braking system includes 380mm front and 355mm rear discs.
AUDI R8 LMS GT3: THE ADVERSARY
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The Wrt team represents one of the teams to beat in the GT World Challenge Europe, considering that in the 2021 season the W Racing Team founded and directed by Vincent Vosse won five of the six titles awarded (including trophies reserved for teams and drivers). The only one not posted by Wrt is the Endurance Cup Drivers title, which crowned Alessandro Pier Guidi, Ferrari official driver (as well as reigning world champion in WEC, with James Calado), who participated in the series in 2021 with the AF Corse Ferrari Gt3 Evo. Returning to the 2022 season of the GT World Challenge Europe, which includes ten tests, all the cars entered will be balanced in performance by the BoP – Balance of Performance, the mechanism used (and often criticized by those directly involved) to make the capabilities of cars more uniform. they are born in the factory with even important differences. If the Audi R8 supercars will play a leading role, no less relevant will be the patrols of Ferrari 488, Lamborghini Huracán, Mercedes-Amg GT, Porsche 911 GT3 R, Bmw M4, all entrusted to private teams, expected for a season under the spotlights.
VALENTINO, THE PRICE OF HIS CAR
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As anticipated, Audi Sport produces the R8 Lms GT3 racing car, which is then sold to private teams participating in the various championships on the track as part of customer races. At the exit from the gates of Ingolstadt, the Audi R8 Lms GT3 has a price of 429 thousand one, excluding taxes.
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