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Innovative prototype up against strong competition
Audi driver crews look forward to tough challenges in January
Team Audi Sport and QMS form a proven organizational structure
The Audi RS Q e-tron faces its third Dakar Rally. Team Audi Sport has optimized the pioneering rally prototype, that has an electric drivetrain, a high-voltage battery and an energy converter, in meticulous detail for the toughest rall...
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Ups and downs for Audi at the Morocco Rally
Three stage victories for innovative Audi RS Q e-tron
All three Audi RS Q e-tron cars at the finish of the Morocco Rally
Team Audi Sport received no reward for a strong recovery at the Morocco Rally: Stéphane Peterhansel and co-driver Edouard Boulanger had improved from sixth place to second position on the penultimate day. However, a failure of the water pu...
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14 stage podiums and seven times among the top 3 in the overall standings
Electric drive concept of the low-emission race car highly efficient
Board member Oliver Hoffmann: “We’ll be back in 2024”
The effort paid off: Team Audi Sport shaped the 2023 Dakar Rally with innovation and performance right up to the end despite various setbacks. The Audi RS Q e-tron with its electric drive concept scored a tot...
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Strong contrast of competitiveness and severe disappointments
High motivation in the team despite setbacks for all driver teams
Tough second half of rally expected after rest day
For Team Audi Sport, the first half of the 2023 Dakar Rally was an emotionally intense mix: Two stage victories and the Audi RS Q e-tron’s first three days in the lead at the world’s toughest rally were offset by setbacks for all three d...
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The seventh day of the 2023 Dakar Rally was a black Friday for Audi: On the stage from Ha’il to Riyadh,Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz and Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger were separately very unlucky going over a dune after 212 kilometers. Peterhansel was in the lead when his co-driver complained of back pain after a hard landing. A helicopter took Edouard Boulanger to hospital, where doctors diagnosed an injur...
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Innovative Audi RS Q e-tron: with low-emission drive into the future
Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger, Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz: a team of winners
Motorsport boss Rolf Michl: “Great sporting excitement”
Revolutionizing the sport in an energy-efficient way and being among the best in the process: Audi has set itself no lesser task for the RS Q e-tron’s second outin...
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Nothing can replace experience and kilometers
Good team spirit after debut season and ahead of second Dakar Rally
New rules and challenges for 2023
The 2023 Dakar Rally will start in just under eight weeks. Audi continues to rely on its strong line-up of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz. The six drivers and co-drivers are looking forward to the desert...
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Second test of the Audi RS Q e-tron in North Africa
All driver teams take turns in the cockpit of the test car
Experience gained from more than 2,500 kilometers in the toughest terrain
Audi Sport took another step towards the Dakar Rally in the second week of November. At the second test in Morocco, Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz took turn...
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Driver teams confirmed for Audi Sport’s Dakar project
Dakar record winner, World Rally champion and DTM champion start for Audi
Audi to herald energy revolution in cross-country rallying
Audi is the first car manufacturer to fight for overall victory in the famous Dakar Rally with an electrified powertrain, thus also heralding an energy revolution in cross-country rallying. Audi Sport has succeeded in recruiting thr...