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Audi unleashes snarling R8 LMS GT2 customer race car at Goodwood

Audi unleashes snarling R8 LMS GT2 customer race car at Goodwood
Based on the Audi R8 Spyder, the LMS GT2 is a race-ready monster
Based on the Audi R8 Spyder, the LMS GT2 is a race-ready monster
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Naturally aspirated 640-horsepower V10 engine
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Naturally aspirated 640-horsepower V10 engine
Savage splitters at the front
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Savage splitters at the front
Huge rear wing for downforce and grip
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Huge rear wing for downforce and grip
Large diffusers round out the underbody aeros
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Large diffusers round out the underbody aeros
The interior: not your average street car
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The interior: not your average street car
Based on the Audi R8 Spyder, the LMS GT2 is a race-ready monster
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Based on the Audi R8 Spyder, the LMS GT2 is a race-ready monster
Ready to race
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Ready to race
Audi's most powerful customer race machine ever
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Audi's most powerful customer race machine ever
There's no GT2 championship ... yet
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There's no GT2 championship ... yet
The first buyers will have to restrict themselves to track days until a championship becomes available for these things
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The first buyers will have to restrict themselves to track days until a championship becomes available for these things
Audi's 640-horsepower, fully kitted customer race car
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Audi's 640-horsepower, fully kitted customer race car
Audi unveils the R8 LMS GT2 at Goodwood
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Audi unveils the R8 LMS GT2 at Goodwood
The Audi R8 LSM GT2 has a good crack at the Goodwood hillclimb
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The Audi R8 LSM GT2 has a good crack at the Goodwood hillclimb
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There's no such thing as a GT2 championship, but Audi doesn't think that situation will last, and it's bringing out its most extreme customer race car yet in anticipation. The R8 LMS GT2 is a track-only, race-ready V10 beast making 640 hp and over 550 Nm (406 lb-ft) of torque.

Audi presented the R8 LMS GT2 at Goodwood on the weekend. Based on the R8 Spyder, this V10 beast has been kitted out with extreme aerodynamics, including a savage front splitter, large rear diffusers and a huge rear wing for downforce duties.

Open the doors, and you're confronted with a cabin that's simply all business. Roll cage, full harness, removable steering wheel, crash nets, carbon everywhere and absolutely no consideration for the road.

The interior: not your average street car
The interior: not your average street car

While there's currently no GT2 championship to race it in, Audi's selling them as track day machines, and the company expects a class will open up for it next year. First deliveries are scheduled before the end of this year, so in time for said category – provided you can pony up the €338,000 (US$380,000) asking price.

Check out a short video below, or better still, scroll a little further to watch and listen as the GT2 snarls its way up the hill at Goodwood.

Source: Audi

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