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Rapson completes maiden A2RL race and debuts its reinforcement-learning AI driver at Yas Marina Circuit
Budapest, Hungary — December 04, 2025 | PR001
Budapest-based deep-tech racing team Rapson has successfully completed its first race weekend in the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), debuting its in-house-developed AI driver. A2RL is the world’s largest driverless racing series, where teams race modified Super Formula cars – the second most powerful single-seaters after Formula 1 – around Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
Beyond its competitive debut, the Hungarian engineering team also achieved a significant technical milestone: Rapson is the first in the world to entrust a high-performance race car on a real circuit to a reinforcement-learning-based AI driver, outside of simulation.
Rapson’s participation in A2RL is supported by partners such as the Bosch Group in Hungary, GanzKK and Riptides.
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Rapson is a Budapest-based deep-tech racing team and startup, born out of years of engineering in top-level motorsport, automotive and autonomous systems. The team’s mission is to develop superhuman motion intelligence – AI that can make fast, safe, optimal decisions in the physical world – starting in extreme environments like autonomous racing and then bringing that capability into everyday traffic and road vehicles.
Rapson is a competitor in A2RL, racing an autonomous Super Formula–spec car at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and contributing to the global push to bring advanced autonomy from simulation into the real world.
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About A2RL
The world’s leading extreme autonomous racing series.
A2RL is an all-new extreme racing series that is pushing the envelope of autonomous technology. Conceived by ASPIRE and brought together by the tireless efforts of engineers, scientists, and programmers, it is a STEM-fueled race and global autonomous showcase. Each year, teams from educational and technological institutions from around the world compete to develop the fastest, most capable racing AI.
The series aims to accelerate the development of advanced autonomous systems while inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders. A2RL is also playing a role in making Abu Dhabi a world-leading city for autonomous technology development and deployment.
A2RL is organized by ASPIRE, is part of the UAE’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC).
Official site: https://a2rl.io/
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