The next Audi R18 e-tron quattro: new technology for the World Champions

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The next Audi R18 e-tron quattro: new technology for the World Champions

The name remains unchanged but the technology is completely new. In the 2014 season, Audi is aiming to achieve the hat-trick in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and another success in the Le Mans 24 Hours with a Le Mans prototype that has been redeveloped from scratch – combined, yet again, with technical innovations that are relevant to the production models of the brand with the four rings as well.

The 2014-generation Audi R18 e-tron quattro is the most complex race car ever...

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[Bram Hengeveld]

Anybody have an idea what those read front headlights do? Infrared?

 

[Warren Dawes]

Maybe they emit a subliminal message to the car in front - saying, "out of the way Porsche (Webber), Vettel is coming past".

 

[mclarenf1papa]

The red lights are the daytime running lights....

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Thanks @mclarenf1papa but are they allowed to use red lights on the front of the car? Sounds a bit odd.

 

[Zbigniew Czupyt]

KITT?