2011 Audi A4 BTCC

[Andy_Bangle]

After a 12 year hiatus from participating in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), Audi will be headed back to the racing series to try and regain the championship previously won in 1996. In 2011, the Audi name will once again be heard in the competition thanks to private race team, Rob Austin Racing, who will bring two Audi A4 models to compete with in the series.

The Audi A4 models participating in the series will need to be refined in order to meet up with the new Next Generation Touring Car technical regulations. These regulations include the vehicle being capable of front- and rear-wheel drive as well have a ’300bhp+’ turbo-charged engine, but the most important aspect of the new regulations is the lowering of running costs for the teams while still maintaining the performance from the previous years.

The A4 BTCC will have strong competition next year as the Honda Racing Team (Honda Civic), Team Aon and Airwaves Racing (Ford Focus), Eurotech (Vauxhall Vectra, Special Tuning UK (SEAT Leon) and AmD Milltek Racing.com (VW Golf) have already announced they would be amping up their vehicles with the new regulations for the 2011 season.

[Mook]

Is that a mock-up Andy? Just not sure why they'd run the old model A4?

Should make for some interesting racing, what with Chevrolet and co whooping Audi's ass

[Andy_Bangle]

Good spot. Currently, GPR Motorsport are working on the future racers, but Rob Austin Racing provided the low budget 'rendering' above as a preview to the vehicles.

At least Nissan put some work into there rendering, which is also being built by GPR Motorsport:

Edited December 15, 2010 by Andy_Bangle

[Mook]

At least Nissan put some work into there rendering

[Paul]

Good to see another manufacturer entered, even if not a factory team. Lets hope they are more competative than the Golf

[eldavo69]

There was a feature on the AmD golf in Track Driver magazine. The costs are phenomenal and the car is seriously underpowered against the rest of the grid. A lot of things have been complete guesswork; e.g. They have to choose a set number of gear ratios for the season ahead with no experience of the car on the tracks themselves. The gist was that the next couple of seasons could be interesting as they find their feet.