#A3E Audi e-tron endurance experience: The First 100% Electric Endurance Race for Audi Customers

• After the success of the Audi endurance experience (#Audi2E), the manufacturer with the rings launches the Audi e-tron endurance experience
• A new era with the first 100% electric circuit endurance competition dedicated to its customers.
• A perfect combination of sportiness, performance and efficiency, this brand event aims to be impactfy and memorable.
• A regularity race approved by the French Motor Sport Federation (FFSA)

[source: Audi France]

Roissy-en-France – The Audi e-tron endurance experience will be held on April 25 and 26 at the Circuit Paul Ricard du Castellet. This gathering will see 21 crews, composed of Audi customers, VIPs and the media, take up the challenge of electric in a 3-hour race.

This innovative event will highlight the brand’s commitment to electromobility. 21 cars composed of 10 customer crews and 11 journalist and VIP crews (4 pilots and 1 coach per crew) will compete at the wheel of theAudi e-tron GT quattroandAudi RS e-tron GT quattro. The objective? Cover the greatest possible distance in 3 hours on a single charge, without replacing consumables. The winner will be the team that has achieved the most distance, highlighting endurance, strategy and electrical technology.

Audi e-tron endurance experience: the legacy of #A2E

Launched in 2011, the Audi endurance experience (#A2E) offered members of the “myAudi” loyalty program to transform themselves into racing drivers, thus embodying the slogan “competition flows through our veins”. This annual event, which has already attracted 2,895 drivers in 6 years, including customers, prospects, media, and influencers, offered an authentic endurance competition on an FFSA-licensed circuit, exclusively reserved for amateurs. With varied qualifications and finals, such as the 24 Hours at Le Castellet and ice events in Lapland, #A2E provides a complete racing experience with vehicle, maintenance, equipment, FFSA license, and the supervision of a Team Manager. Feedback from participants showed high satisfaction and a notable impact on purchase intentions and sales, consolidating #A2E as an experiential marketing initiative that strengthens Audi’s customer engagement and image in motorsport. After preparing 30 Audi A1 and then 30 Audi A3 with specific equipment in partnership with Oreca, Audi France is evolving towards a 100% electric format with its GT from the e-tron range: the Audi e-tron GT.

A race recognized by the FFSA

The Audi e-tron endurance experience is a real car race supervised and validated by the French Motor Sport Federation (FFSA). This homologation, a guarantee of prestige and excellence, highlights compliance with the highest standards in terms of safety, sporting fairness, and environmental commitment, thus offering an irreproachable competitive experience.

A lasting partnership with the Paul Ricard circuit

The Audi e-tron endurance experience will take place on the Paul Ricard du Castellet circuit, with whom Audi has been forming a lasting partnership for more than 15 years thanks in particular to their common commitment to sustainable mobility. This collaboration is based on a shared vision of a sustainable future for mobility and motorsport.

The myAudi program at the heart of the strategy

Marc Ouayoun, Managing Director of Audi France, has made it one of the strategic axes ofhis pole26 strategy: offer a reference customer experience through the 4 pillars of the Audi service: personalization, the customer journey, customer relationship, and the myAudi program.

This loyalty program brings the Audi community together around “money can’t buy” events, strengthening common values and commitment to the brand. In 2023, the myAudi program proposed 25 events (sports, gastronomic and hotel, artistic and cultural, or moments created by the brand) bringing together several hundred customers in the field of art and culture, to which are added the “Audi driving experience”, days of driving on a circuit or road tests, driving the most exclusive models in the range. Among them, Canneseries, VivaTech, the e-tron GT drive or the Forum Design Miami/Paris.

The Audi e-tron endurance experience event is part of Audi’s strategy to offer an exceptional customer experience through the myAudi program.

Competition: Audi’s DNA

The Audi e-tron endurance experience illustrates Audi’s continuous commitment to motorsport since its creationof Audi Sport GmbH in 1983. Audi has always excelled in motorsport, using racing as a test field for its production technologies, and is recognized worldwide for its performance. With the advent of electromobility, Audi persists in marking motorsport with its mark while integrating ecological concerns. This dedication is manifested by his commitment to the Formula E championship from 2014 to 2021, and his participation since 2022 in the Dakar Rally, which the brand haswon in January 2024Withthe Audi RS Q e-tron, a revolutionary prototype.

The event will also highlight theAudi S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron, developed for Ken Block and his video “Elektrikhana”, who will carry out the training round of the race with his official driver Rinaldo Capello, known as Dindo Capello, who will honor us with his presence at the event. In 2026,Audi is committed to Formula 1, preparing for an era of regulations focused on electrification and sustainability, affirming its position as a key player in the evolution of motorsport towards a greener era. Audi thus continues to play a leading role in the transformation of motorsport.

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