Video: Audi is ready for titanic battle with Porsche at Le Mans

Posted on 06-06-2014 at 20:04 by JordyS – 42 Comments”

Audi welcomes his German rival for the 24 hours of Le Mans, the Porsche 919 Hybrid to compare with a classic tractor. Of confidence, no lack in Ingolstadt.

Okay, the tractor in question is a Porsche Master, but this is precisely why Audi’s message loud and clear: we have Le Mans the last fifteen years, twelve times extracted, so bring it on! Porsche still has the most (16) of victories in the bag, also dating back to the final again in 1998. Salient detail is the fact that Joest Racing Porsche at the time, the victory gave and now is responsible for the fabrieksbolides of Audi.

It promises to be a hot battle to be next week at Circuit de la Sarthe. Porsche is at full strength, with a factory team in the LMP1 class and going to battle with Audi and Toyota, but that count not now). Audi state with twelve victories, second on the list of records and what could be better than in a direct duel Porsche to the crown to cross?

Audi shows with the video below already a master at playing psychological games. The Audi R18 e-tron quattro to tear from the headquarters of Audi in Ingolstadt, the home of Porsche in Stuttgart and will pass on the road at top speed with a Porsche tractor. It remains, however, not in that one, sensitive touch, because a moment later, Porsche a warm welcome. In Audi-style.

View the welcome to Audi on Autojunk.