La Loupe St. Anton, St. Christoph & Stuben am Arlberg No. 4

Auf den Audi driving experience Trainingsflächen in Seefeld (Tirol)
und Saalbach (Salzburger Land) werden verschiedene Trainings angeboten.
Im Aufbau- und Drifttraining lernen die Teilnehmer, in Notsituationen
richtig zu reagieren, und üben sich im sportlichen und kontrollierten Fahren
auf eisigem Untergrund. In der Ice Challenge werden Kugelslalom und
Powerslide geübt und im Cheftraining für hohe fahrerische Ansprüche
geht es um die Schulung von Reflexen in Aus nahmesituationen.
Jedes dieser Trainings wird von Instruk toren betreut, die überwiegend
aktive oder ehemalige Motorsportprofis sind. www.audi.de/driving
Sport & Freizeit
engl. ∕ ... and in winter a glistering sea of ice.
Instead of peacefully grazing cows, horsepower is
what dominates the scene on the challenging Audi
driving experience training grounds in Saalbach
and Seefeld, Austria.
With fluctuating temperatures, up to 12 meters of snow falls every season
in Saalbach alone, covering the meadow landscape in a white winter
cloak. If there is enough snow, the course staff get the engines going. In
Saalbach, 40,000 square meters are compacted and in Seefeld, 50,000
square meters. Two small tractors fitted with smoothing boards and
rollers make their way back and forth, compacting the smoothed snow
until it is five centimeters thick. At a speed of only one to two kilometers
per hour, they crawl for hours over the white tracks and spray water onto
the area from an eight-meter jet. When temperatures drop to -5°C, the
surface is transformed into a firm sheet of ice that is so smooth you can
almost see your reflection in it.
Once that’s done, the challenging winter training courses in cars with
quattro drive can begin. How do you steer an Audi safely on an icy road?
And how do you put it through its paces throughout the course? If the
weather is right and it’s cold enough, participants have all day to try out
precisely that and much more. If the temperature rises above five degrees,
however, the exercises have to be staggered so that the surface is worn
down evenly. Spikes on the tires provide the necessary grip. Hazards, like
the temperatures, are kept low. Even those who overshoot the boundaries
are cushioned by the protective wall of snow.
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