The Audi R8R is an open cockpit Le Mans Prototype that Audi built for the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans and the predecessor of the dominant Audi R8 of 2000. The project began in 1997. Michael Pfadenhauer and Wolfgang Appel designed the car and Dallara built it around an Audi 3.6 litre twin turbocharged V8, estimated at about 610 hp (450 kW). Joest Racing ran the cars, which took third place at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1999 and then third and fourth at Le Mans, outlasting most rivals despite gearbox difficulties. It raced alongside the closed cockpit Audi R8C. Only five R8Rs were built, and after two American Le Mans Series rounds in 2000 they were retired permanently as the new R8 took over.
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a Le Mans Prototype built by Audi for the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The Audi R8R was a Le Mans Prototype built by Audi
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featured an Audi 3.6-litre twin-turbo V8 engine
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estimated to boast around 610 hp (450 kW) from its V8 engine
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Only five R8Rs would be built in total
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the R8Rs were retired permanently
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The Audi R8R was a Le Mans Prototype built by Audi
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The Audi R8R was a Le Mans Prototype built by Audi
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