While Audi will contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of its factory commitment with the new R15 TDI in 2009, Dr Colin Kolles is planning to buy two Audi R10 TDI cars for his racing team.

Audi will have three of its new R15 TDIs and two of the old R10s which will be run by the Kolles team. Plenty of teams have dropped out racing series around the world this year as economic ...