The top-eight riders in each qualifying session receive points towards the Audi Performance Award with the end-of-season table-topper winning a stunning Audi S4 Cabriolet “Exclusive”.

Every pole-sitter scores eight-points with points awarded on a sliding scale down to the eighth fastest rider in each of the 13 Superbike qualifying sessions netting one-point which promises for an exciting, season-long competition.

Ryuichi Kiyonari, of Japan, who finished runner-up to Spain's 2005 BSB champion Gregorio Lavilla, won an Audi TT quattro in last year's Audi competition.

Meanwhile Audi UK is once again the official vehicle supplier for the Bennetts British Superbike Championship.

Seven cars, including two Audi RS 4 quattros (Safety Cars) and two Audi A6 Avant quattros (Medical Cars), will be in attendance as a valued part of the BSB race organisation this season.

The Audi Forum in Piccadilly, London, hosts the official launch of the 2006 series on 22 March. Bennetts, the UK's number one motorcycle insurance company, are sponsoring the 26-race, 13-venue series for a second consecutive year.

From the pre-war Auto Union GP racers to the new diesel-powered Audi R10 endurance racing car and Audi A4 DTM, Audi's history is inseparable from the history of motorsport itself.