Will Audi First Biodiesel Race Car Win Le Mans?

Audi keeps coming out with new stuff and taking chances. Good luck at Le Mans I will watch it for sure. They will have a stiff competition this year, it is going to be interesting.

Who can tell me why they use diesel while gasoline gives more power ??

And it burns cleaner as well.

I think that I might want to become a farmer. A farmer that will focus on producing a source to help procure fuels souch as "BTL" to this advance and ever growing automotive world of ours.

I usually like Audi and don't mind diesels winning in Le Mans. But, if the rules in ALMS are chenged for them because they get beaten by a 'lowly' LMP2, they will loose a lot of respect from me! Fight on the track, not on the green carpet...

Even though they are fighting on the green carpet, they seem to be kicking ass on the track also :).Audi are diesel pioneers,just because they are going green does not mean that they are sacrificing performance ;). Get_Real...get real.

I am for real! Already mentioned that I don't have a problem with diesel. But the fact is that they were regularly beaten on track by a much less powerful petrol car. If they really believe in their car, they find ways to make it more nimble. Now they show a cowardly approach. The spectators really enjoyed some of the fights between the R10's and Porsche LMP2's. Do they care about LMP1 or LMP 2? No, they want close racing. Audi pioneers diesel racing but they have to carry it through now and face the fact that it is not the end of petrol race cars! It should be the beginning of exciting battles. Car fans like real (read: on track) racing, so... be a car fan, car.fan.

I'm sure they wouldnt try this out if they werent fairly confident in winning. From what i know bio-diesel is more stable than regular diesel which can mean higher compression ratios and injection pressures which can lead to more hp/torque and higher rpm. I'm sure they will do fine.

They have won many times with Diesel engine's and the biodiesel will only improve their chances of winning this year. If they knew they would lose they wouldn't do it, its as simple as that.

The R8 and newer R10 were built to win Lemans. The ALMS has changed their rules making Audi use a smaller tank, less fuel means more stops, which put it at a disadvantage versus the Spyder from Porsche. Also the tracks they race on give advantage to lighter cars{At Lemans the Porsche will end up laps behind the R10}. The ALMS is practice for Lemans which is why Audi withdrew to compete against their true competition Peugot in Europe.They will be missed. Hope this helps explain why LMP2 cars can beat the R10 in ALMS. The Spyder is a great car, but its not an R10.