16 Jan 2023

Team Audi Sport with Good Individual Results and Setbacks at the Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81923"] source: Audi AG 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...
9 Jan 2023

Team Audi Sport Remains Motivated for Second Half of Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81593"] source: Audi AG 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...
6 Jan 2023

Two Incidents for Audi at the Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="81581"] source: Audi AG 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...
21 Dec 2022

Audi Sets Sights on Podium at Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="80929"] source: Audi AG 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...
8 Nov 2022

Thorough Preparation of the Audi Drivers for the Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="78787"] source: Audi AG 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...
16 Nov 2021

To the Limit and Beyond: Audi Tests Again for the Dakar Rally in Morocco

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="66086"] source: Audi AG 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...
1 Jun 2021

Audi with “Dream Team” at the Dakar Rally

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="61239"] source: Audi AG 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...