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Audi R8 LMS Ultra #100 MS Racing Patel / Dobitsch ADAC GT Masters 2013 Minichamps 1:43

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Audi R8 LMS Ultra #100 MS Racing Patel / Dobitsch ADAC GT Masters 2013 Minichamps 1:43 437130100 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Audi R8 LMS Ultra reproduces the #100 MS Racing car driven by Patel and Dobitsch in the 2013 ADAC GT Masters. The sealed body carries the full livery without a panel break, and the diecast build holds the R8's low, wide GT3 stance accurately. A focused way to add German GT3 racing to an endurance shelf.
Audi R8 LMS Ultra #100 MS Racing Patel / Dobitsch ADAC GT Masters 2013 Minichamps 1:43
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Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
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437130100
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About the Audi R8 LMS Ultra #100 MS Racing Patel / Dobitsch ADAC GT Masters 2013 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Audi R8 LMS Ultra reproduces MS Racing's #100 entry driven by Patel and Dobitsch in the 2013 ADAC GT Masters. The sealed diecast body carries the full sponsor livery in one unbroken surface, with the R8's wide GT3 stance held accurately at this scale.

ADAC GT Masters built its reputation as one of the toughest customer GT3 series in Europe, and Audi's R8 LMS Ultra was a regular front-runner through the platform's mid-life update. MS Racing's #100 entry carried Patel and Dobitsch through the 2013 season, and Minichamps' 1:43 diecast keeps that specific livery intact.

Minichamps' 1:43 Cast of the R8 LMS Ultra in MS Racing Colours

Patel and Dobitsch's 2013 Season Livery

MS Racing entered car #100 across the 2013 ADAC GT Masters calendar, with Patel and Dobitsch sharing driving duties in one of the grid's more understated liveries compared to factory-backed entries. Minichamps reproduces the sponsor decals and number board exactly as they ran that season, a specificity that separates this from a generic Audi R8 GT3 finished in a stock colour. The body's proportions follow the Ultra update rather than the original LMS, visible in the front splitter and the revised rear wing mounting that distinguished the mid-life car from its predecessor.

Diecast Construction and Sponsor Decal Registration

Casting this in zinc alloy gives the model real heft compared with a resin piece of the same size, and that density lets the tooling hold sharp definition around the wheel arches and the underbody diffuser, both areas a lighter material would soften. Because the body is a sealed casting, the sponsor decals wrap continuously from the door across the sill without a shut line interrupting the artwork, exactly the advantage a race liveried model gains from having no opening panels to accommodate. The paint holds a consistent gloss level across the whole car under a display light, rather than fading unevenly toward the roofline.

The R8 LMS Ultra Within Audi's GT3 Programme

From Roadgoing R8 to Customer Racer

Audi built the R8 LMS as a customer racing programme derived from the roadgoing R8, putting the car's mid-engined layout and V10-derived architecture into competition trim for teams that could not run a full factory operation. The Ultra designation marked a mid-life update, bringing aerodynamic and mechanical revisions that kept the car competitive as GT3 regulations tightened. Selling the car to independent squads like MS Racing was central to the business case, spreading the platform across grids a single factory team could never fill alone.

ADAC GT Masters as a Proving Ground

ADAC GT Masters ran as a showcase for exactly this kind of customer racing, pitting manufacturer-backed GT3 cars from Audi, Mercedes, Porsche and others against each other on some of Germany's best-known circuits. The series demanded reliability over a full season rather than a single headline result, which is why teams like MS Racing valued a platform proven across multiple seasons rather than chasing the newest specification. This #100 entry represents exactly that kind of steady, competitive midfield campaign rather than a factory title challenge, the sort of result that rarely makes headlines but keeps a series populated season after season.

Building a GT3 Grid on the Shelf

At 1:43, an Audi R8 LMS Ultra sits comfortably alongside GT3 rivals from other manufacturers without demanding the shelf space a 1:18 grid would need, a practical choice for anyone assembling a full season rather than a handful of standout cars. Compare this against other Audi GT3 liveries by checking decal registration first, since sponsor artwork placement is usually where quality separates fastest. This MS Racing car is a genuine 2013-dated entry rather than a stock factory finish, worth checking before adding any GT3 model to a themed shelf run.

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