In this episode of Tyler’s Long One, John Hindhaugh talks to Romolo Liebchen, Head of Audi Sport Customer Racing and ‘father’ of the Audi R8 GT car. Bathurst will be his final race in charge of the supremely successful customer racing programme. He spoke exclusively to Radio Le Mans about his time at Audi, his role in forming customer racing, his influence on two iterations of Audi R8 road and racing cars, why he’s leaving and what he’s doing next.
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The next RadioLeMans.com Christmas Quiz takes place on Wednesday February 17th, and will be broadcast live from the Crooked Billet at Newton Longville, near Milton Keynes. The closing date for submitting questions for the quiz has now passed.
John Hindhaugh takes the Giulietta driving in Spain.
John Hindhaugh reports from Greatworth Park on the launch of Ford’s 2016 Le Mans challenger, speaking to George Howard-Chappell and the four drivers who will pilot this car in the FIA World Endurance championship this season. The extended version includes interviews with Chip Ganassi, plus analysis from Sam Collins and Graham Goodwin. Extended version:
Behind the scenes of the Aston Martin Evolution Academy, including interviews with Aston Martin’s Andrew Palmer and John Gaw.
RadioLeMans.com’s Formula 1 Season Review of 2015 will be broadcast this Wednesday at 8pm, with John Hindhaugh and Nick Daman.
Highlights of IMSA’s State of the Series address, given at Road America, followed by an interview with Scott Atherton.
Jim Roller interviews Corvette Racing programme manager Doug Fehan for this Long One.