---
title: "A Terrifying Lap in the Audi R8 V10 Plus"
description: "The Drive's disturbingly calm chief auto critic talks us through a 180 mph Daytona run."
date: "2016-04-21"
modified: "2016-04-21"
authors:
  - name: "Drive Video"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/drive-video"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/video/3100/a-terrifying-lap-in-the-audi-r8-v10-plus"
categories:
  - "Audi News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Audi"
  - "Coupe"
  - "R8"
  - "Supercar"
---

# A Terrifying Lap in the Audi R8 V10 Plus

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Topping 180 mph on Daytona International Speedway's banked oval takes feet of lead, nerves of steel, and the ace factor of a fighter pilot. *The Drive* chief auto critic Lawrence Ulrich has all of those things, plus a short-sleeved racing suit. Badass, we know, but he's all ours, ladies.

![0421160-audi-r8-lap-art.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/0421160-audi-r8-lap-art.jpg>)

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