5 Oct 2020

Müller, Frijns or Rast? Audi Drivers Fight for the Drivers’ Title in the DTM

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="53666"] source: Audi Sport Races in Zolder, Belgium can already bring the decision Home advantage for Nico Müller’s teammate Robin Frijns René Rast victorious last year at Zolder Final spurt in the DTM: After a short break, four races within eight days on October 10, 11, 17 and 18 are on the agenda at Zolder, Belgium, that could decide the fight for the drivers’ title. With championship leader Nico Müller (242 points), his teamm...
Mon, Oct 05 , 2020 Bill
19 Sep 2020

“Robin Good”: Audi Driver Frijns Wins Again

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="52935"] source: Audi Sport Dutchman celebrates rare lights-to-flag victory in the DTM at the Nürburgring Defending champion René Rast completes 1-2 for Audi Championship leader Nico Müller recovers to strong fifth after being spun around Second victory in a row: following his success on the Grand Prix circuit last Sunday, Robin Frijns from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline also won the first of the two DTM races on the Nürburgring’s sprin...
Sat, Sep 19 , 2020 Bill
6 Sep 2020

Huge Cheers in Assen: Audi Driver Frijns Celebrates First DTM Victory in Front of Home Crowd

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="51722"] source: Audi Sport Dutchman wins Saturday’s race at the TT Circuit in Assen Dominant Audi RS 5 DTM: 14th pole position in a row and 1-2-3-4-5 success Audi drivers let the fans at the racetrack cheer even before the start Robin Frijns could not have chosen a better moment for his first victory in the DTM: The Dutch Audi driver triumphed at Assen on Saturday in front of a home crowd. For the first time since the beginning ...
Sun, Sep 06 , 2020 Bill
16 Aug 2020

DTM Thriller: Rast and Müller Cross the Finish Line Side-By-Side

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50570"] source: Audi Sport Sunday’s race at the Lausitzring ends with spectacular photo finish Audi drivers separated by only 0.089 seconds Champion René Rast is back DTM thriller at the Lausitzring: In a spectacular Sunday’s race, title defender René Rast from Audi Sport Team Rosberg and championship leader Nico Müller from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline crossed the finish line side-by-side in their Audi RS 5 DTM cars. 0.089 seconds ...
Sun, Aug 16 , 2020 Bill
14 Aug 2020

Strong End to the Season for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler in Formula E

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50537"] source: Audi Sport DTM champion René Rast just misses out on another podium Lucas di Grassi drives from tenth on the grid to sixth place Sam Bird in customer car finishes fifth after comeback drive Fourth place for René Rast, sixth for Lucas di Grassi: Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler finished the last Formula E race of the season with both cars in the top six. After his first podium on Wednesday, René Rast achieved the best qualif...
Fri, Aug 14 , 2020 Bill
10 Aug 2020

Half-Time in Berlin: Audi Driver di Grassi Third in the Championship

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="50298"] source: Audi Sport Lucas di Grassi also scores points in third race of Formula E finale Robin Frijns misses victory in photo finish by only 0.128 seconds Third consecutive podium for the Audi e-tron FE06 Half-time at the marathon season finale of Formula E in Berlin. After three of the six races in the German capital, Lucas di Grassi from the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team is third with 61 points in the drivers’ champions...
Mon, Aug 10 , 2020 Bill
28 Jul 2020

Audi Ready for Formula E Six-Pack in Berlin

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49892"] source: Audi Sport Showdown at Tempelhof: six races in nine days to end the season Debut for DTM star René Rast in the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team Record man Lucas di Grassi: “the championship is the goal” 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 ...
Tue, Jul 28 , 2020 Bill
20 Jul 2020

Allan McNish: “Six-Pack Is an Enormous Mental and Physical Challenge”

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="49574"] source: Audi Sport Audi prepares for the final six Formula E races in Berlin “Mission Control” in Neuburg supports with all decisions Hygiene concept requires perfect preparation and new distribution of tasks 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...
Mon, Jul 20 , 2020 Bill
5 Jul 2020

René Rast Drives Audi Formula E Car For The First Time

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="48950"] source: Audi Sport Positive impressions during testing of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Preparation for the restart of the season in Berlin on August 5 René Rast: “I’m looking forward to the challenge more and more every day” The final phase of preparation for the restart of the Formula E season has begun: Newcomer René Rast completed his first laps in the electric race car during testing at the Lausitzring. Alongside his teammat...
Sun, Jul 05 , 2020 Bill
19 Jun 2020

Formula E: Double DTM Champion Rast Races for Audi at the Grand Finale in Berlin

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="48551"] source: Audi Sport Electric series to run six races in Berlin from August 5–13 René Rast replaces Daniel Abt until the end of the season Two-time DTM champion tests the Audi e-tron FE06 for the first time in early July Formula E is making a spectacular comeback on the race track: Between August 5 and 13, the all-electric racing series will be staging no less than six rounds in succession at the former Tempelhof A...
Fri, Jun 19 , 2020 Bill
10 Apr 2020

#Racehome: DTM Drivers From Audi in Virtual Races for a Good Cause

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="45718"] source: Audi Sport Charity racing series with the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo Initiative by Audi factory driver Mike Rockenfeller Audi factory driver Mike Rockenfeller has initiated a virtual racing series under the motto #RaceHome, which will be held on the PlayStation 4 with the fully-electric Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo. The proceeds will be used for a good cause. Once a week, fans of the Audi brand and SimRacing profe...
Fri, Apr 10 , 2020 Bill
2 Feb 2020

Audi Racing Drivers Thrill Fans At GP Ice Race

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="42788"] source: Audi Sport Daniel Abt, René Rast and Benoît Tréluyer put in a spectacular show in Zell am See Audi e-tron FE06 and Audi RS 5 DTM sideways on ice and snow Rally legend Stig Blomqvist drives historic Audi Sport quattro Spectacular drifts on ice and snow: at the second running of the GP Ice Race in Austria’s Zell am See, Formula E driver Daniel Abt and DTM champion René Rast tackled slippery terrain with their Audi race ...
Sun, Feb 02 , 2020 Bill
31 Jan 2020

Six Correct Ones: Audi With Unchanged Driver Squad In The 2020 DTM

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="42646"] source: Audi Sport Defending champion René Rast spearheads the Audi lineup DTM again an important pillar in AUDI AG's motorsport program With an unchanged driver squad, Audi is launching the “Title Defense” project in the DTM in the 2020 motorsport season. After the most successful DTM season in the company's history, winning all three championship titles, twelve wins, twelve pole positions, twe...
Fri, Jan 31 , 2020 Bill
25 Nov 2019

Audi Driver Tréluyer Shines In Comeback

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="39137"] source: Audi Sport Frenchman best driver of a DTM car in “dream race” at Fuji on Saturday Spectacular first joint race of DTM and SUPER GT DTM Champion René Rast thrills fans with fightback Surprise in the “dream race” at Fuji (Japan): in the turbulent first joint race of the DTM and the Japanese SUPER GT Championship, Benoît Tréluyer in sixth position was the best Audi driver on Saturday. In his first race with the Aud...
Mon, Nov 25 , 2019 Bill
19 Nov 2019

A Dream Comes True: Four Audi RS 5 DTM In “Dream Race” In Japan

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="38612"] source: Audi Sport First joint DTM and SUPER GT races at Fuji 1.5-kilometer straight poses special challenge DTM Champion René Rast: “Am excited to see what’s in store for us” At the conclusion of an extremely successful season for Audi, DTM fans can look forward to a unique treat for dessert: On Saturday and Sunday (November 23/24), the first two joint races of the DTM and the Japanese SUPER GT will be held at the foot of fam...
Tue, Nov 19 , 2019 Bill
15 Nov 2019

At The Wheel Of The Champion

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="38398"] source: Roland Löwisch for Audi Sport 610 turbo horsepower, the Hockenheimring and rainy weather: challenging preconditions for motoring journalist Roland Löwisch doing his test laps in René Rast’s championship-winning Audi RS 5 DTM. Löwisch has been reporting about the motoring sector since 1990. The ‘Auto Bild’, ‘Auto Forum’ and ‘STERN’ magazines have been the most important stints in his professional career during whi...
Fri, Nov 15 , 2019 Bill
20 Oct 2019

Audi Employees In Ingolstadt Celebrate DTM Champion René Rast And Successes In GT Racing

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="36783"] source: Audi AG Victorious race cars driven through production halls at Ingolstadt plant René Rast, Frank Stippler and Dries Vanthoor enthusiastically welcomed With a unique activity, the employees at Audi’s Ingolstadt location celebrated Audi’s triple title win in the 2019 DTM and the successes of Audi Sport customer racing in the GT category: for the first time ever, race cars were driven through the productio...
Sun, Oct 20 , 2019 Bill
8 Oct 2019

Audi RS 4 Avant Debuts At DTM Finale Hockenheim

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="36429"] words: Bill, photos: Audi Sport While going through over 435 photos from the DTM finale at Hockenheim (won by Nico Müller followed by Mike Rockenfeller and René Rast), we came across these photos from the Audi Thrill Zone. Apparently the Audi RS 4 Avant made its debut there with René Rast behind the wheel...woof. [gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="36432"] This would be how I would order my RS 4 Avant...if we ...
Tue, Oct 08 , 2019 Bill
7 Oct 2019

Triple Triumph In The Finale: Audi Crowns Its Most Successful DTM Season

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="36272"] source: Audi Sport Nico Müller wins wet race in front of Mike Rockenfeller and René Rast Twelfth victory in 18th race for the Audi RS 5 DTM Management Board Member for Development Rothenpieler: “Vorsprung durch Technik par excellence” Rain, fireworks and all-out partying at Audi: in the final race of the 2019 DTM, the brand with the four rings again gave the competition no chance and crowned its most successful DTM season with ...
Mon, Oct 07 , 2019 Bill
5 Oct 2019

Masterful DTM Champion: René Rast Celebrates Seventh Victory This Season

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="36215"] source: Audi Sport Audi driver wins Saturday’s race in DTM finale at Hockenheim 50th success for the Audi RS 5 DTM Audi Sport Team Rosberg secures teams’ championship ahead of time René Rast began the final weekend of the DTM with a masterful performance: The Champion won Saturday’s race at the Hockenheimring from pole position. Having scored the maximum number of points, he secured the teams’ championshi...
Sat, Oct 05 , 2019 Bill