Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... set up perfectly, as I hate understeer!”Kristensen's erstwhile Audi Sport North America team-mate Emanuele Pirro will also be flying in especially for the event and, after 15 years and five Le Mans wins of his own before retired from Audi at the end of 2008, the multiple karting champion is relishing the prospect of returning to the hot seat in January. Completing the Audi trio will...
Brits on Pole (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... bill@racing4charity.com or call 07712 578263. Drivers confirmed as taking part include Audi aces Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela, also a former BTCC racer. Familiar names from British motorsport include Katherine Legge, Duncan Tappy, James Jakes, Jon Lancaster and Sam Bird. As well as competing in the televised event, participants will also get two Autosport International entrance...
*kartlink.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... as I hate understeer!” Kristensen’s Audi Sport North America team mate and sports car legend Emanuele Pirro will also be flying in especially for the event. After 15 glorious years, earning five 24 Heures Du Mans wins and two American Le Mans Series titles, Pirro retired from Audi at the end of 2008. With multiple karting championship crowns also among Pirro’s outstanding...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
... the pre-race reconnaissance lap. McNish went on to win the 1,000-mile race with Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro by 4.512 seconds.Meanwhile McNish, president of the Scottish Motor Racing Club, has been awarded Audi Driver magazine's Audi Personality of the Year for a third consecutive year and receives the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) ACO Award in London on 8 December – for...
eurocarblog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... and the new Q5. For the opening Sunday of the show, the company has organised an event featuring Emanuele Pirro, Dindo Capello and the R10 TDI, winner of the last three editions of the 24-hour Le Mans. The Seat stand will be showing the Exeo and the Ibiza Cupra, both of which had the premiere in Paris, and presented for the first time in Italy, at the Bologna show. The Spanish brand...
Luxvelocity (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... us to be successful." In addition to the victorious drivers from the 2008 season, Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro were also honoured for their special services. The two oldest serving Audi drivers make space for younger drivers, announced, however, that they want to remain associated with Audi in the future. "Both have given an enormous amount to the Audi brand. For this reason I thank...
Dubspeed Driven (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
... red car, GM and Chrysler consider combining their problems into one enormous morass of fail, Emanuele Pirro retires from racing, Formula 1 prepares to become even more boring, and the most precious little engine you’ll ever see in this week’s Useless Automotive Tchotchke. We have the video below the jump, and as always, Share and Enjoy™. (more…)
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner ensured Audi concluded the 2008 sportscar season in winning fashion by taking victory in the final round of the American Le Mans Series at Laguna Seca.The series champions ensured the Audi R10 maintained its winning record at the Monterey circuit as they took the flag ahead of Christijan Albers and Emanuele Pirro, who celebrated his final outing for the team...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
The Audi pair qualified only in 10th place, as the circuit suits the smaller LMP2 cars, but they fought their way through and passed the similar R10 of team-mates Emanuele Pirro and Christijan Albers at the final restart, with just 25 minutes to go. The move denied Pirro victory in his Audi swansong, although he brought the car home second.
