[urq] Celebration, re: e-rallies

Wed Jul 14 12:40:29 PDT 2010

Hey,

I have to say that this is pretty cool stuff, and it's awesome that  
the urq won overall, with a blind navigator no less.

The shining point to me is that I now understand why Audi can be so  
awful toward it's legacy drivers. Hell, their development is not only  
a dick, but a Chief Dick. Only when he isn't up for the job anymore  
will we find that the flacid support for us may change. Only firm  
leadership in the Development Chief will help us. But right now, he's  
so excited that we are gonna have to give him a chance to take a  
break, relax, re-focus, and then he can maybe perform again with the  
same pride and vigor.

At least we know that Dick holds a high position at Audi. So we might  
know where to point our attention.

Michael

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> Audi ur-quattro and R8 e-tron win the Silvretta Classic and E-Auto  
> Rally
>
> . Audi R8 e-tron winner of the first "Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon"
>
> . 0.5 second lead for e-tron technology demonstrator after three  
> stages
>
> . Audi ur-quattro with blind co-pilot clinches overall win in the  
> Silvretta
>
> The Audi team secured a double victory for the four rings in the  
> inaugural
> "Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon 2010" and the 13th "Silvretta Classic
> Montafon" with the Audi e-tron technology demonstrator based on the  
> R8 and
> the Audi ur-quattro from 1988. Three-time Mille Miglia winner  
> Luciano Viaro
> clinched first place in the classic car rally. Development Chief  
> Michael
> Dick and works driver Lucas Luhr took the Audi e-tron electric  
> sports car
> across the finishing line with the best result over a course of 167.5
> kilometers (104.08 miles).
>
> "We are delighted at the Audi e-tron's victory in the first E-Auto  
> Rally,"
> declared Michael Dick, member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG  
> with
> responsibility for Technical Development. "On the Silvretta E-Auto  
> Rally's
> challenging route profile, we were able to demonstrate that we are  
> well on
> the way to bringing electric drive to production maturity with our e- 
> tron
> technology demonstrator based on the R8."
>
> Audi R8 e-tron wins Silvretta E-Auto Rally
>
> In the "Silvretta E-Auto Rally Montafon 2010", the 230 kW (313 hp)  
> R8 e-tron
> technology demonstrator had to show what it is capable of over three  
> stages
> and ten time trials. The two-seater was pitted against 23 other  
> electric
> cars over three days of racing, clinching victory in the overall  
> standings
> by more than half a second. This rally was not just about speed. The
> vehicles had to achieve specific target times in the time trials.
> The biggest challenge for the Audi team came on the second day's  
> racing in
> the famous Silvretta mountain and valley time trials. In the fourth  
> time
> trial, the Audi R8 e-tron had to drive up the Silvretta High Alpine  
> Road and
> handle an altitude difference of 1,000 meters (3,280.84 ft) over the
> mountain road's 15 kilometers (9.32 miles). Audi works driver Lucas  
> Luhr
> nevertheless managed to finish third in the R8 e-tron. The Audi team  
> even
> managed to advance to second place in the overall standings for the  
> second
> day. Upon reaching the finishing line in Partenen at the end of the  
> third
> stage, Development Chief Dick was able to celebrate overall victory  
> for
> Audi. The Audi drive concept was particularly impressive. Four  
> motors - two
> on the front and two on the rear axle - drive the wheels of the Audi  
> R8
> e-tron, making this experimental vehicle a genuine quattro.
>
> Audi Tradition scoops overall win in the Silvretta with blind co-pilot
>
> A team from Audi Tradition scooped its first ever overall win in the
> celebrated Silvretta Classic race. No other competitor in the race  
> drove
> with greater precision than Luciano Viaro in the Audi ur-quattro  
> from 1988.
> Although the multiple Mille Miglia winner was not thought of as an  
> outsider,
> the remarkable fact is that his co-pilot is blind. Enrico Mussinelli  
> read
> the roadbook in braille. Audi Tradition has teamed up with Luciano  
> Viaro to
> support the Italian-inspired M.I.T.E. project, which has set itself  
> the
> objective of making classic car racing equally accessible to the  
> visually
> impaired. Viaro will be driving an Audi ur-quattro with blind co- 
> pilots in a
> total of five events this year.
>
>
>
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