Next year, for the first time since 1998, the sportscar world will prepare for a season in which Audi will not come into the Le Mans 24 Hours equation. The German manufacturer's axing of its LMP1 project means the French enduro, and the World Endurance Championship, loses one of its biggest assets.
Audi's departure from the upper echelon of endurance racing is a blow after a baker's dozen Le Mans wins and a host of other memorable moments in the sportscar arena.
Rather than dwell on the loss, sportscar doyen GARY WATKINS prefers to remember the good moments - here are 10 of Audi's finest.