Supercar selected for safety role in German championship

Audi’s R8 supercar - as driven by Cristiano Ronaldo; well, the normal road-going version, at least - is to be used in Germany’s DTM championship, as its official safety car.

“There were not many modifications required… because the R8 possesses the genes of a perfect sports car,” said Werner Frowein, managing director of quattro GmbH. A car with genes? Very strange.

As the photo shows, the special R8 is equipped with roof lights, plus special paintwork and DTM graphics. It has to be the best-looking safety car we’ve ever seen. Prior to the R8, DTM’s official safety car was a Mercedes C63 AMG. As you probably know, F1’s official safety car is currently a Merc (a modified SL63 AMG). We’d take the Audi, any day.

See another pic below:

Man Utd winger drives free supercar from Audi

Here’s boy wonder Cristiano Ronaldo with Man Utd team-mate Anderson, out and about for a skinny latte somewhere in Cheshire, with his white Audi R8 and the Brazilian’s Porsche Carrera. How romantic.

C-Ron was given the Audi for free, because he is a brand ambassador for the company. Nice work if you can get it. However, he’s still getting used to the handling of the 180mph supercar – after a league game against Fulham in December, in which he scored twice, he managed to spin the car whilst driving home. The Audi was unmarked, but Ronaldo’s XXXL-sized ego was slightly bruised.