Spy Shots: Audi R8 GT3 caught lapping the 'Ring
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/" rel="tag">Supercars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/audi/" rel="tag">Audi</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-r8-gt3-spy-shots/1166625/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/audir8gt3.22.kgp.ed_opt.j pg" alt="" /></a><br />
<div align="center"><em><stron g><small>Click above for high-res spy shots of the Audi R8 GT3</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />Take one Audi R8, add a pinch of Satan's dandruff (it's potent stuff) and you get this: the R8 GT3. Spy photographers have caught this racing version of Audi's R8 supercar, which itself is named after the very successful diesel-powered R8 LeMans racer, circling the famed Nurburgring in Germany. As you can see in our gallery below, it looks all business with a Boeing-sized rear wing out back and asphalt-scraping carbon fiber splitter up front. Other mods made for racing include the large vent in the "hood" behind the grille, larger air scoops in the blades behind the doors, a plexiglass rear window and significantly wider track both front and rear. Our sources tell us that the suspension is supposedly entirely stock and the quattro all-wheel-drive system has been ditched in favor of rear-wheel-drive to meet current FIA GT3 regulations. As for the engine, the 4.2L V8 has supposedly been tweaked to produce 500 horsepower (up from 420). For all its wings, vents and fender flares, this R8 GT3 prototype reportedly only managed to lap the 'Ring in 8:41.00 due to slippery-when-wet conditions. Pay attention folks, as this is the turn-key racing R8 that Audi will soon unleash on teams who wish to crash the GT3 class in style.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-r8-gt3-spy-shots/">Audi R8 GT3 - spy shots</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-r8-gt3-spy-shots/1166625/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/audir8gt3.21.kgp.ed_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-r8-gt3-spy-shots/1166624/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/audir8gt3.22.kgp.ed_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-r8-gt3-spy-shots/1166628/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/audir8gt3.23.kgp.ed_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-r8-gt3-spy-shots/1166627/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/audir8gt3.24.kgp.ed_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-r8-gt3-spy-shots/1166626/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/audir8gt3.25.kgp.ed_thumb nail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: KGP Photography]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/spy-shots-audi-r8-gt3-caught-lapping-the-ring/">Spy Shots: Audi R8 GT3 caught lapping the 'Ring</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:28:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/spy-shots-audi-r8-gt3-caught-lapping-the-ring/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1375684/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/spy-shots-audi-r8-gt3-caught-lapping-the-ring/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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