Njengoba sakutshela ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, I-Audi izojoyina umqhudelwano we-Formula E ngesizini ezayo ngaphansi kwegama lika I-Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. Ngokuyinhloko, bangeze igama labo kulelo qembu le-ABT elivele likhona, elingaphandle kokuncintisana, abaqeqeshi bomkhiqizo we-Ingolstadt.
Akusekude ukuthi kuqale isizini entsha esigabeni sezihlalo ezisebenza ngogesi. Indawo ekhethiwe izoba yimigwaqo yaseHong Kong, kanye nosuku, Disemba 2. I-Audi yenze umsebenzi wayo wesikole, futhi muva nje yethule imoto yayo entsha yomjaho, i-Audi E-Tron FE04.
Kuze kube manje, imibala yeqembu le-ABT Schaeffler ibibomvu, eluhlaza kanye nophuzi. Emotweni kusukela ngesizini edlule, uphawu lwe-Audi belubonakala kahle, ophikweni olungemuva nasohlangothini lwemoto. Ngenyunyana yenkampani yaseJalimane, imoto izoba mhlophe futhi ibe luhlaza, namaphiko angaphambili nangemuva anombala ophuzi nomnyama ngokulandelana.
Ngokugxila kumakhenikha umehluko omkhulu uma uyiqhathanisa nemoto yangesizini edlule usemashini. Uma ngaphambi kokuthi ithimba le-ABT lisebenzise ukudluliselwa kwamagiya amathathu, manje selithule elisha elinejubane elilodwa kuphela ku-E-Tron FE04. Kanye nenjini kagesi, kuzoba nesihlalo esisodwa se-Audi esisha ekwazi ukukhiqiza amandla amahhashi angama-270 futhi ijubane isuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h ngemizuzwana engu-3,5 nje.
Ngokusho kuka-Audi, onjiniyela baleli qembu iningi labo eliphuma ochungechungeni lwemidlalo efana neWorld Endurance Championship (WEC) nohlelo lweLe Mans, i-Formula E njengelabhorethri yokuhlola ezodlulisa kamuva ubuchwepheshe nolwazi olutholwe ezimotweni zasemgwaqweni.
iqembu elisha I-Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler izoshutha eValencia ngesonto elizayo ezivivinyweni zangaphambi kwesizini kuphela. Lapho singabona uLucas di Grassi -umpetha wamanje wobuqhawe– kanye noDaniel Abt ekulawuleni lesi sihlalo esisha sohlobo lwaseJalimane.