It’s fair to say that Audi Sport is enjoying a dominating year in the World Endurance Challenge. An exclamation point was added to that statement following the recent round at Spa where Audi achieved a perfect 1-2-3 result ahead of two rival Toyotas. As a result, Toyota has lodged a formal complaint against Audi’s dominance.
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A week before the Champions League final, London will be under the banner of motorsport. On its European tour, the DTM will stop on the outskirts of the British capital on May 18 and 19. Following the disappointing season opener, the Audi squad is dying for rectification and in pursuit of this aim is also banking on newcomer Jamie Green, who will be contesting his first ‘home round’ for Audi at Brands Hatch.
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Six more weeks until the Le Mans 24 Hours celebrates its 90th anniversary. Since 1999, Audi has shaped the world’s most important endurance race like no other automobile manufacturer. Eleven victories in 14 events – the technological milestones set by Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm are unrivaled in Le Mans history.
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If you didn’t know that they’re father and son you might think that Patrick and Adrien Tambay were good buddies looking at photos of the last summer vacation they spent together. Again and again, a finger shoots out to point at a picture, there’s plenty of laughter, acknowledging nods from time to time and a [...] More…
The first thought that comes to mind is that these two are made for each other. Jamie Green, the RS 5 Cabriolet, Monaco, sunshine – there are days when everything just perfectly fits together. So it comes as no surprise that the new member of the Audi squad is only willing to part with the 450-hp sports car during the photo shoot under protest. Again and again, he pushes the RS 5 to an intermediate sprint by briefly tapping the gas pedal and is obviously pleased to hear the unmistakable sound of the 4.2-liter engine. There’s no doubt about Jamie Green having arrived at Audi.
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On the first day 80, 60 the next, then 90 twice – I expect we’ll be doing around 900 kilometers again.” When Timo Scheider plans his training camps in Majorca, a purported holiday island, this could put the fear into quite a few hobby cyclists – but not into the 34-year-old German. Working hard and pursuing success with dogged determination is what he is used to and has, as the saying goes, been character-building in his case. That, despite his successes, he has kept both feet on the ground and doesn’t just think about himself, makes him one of the most popular drivers in the paddock.
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Instead of keeping his fingers crossed Miguel Molina prefers to use them, or putting it more precisely, to use his index finger. And he doesn’t do so to wish someone good luck either. Molina is an ace, as a slot car racer. Using his left index finger, he controls the speed of his electrically powered car on the slot car race track. In 2012, he thus managed to clinch a victory at the Audi DTM Challenge on the fringes of the DTM race at Oschersleben.
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Forget the drivers, Audi’s veteran chief of motorsport has become a celebrity in his own right over the years. The reason for such is simple. Ullrich has ushered in what is likely to be looked at as the most dominating winning streak in the long history of the four rings, marking countless championships and even more victories. As Audi Sport ushers in the 2013 DTM season, Dr. Ullrich looks back on some of the most significant moments in his career. More…
Ekström or Mortara, Rockenfeller or Scheider, Tambay or Molina. No matter which Audi driver you approach with the subject of the DTM’s premiere in Russia you can tell that they’re all incredibly excited about a new adventure coming up in the racing series. And it’s no exaggeration to call the visit to the Moscow Raceway an adventure. “We need solid travel planning,” muses Mattias Ekström for example. “With traffic being the way it is around the city even the shortest distance is incalculable – it’ll be a thrill. And not only that …”
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More than 100 employees are in action for Audi on a DTM weekend. And whether they’re race drivers, head of motorsport or mechanics, there’s hardly anyone who doesn’t need something from Volker Nossek now and then –even if it’s just a phone number or some good advice.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013. It’s cold and gray in Ingolstadt when Jamie Green visits his new employer for the first time. Four weeks ago, the Briton was announced as the new Audi driver for the 2013 DTM. The headline read, “Audi signs ‘King of the Norisring.’”
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The new man is an old acquaintance – at least on Roderstraße in Ingolstadt. Dieter Gass, who is 50 years old now and has been heading the DTM project of AUDI AG since April has worked here before. From November 1994 to March 2001, Gass was an engineer at Audi Sport. Then he followed a call from Formula 1.
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