
Audi R8 LMS GT3 #102 H-J. Stuck / H. Heyer Black Falcon 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Audi
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 437101912
- 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
- 4012138104983
About the Audi R8 LMS GT3 #102 H-J. Stuck / H. Heyer Black Falcon 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2010 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi R8 LMS GT3 reproduces car #102, run by Black Falcon at the 2010 Nürburgring 24 Hours with Hans-Joachim Stuck and Hans Heyer sharing the cockpit. The sealed body carries the team's livery and GT3 aero in a compact endurance-racing collectible.
The Nürburgring 24 Hours is one of endurance racing's toughest tests, run on the combined Nordschleife and Grand Prix circuit. Black Falcon fielded this Audi R8 LMS GT3 there in 2010, with veteran drivers Hans-Joachim Stuck and Hans Heyer sharing car #102 across the round-the-clock event.
Black Falcon's #102 at the Nürburgring 24 Hours
Stuck and Heyer's Endurance Pedigree
Hans-Joachim Stuck built his reputation across decades of endurance and touring car racing, with a long list of Nürburgring 24 Hours starts spanning both the Nordschleife's VLN series and the main round-the-clock event. Hans Heyer's career runs in a different direction, remembered among Formula 1 followers for illicitly joining the 1977 German Grand Prix grid from the pit lane, a stunt that got him black-flagged but has stayed part of motorsport folklore since. Pairing a Nürburgring specialist with a driver known for bending the rulebook gives car #102 a cockpit worth knowing before the green flag even drops.
Racing the Nordschleife's Combined Circuit
The Nürburgring 24 Hours runs on a combined circuit, joining the Nordschleife to the modern Grand Prix layout for a lap that punishes cars and drivers in equal measure. Weather can shift from dry to fog to rain within a single stint, and the Nordschleife's blind crests leave no margin for a GT3 car running at the limit. Black Falcon, a German team built around Nürburgring campaigns, knew that circuit better than most of the field, and fielding a proven GT3 platform like the R8 LMS on home ground gave car #102 a real shot at a strong run.
Minichamps' Sealed-Body 1:43 Casting
Livery Registration on a One-Piece Shell
This R8 LMS GT3 comes as a one-piece diecast shell with no opening doors or hatches, a standard approach at 1:43 that lets Minichamps hold consistent, tight panel lines around the car's flanks. Black Falcon's livery and the #102 door numbers are tampo-printed directly onto the body, keeping graphics flat against the paint rather than risking the raised edges decals can develop over years on a shelf. Sponsor logos stay legible even at this size, and color registration along the door and roof lines holds without bleeding.
R8 LMS GT3 Proportions at Small Scale
Audi built the R8 LMS GT3 from the road-going R8, keeping the mid-mounted V10 layout while widening the body for GT3 competition and adding the front splitter, side skirts, and rear wing the regulations require. Minichamps carries those proportions through at 1:43, with wheel arches, ride height, and wing angle reading correctly rather than as a generic race-car silhouette. Zinc alloy construction gives the model real heft for its size, obvious the moment it's lifted from its packaging.
A Nürburgring Piece for an Endurance Racing Shelf
At 1:43, this R8 LMS GT3 fits comfortably into a themed run of Nürburgring 24 Hours entries without demanding the shelf space a 1:18 GT3 racer would need. Paired with the Hankook-liveried #49 car from the same 2010 race, the two Audis document how differently two customer teams dressed the identical GT3 platform for the same event. For a collection organized around endurance racing or driver pairings, car #102 brings a specific, well-documented entry rather than a generic racing livery.















