"Where does a company go after the wild success of an LMP car like the R8? Back to the drawing board, coming up with a revolutionary diesel-powered Le Mans Prototype like the R10 TDI. And the R10 TDI was even more successful than its predecessor, a remarkable accomplishment in its own right—the car won every single Le Mans race it entered outright until it was replaced by its successor, the R15 TDI, in 2009. Under the composite bodywork is a 5.5-liter V12, using twin-turbochargers and direct injection to make an estimated 650 horsepower. While this is a ton of power, the R10 TDI’s true advantage is better fuel economy and massive torque, generously available. Whatever the reason, Audi’s open LMP car became the dominant force in prototype racing until its retirement. A quick spin will show why—wickedly fast and producing massive downforce, the car is a real competitor. This car, #2, won the 2008 Le Mans outright with Rinaldo Capello, Allan McNish, and Tom Kristensen behind the wheel."—Official description[1]
The 2008 Audi #2 Audi Sport North America R10 TDI is an LMP1 sports prototype car by Audi.
It appears in Forza Motorsport 3 and Forza Motorsport 4.
Synopsis[]
Due to ever increasing weight and air restrictor penalties now starting to put the massively successful Audi R8 on pace with its other LMP1 competitors, Audi realized they needed a complete overhaul of the car to stay one step ahead of the competition. Thus the R10 TDI was born. Following a similar pattern to the R8, the car would make its debut at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring, before returning to Europe for Le Mans preparation with its predecessor filling in for it. While not quite as dominant as the R8, the factory teams would win every single major series/event they entered. This factory effort would also not last as long, only competing for 3 years from 2006 to 2008, with its successor, the Audi R15 TDI debuting the following year. Unlike like the previous two iterations, no R10s would serve as stand-ins for the R15 and would instead be handed off to Kolles Racing to be run as private efforts until 2010.
With more and more of the European car market consisting of diesel powered cars, it was decided that this new car should be diesel-powered, as the technology developed within it could potentially be carried over into a road car just like had been done with the FSI system that was first used on the R8, before finding its way into regular passenger vehicles. The Audi Sport team also believed that the new car could show the sportiness of diesel engines and offset the negative view of them. The team eventually settled on a 5.5L twin-turbocharged V12 engine for the car, with the added weight of the 4 extra cylinders compared to the V8 of the R8 being offset by a bodywork now made of carbon fiber.[2]
The #2 competed in both the 2008 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season and the 2008 edition of Le Mans. While its sister car in the ALMS, the #1, went through a revolving door of drivers, the drivers in the #2 was consistent throughout the whole season, with Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr driving the car in every single round and Mike Rockenfeller joining the duo for the 12 Hours of Sebring. The team would comfortably win the championship, with both cars finishing on the podium in all but two races. The #2 would claim 8 wins along with a 2nd place at Sebring and 3rd place at Petit Le Mans, allowing Werner and Luhr to claim the drivers' championship. The only blip on the radar for the car throughout the season would be at Detroit, where it crashed out after only 21 laps. The #1 would take the win at Sebring and Road Atlanta, but would have an even worse time than the #2 at Detroit, being disqualified from the win after being found to be underweight during post race inspection.[3]
At Le Mans, the #2 car, with a slightly different livery, was now driven by Allan McNish, Rinaldo Capello, and Tom Kristensen. The car would qualify 4th, only being beaten by the three Peugeot 908s in the field. In the race, the car would manage to best the three Peugeots and win the race, while also beating the 2006 car's lap count record by one. This win, along with another win for the R10 the previous year, would give Audi the tremendous feat of winning Le Mans 8 times in 9 years and also give Kristensen his 7th Le Mans win in that same time frame.[4]
All R10s were retired by the end of the 2010 season, with their replacement having debuted a year earlier in 2009. The #2 and #8 are currently stored at Audi Tradition, a storage facility near Audi's headquarters in Ingolstadt.[5]
Variants[]
The Audi R10 TDI appears in three livery variants (two real and one fictional).
- 2008 Audi #2 Audi Sport North America R10 TDI (Forza Motorsport 3 and Forza Motorsport 4)
- 2011 Audi #4 Forza Motorsport R10 TDI (Forza Motorsport 4 only)
- 2006 Audi #8 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 TDI (Forza Motorsport 2 and Forza Motorsport 3)
Statistics[]
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Speed 8.1 Handling 8.9
Acceleration 9.3
Launch 8.2
Braking 8.9
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R1 980 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 2,000,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: Prototype 1
Value: 2,000,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: missing data
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): missing data
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): missing data
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): missing data 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): missing data
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): missing data
120 mph (193 km/h): missing data | ||
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Speed 9.2 Handling 9.8
Acceleration 9.9
Launch 8.9
Braking 9.8
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R1 991 |
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Unlock Requirements
Car Dealer:
Purchase from the car dealer for 2,500,000 CR | ||
Performance & Body Style
Body Style: Prototype 1
Value: 2,500,000 CR
Speed:
Top Speed: 210.0 mph (337.9 km/h)
Acceleration:
0-60 mph (0-97 km/h): 2.800 secs.
0-100 mph (0-161 km/h): 5.700 secs.
Braking:
60-0 mph (97-0 km/h): 85.9 ft (26.2 m) 100-0 mph (161-0 km/h): 205.6 ft (62.7 m)
Lateral Gs:
60 mph (97 km/h): 1.42 g
120 mph (193 km/h): 1.99 g | ||
Conversions[]
- No conversions available.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "Forza Motorsport 4 Cars - Audi" . forzamotorsport.net (Archived) . Retrieved 04-03-2020.
- ↑ "Audi R10 TDI" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 06-19-2025.
- ↑ "2008 American Le Mans Series" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 06-19-2025.
- ↑ "2008 24 Hours of Le Mans" . wikipedia.org . Retrieved 06-19-2025.
- ↑ "Audi Tradition: QuattroWorld Visits Audi’s Hidden Museum" . quattroworld.com . Retrieved 06-24-25.