Audi dismissed its Sport Quattro division head.

Audi officials have decided to fire Franciscus van Meeli - former director of Audi Quattro - because they were completely dissatisfied with the progress of the project R8.

Quattro Audi division has the mission to produce Sport versions and performance of the group R8, this project was performed on time, but the progress was unsatisfactory for Audi.

Therefore, Van Meeli 46 year's old man was appointed to lead the Division of Research and Development of the German manufacturer in Beijing, China. While his former job will lead the more experienced 60 years old Heinz Peter Hollerweger engineer, which will be responsible for the development department vehicles in Ingolstadt.

The launch of the second Audi R8 was scheduled for the first half of the 2014 spring, but it was postponed to early 2015. The reason given by Germans would be linked to a series of delayed mechanical changes.