
Audi R8 LMS GT3 #49 Krebs / Vogler Hankook 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Audi
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 437101949
- Year
- 2010
- Era
- 2010s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- GT3 & GT4 Race
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138104976
About the Audi R8 LMS GT3 #49 Krebs / Vogler Hankook 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi R8 LMS GT3 reproduces car #49, entered under Hankook tire livery at the 2010 Nürburgring 24 Hours with Krebs and Vogler sharing the cockpit. The sealed body carries the sponsor graphics and GT3 aero in a compact endurance piece.
Tire manufacturers have long used the Nürburgring 24 Hours as a proving ground, and Hankook's branding on this Audi R8 LMS GT3 marks exactly that kind of factory-adjacent presence at the 2010 race.
Hankook Livery on Car #49 at the Nürburgring 24 Hours
A Tire Sponsor's Livery in GT3 Racing
Hankook has run a long-standing motorsport presence at the Nürburgring, using the Nordschleife's brutal combination of curbs, compressions, and weather to validate tire compounds under real racing conditions. A car wearing full Hankook branding at the 24 Hours signals more than a paid sponsorship: it's a visible endorsement of the tire's performance in the toughest endurance environment available in Europe. Car #49 carried that message across its flanks, hood, and rear wing throughout the 2010 event.
Krebs and Vogler's 2010 Entry
Drivers Krebs and Vogler shared car #49 across the round-the-clock format, a grueling assignment on a circuit that offers no easy laps even in daylight. The Nürburgring 24 Hours draws a deep GT3 field every year precisely because a strong result there carries weight across the wider sports car racing world, and every crew entering the Nordschleife's combined layout takes on that challenge fully aware of what it demands.
Minichamps' Sealed-Body Casting of the R8 LMS GT3
Sponsor Graphics on a One-Piece Shell
This casting is a fixed, one-piece diecast body with no opening doors or hatches, letting Minichamps hold tight, even panel lines around the car's flanks. The Hankook branding and #49 door numbers are tampo-printed directly onto the shell, keeping the sponsor graphics flat against the paint rather than risking lifted edges over years of display, with color separation along the doors and hood holding cleanly at this scale.
Shared GT3 Tooling, Different Team Identity
This casting shares its underlying R8 LMS GT3 tooling with Black Falcon's #102 car from the same race, including the wide-body arches, front splitter, and rear wing that GT3 regulations require. Zinc alloy construction gives it identical weight and stance to that sibling, but the paint and print run give car #49 an entirely separate identity on the shelf.
A Second Nürburgring Entry for a Themed Shelf
At 1:43, this Hankook-liveried R8 LMS GT3 pairs naturally with the Black Falcon car from the same 2010 Nürburgring 24 Hours, the two together showing how differently two teams dressed an identical GT3 platform for the same grueling event. For a collection built around one race or one marque's GT3 history, car #49 is a specific, well-documented addition rather than a generic racing livery.















