TUM Races to Victory at ASPIRE's Inaugural Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League at Yas Marina Circuit
TUM secures victory in a last lap overtake, ahead of CONSTRUCTOR, POLIMOVE and UNIMORE H.H. Sheikh Theyab awarded the Championship Trophy, along with H.E. Faisal Al Bannai Inaugural autonomous car race drew over 10,000 spectators at the circuit and over 600,000 online viewers in 12 hours Eight fully autonomous AI-powered cars fought to win US$2.25 Mn cash prize pot Four autonomous cars raced wheel-to-wheel in world-first attempt Former F1 driver Daniil Kvyat wowed crowds with narrow victory by 10.38 secs in AI vs Human race Series to accelerate autonomous adoption and development, enable future mobility ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — TUM (Technical University of Munich) from Germany, claimed victory at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) , at Yas Marina Circuit on Saturday (April 27). As the cars lined up on the grid, with antennae, sensors, AI capabilities, and drive-by-wire systems instead of human drivers, eight teams vied with one another over two days of races and challenges. TUM beat back the competition with its coding and engineering skills in a world-first, four-car race finale, to claim the winner’s share of US$2.25 million prize pot.