Nine days, six races, three track layouts, a new driver in the team: the restart of the Formula E season is full of challenges for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. The German squad has big aims for its six-pack home round in the capital city and is determined to battle for trophies and the championship titles.
Audi Sport made a strong showing with its customers in Europe, Japan and Canada. The opening victory of the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in the most fiercely contested endurance racing series in Europe was the highlight of the fourth weekend in July.
Next weekend (August 1–2), the most compact DTM season of all time, all within just 100 days, will kick off on a very special race track: For the first time, the Audi RS 5 DTM will compete at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
Opportunities for real-world testing are limited in Formula E, especially in the current climate. We take a look at Audi’s drive for development and preparation of its purely electric racing cars via its dynamic driving simulator.
Formula E chief executive Jamie Reigle has responded to criticism of the all-electric championship from Formula 1’s Chase Carey and Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko by saying he is “flattered”. Having spoken last year, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko said Red Bull had no interested in entering FE “because we’re racing purists” and it did […]
It is a premiere in international motorsport: Within just nine days, Formula E holds its last six races of the season in August, including the title outcomes in the drivers’ and teams’ classifications. Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler is ready for the six-pack at the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin.
Audi Sport Italia made a strong start in the Italian GT Championship in an endurance race that was fiercely contested all the way to the end. Two GT4 exploits and one podium result each for the Audi R8 LMS GT2 and the Audi RS 3 LMS round off the weekend’s success.
Formula E could move to longer races with the advent of the Gen3 regulations, which are set to introduce rapid charging and bring back pitstops, reckons series CEO Jamie Reigle.
Pfaff Motorsports announced its intentions to compete in the full season of the 2020 Canadian Touring Car Championship, fielding a Motul-sponsored plaid Audi RS3 LMS TCR, representing the Pfaff Audi (Vaughan) and H.J. Pfaff Audi (Newmarket) dealerships. The car will be driven by 17-year-old Canadian driver Zachary Vanier for the revised, six-race CTCC calendar.
At rounds 2 and 3 of the Nürburgring Endurance Series, which were held on the same weekend at the Nürburgring on 11 and 12 July, Audi’s customers had plenty to celebrate. Audi Sport drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Christopher Haase and Markus Winkelhock in the Audi R8 LMS of the Audi Sport Team finished second overall on […]