https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en...rsport-strategy-formula-e-instead-of-wec-6980 Audi is realigning its motorsport strategy. The premium brand will terminate its FIA WEC commitment, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, at the end of the 2016 season. Instead Audi is taking up a factory-backed commitment in the all-electric Formula E racing series... More at the link
No big shock the program is diesel and diesel is dead for Volkswagen. The resources will just be shifted to Porsche.
Yeah, I did find it interesting that both Audi and Porsche competed in P1 and they are both a part of VAG.
Makes sense. The EPA killed Audi's (and VW's) push of diesels so why race them? They are jumping into electric hybrids so why not race that stupid, gay ass, four wheeled toaster series? and gets them closer to F1 where they've been rumored to going for about the last 700 years.
Depends on who protests and if the org follows through, or if it's a legit protest, or maybe Porsche protests then admits on a forum they cheated after the race.
Boooo on so many levels but I can see how this stint for their P1 program has run its course. The R8 LMS is having a lot of success on track and as a customer program and they just announced the TTRS as a turnkey race car, but none of this fills the gap of the most dominant ever P1 program. I really wish they would enter F1 either as a full factory team or engine supplier with the current regs since Audi and turbo go hand in hand in my mind.
You sure they're just not feeling the pinch from the VW debacle? Audi itself seems to be doing pretty good. https://www.audiusa.com/newsroom/ne...sets-june-sales-record-66th-consecutive-month I think it sucks too. Even a single marque leaving any sport diminishes said sport in some fashion. Same as if Toro Rosso left F1. They may be Red Bull lite, but they are a team that challenges for the checkered at every race.
yeah, well, the motorsports stuff prolly isn't decided at audi , but rather at Volkswagen AG . we see and hear it on all ends, everything and everyone that goes to VW (audi, skoda, ...) is being reviewed and price cuts are demanded
VAG made it clear at the Paris auto show this month that they are positioning themselves as a leader in the electric vehicle field and distancing themselves from the negative image associated with diesel. The smile and silence when a journalist asked that question on TV to one of the head honchos (I can't remember which one) clearly indicated that he was no denying that this is what is happening.
Germany also outlawed combustion motors after 2030. It probly has more to do with the future, rather than Audi's past.
Haha, that's some funny shit. Good luck with that one. As far as negative image? You mean the one that VW gave it to diesel? German OEMs have obviously lost their shit.
I've been a longtime fan of the Audi - Team Joest cars. They have pioneered alot of technology over the years.