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Audi R8 LMS GT3 #97 Phoenix Racing 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43

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Audi R8 LMS GT3 #97 Phoenix Racing 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43 437101997 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi R8 LMS GT3 reproduces car number 97, Phoenix Racing's entry from the 2010 24 Hours of Nurburgring. The sealed zinc alloy body carries the GT3 aero package with tight panel lines and tampo-printed team graphics. A focused pick for collectors tracking the Nordschleife's dedicated endurance racing history.
Audi R8 LMS GT3 #97 Phoenix Racing 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43
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Brand
Audi
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
437101997
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About the Audi R8 LMS GT3 #97 Phoenix Racing 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast reproduces car number 97, Phoenix Racing's Audi R8 LMS GT3 from the 2010 24 Hours of Nurburgring. The sealed zinc alloy body carries the GT3 aero package and full team livery, a subject built for the Nordschleife's dedicated endurance racing following.

The Nurburgring 24 Hours draws one of the largest grids in endurance racing, and Phoenix Racing built its reputation running Audi machinery on that specific circuit. Minichamps reproduces the team's number 97 R8 LMS GT3 from the 2010 event, aero and livery intact at 1:43.

Phoenix Racing's Number 97 Audi R8 LMS at the Nurburgring

A Team Built Around the Nordschleife

Phoenix Racing developed its identity largely around the Nurburgring 24 Hours, a race run partly on the long, demanding Nordschleife layout that punishes cars and drivers differently than any other circuit on the GT3 calendar. Audi's R8 LMS GT3 debuted around 2009 and quickly became one of the more successful customer racing cars in the category, and Phoenix fielding it at the Nordschleife's marquee event put the team among the platform's earliest serious campaigners.

Livery Detail on a Compact Scale

Car number 97 carried Phoenix's sponsor branding across the doors, hood, and rear wing, and Minichamps reproduces that scheme with tampo-printed graphics that stay flat and legible against the body color. The number board and supporting logos hold sharp edges without bleeding into the surrounding paint, even at the smaller print sizes along the lower doors.

Minichamps' Diecast Rendering of the R8 LMS

GT3 Bodywork Cast in Zinc Alloy

The R8 LMS GT3's wide arches, front splitter, and rear diffuser distinguish it clearly from Audi's road-going R8, and this casting keeps those aero surfaces crisp rather than smoothed into a generic sports-car shape. Zinc alloy construction gives the body genuine heft for its size, weight that plastic display pieces never replicate.

Wheel and Splitter Fidelity

Wheels are molded with the correct GT3-spec offset and tread pattern, mounted to sit low within the flared arches rather than tucked too far inboard. The front splitter and side skirts show clean, defined edges, and the sealed one-piece body keeps the shut lines along the doors tight and even, standard construction at this scale rather than a simplification.

A Nurburgring Specialist on the Shelf

For collectors following the Nurburgring 24 Hours specifically, rather than GT3 racing broadly, this Phoenix Racing entry fills a genre most catalogs cover thinly. At 1:43, it sits comfortably alongside other GT3 liveries from the same era without the shelf space a larger scale would require, making a full Nordschleife-themed run realistic rather than a stretch.

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