Changing lives

The final Audi Foundation fundraising raffle for 2025 is underway and for just $55, the price of a ticket, you will help to continue the life-changing work of the Audi Foundation’s not-for-profit partners. You could also find yourself on the receiving end of life-changing news with not one, but two tremendous incentive prizes on offer to two lucky participants.

Headlining this raffle is a new Audi RS 3 Sportback in striking Kyalami green, valued at $123,318.29 (drive away) – a brilliant, high-performance vehicle from the designing minds at Audi Sport. Also on offer for another lucky participant is the Ultimate Audi Trackside F1 Experience – a luxurious trip for two to Melbourne to enjoy the FORMULA 1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026 at the Audi Trackside Suite. Valued at $33,000, it includes luxury accommodation in the country’s southern capital as well as numerous exclusive extras for what will be a memorable start to the 2026 Formula 1 season.

These are compelling reasons to support the work of the Audi Foundation and its partners, whose work across the fields of education and careers, mental health and medical research help to make a real and positive difference to people’s lives right around the country. Since its inception in 2017, the Audi Foundation has raised more than seven million dollars, directing those funds through a dedicated grant system to proven not-for-profit organisations with established and programs and initiatives.

The ongoing projects supported by fundraising initiatives like this one are as diverse as they are far-reaching. From the groundbreaking research conducted by the Children’s Cancer Institute through its Zero program, the extraordinary work of the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation and CanToo Foundation, to buying much-needed medical equipment for children’s hospital wards through the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, medical research and outcomes are a key pillar. So too mental health and resilience through the Audi Foundation’s support of RU OK?, batyr Australia and BullyZero. Not-for-profits focusing on youth education and well-being are also supported through the work of the Country Education Foundation of Australia, Clontarf Foundation, Youth Opportunities and Zephyr Education Inc, while the foundation also supports sustainable communities through special crisis assistance when disasters such as flooding and bushfires place communities under extreme and unforeseen pressure. The work right across all of the pillars and organisations has a proven, long-term track record and continues to deliver outstanding results and positively changes lives.

While all tremendously successful in their own right, these programs are ongoing and require funding to continue the great work and positive results that have a been achieved to date. In addition to the two major raffles the Audi Foundation conducts each year, that funding comes from funds contributed by the National Audi Dealer Network and donations from generous individuals.

Funds from the sale of each of the 12,000 tickets will help to continue the work of these outstanding charities, and in addition, each participant will go into the draw to win the RS 3 Sedan and the Ultimate Trackside F1 Experience.

Recently unveiled to the Australian motoring press, the RS 3 Sportback is in its own way life-changing. With its distinctive engine note from the award-winning 2.5-litre, five-cylinder engine, the RS 3 Sportback develops 294kW or power and 500Nm of torque. From a standing start it hits 100km/h in a blistering 3.8 seconds on the way to a 250km/h top speed. Power goes down to all four wheels via a seven-speed S tronic transmission and with its torque-splitter – fully variable torque distribution between the rear wheels – it delivers levels of grip and agility that can really only be appreciated from behind the wheel on the right piece of road – or track.

Valued at $123,318.29 (drive away) the prize car in Kyalami Green (named after the famous South African Formula 1 circuit), features 19-inch Audi Sport alloy wheels in 10-cross-spoke and finished in silk matt grey. It also features the RS design package plus, with green interior stitching and highlights mirroring the exterior finish. Including its steering wheel with flat top and bottom finished in Dynamica microfibre with green stitching as well as green edging on the seatbelts and seat shoulders.

A luxurious vehicle sporting the very latest in automotive technology, infotainment and connectivity, it is the RS 3 Sportback’s extraordinary performance and handling that sets it apart and makes it a worthy first prize in this Audi Foundation raffle.

One other lucky participant in this raffle will also find themselves the recipient of of an extraordinary prize simply for taking part and supporting the Audi Foundation. Valued at $33,000, the Ultimate Audi Trackside F1 Experience will allow the winner and a guest to experience history in the making, attending the first round of the 2026 Formula 1 season in Melbourne and witnessing Audi’s own Formula 1 team take to the track for the first time.

The prize includes return flights from the winner’s nearest capital city in Australia to Melbourne with Virgin Australia and transfers to the luxurious 1 Hotel for four nights on the Grand Prix weekend (March 5 to 8, 2026).

With VIP access to the Albert Park circuit and access to the Audi Trackside Suite (March 6 to 8) right on the main straight, they will have the perfect vantage point from which to enjoy all the spectacle of the race, as well as enjoying a hosted pit walk and tour.

The weekend includes dinner for two at Bistro Guillaume (March 6), Audi ambassador Guillaume Brahmini’s famed Melbourne restaurant, and of course transfers back to the airport at the end of the weekend (March 9) and flights home.

And all this will go to two lucky participants simply for purchasing a ticket. Tickets cost just $55 each and ticket numbers capped at just 12,000.

The raffle is open from now until Monday 27 October, 2025, or until all of the 12,000 tickets are sold.

The lucky winners will be drawn from all entries on Wednesday, 29 October, 2025 at 1500hrs (AEDT).

* Price value based on RRP, inclusive of registration and on-road costs for delivery in NSW.  No optional extras or accessories included unless stated. No vehicle insurance provided. This prize can be collected from any Audi Australia dealer (See www.audi.com.au for a list of dealer locations). This Prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash. Conditions apply – see terms and conditions.

Overseas model shown. The vehicle pictured is for illustration purposes only and may differ in colour and specification from the actual prize vehicle.