Audi F1

Audi F1

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Autographed from left to right: Dindo Cappelo, Allan McNish, Marco Werner & Mike Rockenfeller

at the American Le Mans Series 2007 season finale at Laguna Seca. Photo © One18 Images

Audi F1

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Marco Werner signs the base of Chapparrel's Audi F1 car while Mike Rockenfeller looks on. Photo © Maria Varela - One18 Images 2007

Audi F1 - From computer concept, to physical reality... in 1:18 scale!

From the mind of Audi enthusiast, Kim Stapleton, came the idea, the vision to what is considered to be wishful thinking by many who follow sports car racing and Audi. And most of these same fans also know that the likelihood Audi entering in the world of F1 is only a far fetched notion at this point. Yet, seeing those four silver rings gracing the body work of an F1 race car was enough for Kim to create a super-detailed CGI based on an actual F1 chassis.

Well, we took Kim's vision one step further and created this car in glorious 1:18 scale!

As with Kim's work, the diecast car needed the same exacting livery he created on his computer. The Audi’s racecar livery was influenced from the R10 and R8, the DTM years, STW in the mid 1990’s, and also the historic Auto Union Grand Prix designs from the '30s. The Audi livery was laid out on the skin of a donor Mattel Renault R26 F1 racecar.

This was truely a departure for Chapparrel's. With the fantastic decal work by Jim Dolan and Gary Pino's mastery in painting the chassis and uncompromising detail work, we have turned out what is truly a very unique work of art.

With Kim's CGI work and our rendition in this 1:18 creation, maybe an Audi F1 team might be easier to imagine for executives at Audi as well.

Read more on the Audi F1: Independent Design Focus: Audi F1 Envisioned by Kim Stapleton