After 18 highly successful seasons in which it dominated the highest levels of sports car racing Audi Sport announced Wednesday, Oct. 26, that it would withdraw from the World Endurance Championship after the 2016 season. The company will instead focus on the all-electric Formula E series
Speaking to 300 employees of the motorsport department, Chairman of the Board of Management Rupert Stadler announced that the Board of Management had decided to terminate Audi’s commitment in endurance racing, saying that it was important to focus on the things that would keep Audi competitive in the years ahead.
“We’re going to contest the race for the future on electric power,” Stadler said. “As our production cars are becoming increasingly electric, our motorsport cars, as Audi’s technological spearheads, have to even more so.”
