By Tarek Ramchani
Last year Audi France started a unique and very interesting single make series, the "Audi endurance experience". Open for Audi customers and featuring an all Audi A1 1.4 TFSI entry list.
Following the success of the first edition, the Audi endurance experience is back. Four qualifying events are scheduled this season around the most prestigious French race tracks, at Le Mans (Bugatti circuit), Magny-Cours, Nogaro and Paul Ricard. The big finale is a challenging 24 hour enduro event set at Paul Ricard in southern France. The series is limited to 26 cars with a five driver line-up for each of the Audi A1 cars. The four qualifying events are each 3 hour endurance races.
Being open for Audi customers and non professional drivers, the Audi A1 racer is very production based. The cars are using the 1.4 TFSI engine producing around 185 bhp. French motorsport specialists from Oreca were also involved in preparing the cars and made them safe for race purposes.
The 2012 calendar:
Le Mans, April 13th
Paul Ricard, June 1st
Nogaro, June 29th
Magny-Cours, September 7th
Paul Ricard (24 hour race), October 19th-21st
More informations:
Audi France official website
Audi France official Facebook
myAudi.fr
