Ukubuyela kwe-Audi ku-Le Mans kuzokwenzeka ngo-2023, kanti i-Audi Sport isivele yethula ithiyetha yokuqala yomshini wayo esigabeni se-LMDh (Le Mans Daytona hybrid).
Kuwukubuya kolunye lwemikhiqizo ephumelele kakhulu eyake yaba khona emjahweni wokukhuthazela odumile, njengoba isiwine ukunqoba okungu-13 (iPorsche kuphela eyedlule, ngo-19). Eyokugcina yayingo-2014 nge-quattro ye-e-tron ka-R18 eyaba yimpumelelo futhi manje i-Audi Sport iphakamisa umphetho weveyili kozongena esikhundleni sayo.
Ngokusobala, le thiyetha yokuqala yembula okuncane noma akukho lutho mayelana nemoto i-Audi ezobuyela kuyo emiqhudelwaneni yokukhuthazela - phela, kusasele iminyaka emibili - nokho, isinika umbono wokuthi yini okufanele siyilindele.
Ngokubikezelwa, i-prototype Audi ezoqhudelana nayo ekilasini le-LMDh izothatha amafomu afana namanye ama-prototypes, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yemithethonqubo echaza lokho okufanele kwenziwe nokungenzeki. Isibonelo salokhu “i-fin” emaphakathi exhumanisa iphiko elingemuva ne-cockpit (ngesimo se-canopy). Kukhona inkululeko, nokho, kwezinye izici ezihlukile, njengefomethi ye-optics, lapha ethatha umumo oqondile.
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Naphezu "kokungavuli umdlalo kakhulu" mayelana nalesi sibonelo, i-Audi isivele isinikeze izinkomba mayelana nokuthuthuka kwayo. Okunye okujabulisa kakhulu wukuthi ozongena esikhundleni sika-R18 uthuthukiswa ngokubambisana nePorsche, nayo esimemezele ukuthi izobuyela eLe Mans.Mayelana nalokhu, uJulius Seebach, umqondisi ophethe we-Audi Sport futhi obhekele ezezimoto kwa-Audi uthe: “Amandla amakhulu eVolkswagen Group ukusebenzisana kwezinkampani ekuthuthukisweni kwezimoto zomgwaqo (…) Sidlulisela le modeli eqinisekisiwe kwezezimoto. . Kodwa-ke, i-prototype entsha izoba yi-Audi yangempela. "
Mayelana nesigaba esisha, u-Seebach umemezele: “ungena kahle endaweni yethu entsha ku-motorsport (…) Imithethonqubo isivumela ukuthi sibeke izimoto ezithakazelisayo emjahweni ohlonishwayo emhlabeni wonke”.
Ukubhejwa okuphambili
Ithuthukiswe enhliziyweni ye-Audi Sport, lesi sibonelo esisha se-Audi sesigaba se-LMDh “sinobungane” bomunye umsebenzi wohlobo lwaseJalimane: iSUV ezogijima eDakar.
Ngokuka-Andreas Roos, obhekele zonke izibopho zezezimoto kwa-Audi Sport, le miklamo emibili ithuthukiswa ngokufana.
Mayelana nephrojekthi yaseDakar, u-Roos uthe: “Kuyacaca ukuthi ithimba le-Dakar lingaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu yesikhathi, njengoba sinezinyanga ezingaphansi kweziyisishiyagalombili ngaphambi kokuba siqale ku-Dakar Rally ngoJanuwari 2022”.