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Audi R8 LMS GT3 #100 M. Ekstrom / O. Jarvis Abt Sportsline 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43

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Audi R8 LMS GT3 #100 M. Ekstrom / O. Jarvis Abt Sportsline 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43 437101900 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast reproduces the #100 Audi R8 LMS GT3, entered by Abt Sportsline for Ekstrom and Jarvis at the 2010 24 Hours of Nurburgring. The R8 LMS GT3 was Audi's early customer racer built to FIA GT3 rules, and this sealed one-piece casting carries the Abt livery's tampo-printed graphics across the wide-arch bodywork, rear wing, and front splitter. A compact display piece for a Nurburgring endurance shelf or an Audi motorsport lineup.
Audi R8 LMS GT3 #100 M. Ekstrom / O. Jarvis Abt Sportsline 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43
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Audi
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
437101900
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About the Audi R8 LMS GT3 #100 M. Ekstrom / O. Jarvis Abt Sportsline 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi R8 LMS GT3 #100 reproduces Abt Sportsline's entry for Ekstrom and Jarvis at the 2010 24 Hours of Nurburgring. The sealed one-piece body carries the Abt livery's tampo-printed graphics, wide-arch bodywork, and rear wing, a compact display piece for an endurance-racing shelf.

The Nurburgring 24 Hours draws well over a hundred entries onto the Nordschleife's combined circuit each year, a grid where GT3 cars race wheel to wheel with everything from touring cars to full prototypes. Audi's R8 LMS GT3 arrived there as one of the marque's first purpose-built GT3 customer racers, and Abt Sportsline ran the #100 car.

Abt Sportsline's #100 Audi R8 LMS GT3 at the Nurburgring

Ekstrom and Jarvis Behind the Wheel

Mattias Ekstrom, a Swedish racer with a resume built largely in touring cars and rallycross, paired with Oliver Jarvis, an endurance and single-seater specialist, in the #100 entry for the 2010 running of the Nurburgring 24 Hours. That mix of backgrounds is typical of the event itself, which draws works drivers, gentleman racers, and touring-car regulars onto the same combined circuit. Abt Sportsline entered the car as part of Audi's broader GT3 effort in the R8's early competitive seasons, a period when the model was still proving itself against established GT3 rivals from other manufacturers. The team's long history with Audi in touring car and DTM competition made it a natural fit for the marque's new GT3 program.

Audi's Early GT3 Customer Program

The R8 LMS GT3 was built to FIA GT3 regulations around the road-going R8's chassis, giving Audi a customer racing product that privateer teams could buy and campaign independently of factory backing. Abt Sportsline's involvement reflects how quickly Audi built out a network of experienced partner teams once the car reached competition. The Nurburgring 24 Hours, run each May on the Nordschleife and Grand Prix circuit combined, remains one of the toughest tests for any GT3 platform given the sheer length of the lap and the unpredictable weather that regularly reshapes the race. A strong showing there carried real weight for a car still building its reputation in its first full seasons of competition.

Minichamps' Livery Reproduction in 1:43 Diecast

Tampo Registration Across a Sealed Body

This model's body is a single sealed casting with no doors, hood, or engine cover that open, standard construction at 1:43 and an advantage rather than a limitation for a livery-heavy subject. Abt Sportsline's sponsor graphics and Audi rings are tampo-printed directly onto the surface, and a fixed body means those graphics wrap continuously across panel lines without interruption from an opening seam. Registration lines up cleanly at the roof, doors, and rear quarters, the areas where sponsor decals typically bunch or misalign on lower-tier models. The #100 race number sits legibly on the door and roof, sized correctly against the surrounding graphics rather than oversized to compensate for the small scale.

Wheel, Splitter, and Wing Detail at Small Scale

Zinc alloy diecast gives the model real weight for its footprint, and that density carries through the wide front splitter and flared arches that distinguish the GT3-spec bodywork from the road car's lines. The rear wing is molded with a defined profile and mounting struts rather than a simplified block shape, and the wheels carry a period-correct spoke design sized to fill the arches without gaps that would flatten the car's stance. At 1:43, this level of aero and wheel definition is what separates a serious motorsport diecast from a toy-grade casting, and it holds up under close inspection rather than only reading well from a distance.

Building a Nurburgring 24 Hours Shelf

A 1:43 GT3 racer from this era works well alongside other Nurburgring entries from the same season, since the scale lets a collector assemble a wide grid of manufacturers and teams without the shelf space a 1:18 lineup would demand. This #100 car pairs naturally with other Audi R8 LMS GT3 liveries from the same event, letting a collector show how different partner teams presented the same underlying racer. Expect accurate proportions, sharp livery registration, and a stance that reads correctly against the real car's wide-arch silhouette, rather than opening doors or a detailed cockpit, since 1:43 diecast prioritizes exterior fidelity over interior access. For anyone building a GT3 or Nurburgring-specific collection, this Abt Sportsline entry is a solid, well-documented addition to that grid.

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