Felix Baumgartner to race for Audi at Nurburgring 24 Hours
10 Mar 2014|1,671 views
Following his stratosphere jump which made history in 2012, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner is tackling his next big challenge on the Nordschleife of the Nurburgring. The Austrian will obtain a racing license and become a race driver with the Audi race experience team in the Nurburgring 24 Hours race.
The Audi race experience makes it possible for Audi's customers with sporting ambitions to enter racing. But never before has the program, which has been running since 2010, had a driver as prominent as this one.
As a guest entrant, Baumgartner has been gathering some racing experience in recent years during occasional runs in the one-make cups of the Volkswagen Group. The big difference in the 2014 season - the Audi R8 LMS ultra provides him with a 570bhp 'pure-bred' GT3 race car.
The 44-year old is completing an extensive preparation program before competing in the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring in June 2014. His team-mates are equally prominent - Five-time Le Mans winner Frank Biela (D), three-time Le Mans winner Marco Werner (D) as well as GT and sports car pro Pierre Kaffer (D) will be his colleagues in the cockpit.
Following his stratosphere jump which made history in 2012, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner is tackling his next big challenge on the Nordschleife of the Nurburgring. The Austrian will obtain a racing license and become a race driver with the Audi race experience team in the Nurburgring 24 Hours race.
The Audi race experience makes it possible for Audi's customers with sporting ambitions to enter racing. But never before has the program, which has been running since 2010, had a driver as prominent as this one.
As a guest entrant, Baumgartner has been gathering some racing experience in recent years during occasional runs in the one-make cups of the Volkswagen Group. The big difference in the 2014 season - the Audi R8 LMS ultra provides him with a 570bhp 'pure-bred' GT3 race car.
The 44-year old is completing an extensive preparation program before competing in the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring in June 2014. His team-mates are equally prominent - Five-time Le Mans winner Frank Biela (D), three-time Le Mans winner Marco Werner (D) as well as GT and sports car pro Pierre Kaffer (D) will be his colleagues in the cockpit.
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