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Interview with Audi's Wolfgang Ullrich

AUTOSPORT got the chance to catch up with the man who has overseen so many of Audi's successes – and its failures – to talk about his vision of the company's, and the sport's future

Kevin Turner Dec 30, 2010, 6:51 PM

Anyone who saw Dr Wolfgang Ullrich's tears as his squad of Audis finished 1-2-3 in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours knows he is an emotional man.

He might well be the motorsport chief of an efficient German organisation that has ruled sportscar racing for much of the last decade, but motorsport is much more than a technical exercise for him and his team.

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.