Driving an Audi RS4 Avant and the e-tron GT over a frozen lake in Finland is a test of control, speed and ultimately, your ego
It’s 9.30am and the sun is just a faint orange glow above the snow-draped pine trees. Dawn is breaking, revealing the expanse of the pure white landscape slowly unfolding in front of us. It’s early February and we are at the edge of a frozen lake close to the small town of Muonio in Finland, some 160km north of the Arctic Circle. This spot will be our playground for three days. Our toys: The Audi RS4 Avant and the Audi e-tron GT.
The secret to smoothly pirouetting round the multiple tracks on ice is weight transfer.
You have to know how to balance the throttle and steering angle to keep the car in a controlled drift.It may look cool in the movies but the Audi cars took some pretty hard knocks without flinching on ice.