Victory - 24 HOURS OF Le Mans

Name/Title

Victory - 24 HOURS OF Le Mans

Entry/Object ID

2025.7.153

Scope and Content

This poster is a celebratory Audi Motorsport piece produced shortly after the brand’s three consecutive Le Mans victories in 2000, 2001, and 2002, using the “Never Follow” slogan that defined Audi’s early‑2000s performance advertising. It features the Audi R8 LMP, the dominant prototype of its era, shown at speed with motion blur emphasizing its technological edge and relentless pace. The clean layout, corporate typography, and victory‑year callouts mark it as an official promotional print rather than an event poster, created to highlight Audi’s engineering supremacy during a period when the R8 reshaped endurance racing and established the company as a modern Le Mans powerhouse.

Collection

Dr. Frederick A. Simeone Founder Collection

Category

Posters, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi Automobilwerke GmbH

Acquisition

Accession

2025.7

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

2002

Dimensions

Height

58 cm

Width

85.7 cm

Location

Large Archival Folder

PCF - 07

Cabinet

Y17

Second Floor

Simeone Library

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good