Audi R8 LMS Evo (2019)

TYRES

• Dry compound (slick). Front 26.8 PSI, Rear 26.3 PSI (cold base, set in garage pre-session). Target hot pressures while pushing: 27.3–27.6 F / 27.0–27.3 R. Tyre blanket temp: 80°C front, 80°C rear. Optimal operating window for max grip: 85–95°C (slick dry compound) — carcass needs to reach this quickly for a single banzai lap, so consider starting blankets at the top end (90°C) or doing a true warm-up lap with aggressive weaving/braking to get there by lap 2.

ELECTRONICS

• TC1: 3 (quali reduces to raw pace over wear management — lower slip for faster rotation and less power-cut understeer on exit)
• TC2 (cut): 0
• ABS: 4 (lower than race value, more initial bite for late braking, driver-dependent confidence)
• Engine Map: 1 (max power, single lap, no fuel/thermal concern)
• Brake Bias: 54.5% (see suspension section)

SUSPENSION

• // FRONT
• Ride Height: 53 mm
• Wheel Rate FL / FR: 168 N/mm / 168 N/mm
• ARB: 6
• Brake Torque Multiplier: 100%
• Brake Bias: 54.5%
• // REAR
• Ride Height: 60 mm
• Wheel Rate RL / RR: 152 N/mm / 152 N/mm
• ARB: 5
• Diff Preload: 60 Nm
• Diff Coast: 0.35
• Diff Power: 0.55

DAMPERS

AERO

• Front splitter: 7, Rear wing: 6, Brake ducts F/R: 2/3 (track temp 38°C in reference lap means cooling demand is real — for single lap you can trim ducts slightly from race setting for less drag, but Barcelona's long Turn 10/16 loads punish overheated front-left — keep 2 front minimum)

KEY SETUP NOTE

• Campsa (T10) is flat-ish only with strong rear aero stability — don't be tempted to trim rear wing below 6 for a quali lap; the time lost to a twitchy rear through Campsa and New Holland (T16) vastly outweighs straight-line gains on the pit straight. Stiffer front ARB (6) plus slightly softer rear (5) sharpens initial rotation into T1 and the Wurth complex without sacrificing Campsa stability.

TRACK GUIDE

• T1 Elf: Late, hard trail-brake entry — rotate the car on initial brake release, get on power early for the long run to Renault; traction out of T1 sets up the whole lap.
• T2-T3-T4 Renault: Commit to a single smooth arc, minimize steering correction at T3 — this is a high-speed stability test; any snap here costs multiple tenths and confidence for the rest of the lap.
• T7-T8-T9 Wurth chicane: Sacrifice a fraction of min speed for a straight exit line — traction out of T9 feeds the long run to Campsa.
• T10 Campsa: Flat or near-flat in quali trim — trust the rear aero, stay full throttle, let the car take the wide arc; lifting here costs more than any other single corner on the lap.
• T13/T14 hairpin complex: Classic late-apex, early-power corner — slow in, straight-line out onto the back straight; this is where quali laps are won through pure exit traction.