Partnership with FIS prolonged: Audi to shape Alpine Ski World Cup for four more years

Audi will stay the main automobile model in winter sports activities and in honor of this affiliation, will likely be current as a accomplice of the ski associations, within the winter sports activities nations of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Norway, and Sweden. “Audi and elite alpine sports have been closely linked for decades. We are united by the determination for top performance, progress, and sustainability,” says Henrik Wenders, head of the Audi model. Extending the cooperation means Audi will proceed to be the unique automotive-industry accomplice of the FIS and different nationwide alpine groups for the subsequent four years. “From the very beginning, our cooperation has been built on reliability and trust,” remarks Vion. “We are delighted that the world of alpine skiing can continue to rely on its partner, Audi, for the next four years.”

As a results of the extension, Audi will make its mark on the worldwide occasions roster of the Alpine Ski World Cup till the 2025/2026 season on the very least. As common, followers will see Audi branding on web site at competitors venues in addition to on TV and on-line media. The focus at well-known and spectacular race venues such because the “Streif” close to Kitzbühel in Austria or the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen, Switzerland, will even be on the most recent electrical Audi fashions, which signify the transition of Audi expertise. As the unique automotive-industry accomplice of the FIS, Audi supplies the whole car fleet, making sustainable premium mobility a actuality.

In addition to its dedication to worldwide alpine snowboarding, Audi has prolonged its partnership with the German Ski Association (DSV), which started in 1984, till the 2025/2026 season. This makes Audi each staff accomplice and automotive-industry accomplice of the German nationwide groups in alpine snowboarding, ski cross, and freeskiiing for the subsequent four years. Audi will even help different nationwide ski associations, changing into a serious accomplice for alpine winter sports activities.

As is custom, Audi and the celebrities of alpine winter sports activities will kick off the brand new season collectively for the twenty first time this weekend (October 22, 23) on the Rettenbach glacier excessive above Sölden in Tyrol, with a program which incorporates large slalom within the girls’s and males’s occasions. The begin of the World Cup season in downhill pace snowboarding is deliberate to be on October 29 and 30 for males, and one week later for girls in Zermatt/Cervinia (Switzerland/Italy). On the final weekend of November, the primary Super G of the 2022/2023 season for males will happen in Lake Louise, Canada, while the ladies will even maintain their first Super G in Lake Louise on December 4.