Audi confirms 2004 line-ups

Both Champion and Goh will each enter one Audi R8 at Le Mans. JJ Lehto, the 1995 Le Mans winner, Emanuele Pirro (victorious in 2000, '01 and '02) and Marco Werner drive for Champion. Japanese driver Seiji Ara, Rinaldo Capello (victorious with Bentley in 2003) and five-time event winner Tom Kristensen from Denmark will drive for Goh.

Ara and Capello will form Goh's full-time assault on the new European Le Mans Endurance Series, with the first of the four races starting on May 9 at Monza. In the American Le Mans Series, JJ Lehto and defending ALMS Champion Marco Werner will pilot the Champion Racing Audi R8. At the season opener in Sebring, as at Le Mans, they will be supported by Pirro.

"It speaks volumes for the Audi R8 that our customer teams can start with such high-calibre driver squads," said Audi's motorsport chief Wolfgang Ullrich. "Whether it is Formula 1 stars, legends such as Paul Frère or newcomers like Pierre Kaffer and Jamie Davies: Up till now everybody who has driven an Audi R8 was impressed."