Audi's greatest sportscar moments
Audi will not be part of the prototype ranks in 2017, bringing an end to a successful era of top-tier sportscar racing. The German marque leaves several lasting memories
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.
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Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.
Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.
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