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source: Audi AG
Distribution of competencies: driver and co-driver share the operation
Everything in view: from vehicle functions to navigation
Challenge in off-road sports: orientation as a competitive factor
A look inside the Audi RS Q e-tron should remind any car fan of an airplane cockpit: screens and displays are spread across the entire width of the instrument panel. Only with their help can the driver and co-driver c...
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source: Red Bull
Swede becomes a four-time champion after edging out Timmy Hansen
Johann Kristofferson was crowned the FIA World Rallycross champion in dramatic fashion following a thrilling doubleheader at the legendary Nürburgring in Germany. Here is all you need to know:
- On Saturday, Kristoffersson had kept up the defence of his title with a well-deserved victory, the third of his 2021 campaign.
- The Swedish driver had ente...
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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...
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source: Audi AG
Assembly of the rally cars has begun
Audi RS Q e-tron with complex powertrain concept
Four kilometers of cables, two central control units and six cooling systems
In 100 days from now, the 44th edition of the famous Dakar Rally will kick off. For Audi Sport, this marks the beginning of a real race against time.
Audi is tackling one of the greatest challenges in international motorsport, quite deliberately usin...
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source: Audi AG
Extreme conditions during two-week test in the desert
First test in the dunes for the electric drivetrain
Andreas Roos: “We still have a lot to do before the Dakar Rally”
On the way to its debut in the famous Dakar Rally in January 2022, Audi Sport has tested the Audi RS Q e-tron for almost two weeks in Morocco under the most extreme conditions.
After testing in Germany and Spain, the team headed f...
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source: Audi AG
Prototype for Dakar Rally completes eight-day test
All three Audi Sport driver teams deployed
Up to 180 km/h at a maximum of 34 degrees centigrade in the shade
On the way to its debut at the Dakar Rally in January 2022, the team of Audi Sport has taken another important step: The new Audi RS Q e-tron completed an eight-day endurance test in sweltering heat in Spain on gravel sections of the kind typically us...
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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...
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To say the pace of change has picked for Audi in motorsport would be an understatement. Less than a week ago (Nov 26), Audi pulled the wraps off of next season’s FE07 Formula E racer complete with Audi-developed MGU05 powertrain. Today, they’ve revealed plans for an electric assault on the 2022 Dakar Rally plus Audi Sport GmbH boss Julius Seebach taking the helm for motorsport efforts, and he’s already signaling a return to the top ...
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words: George Achorn, photos: José Lourseau of dakardantan.com
Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q3_2020 issue of quattro Magazine and is Part 2. You may find Part 1 HERE. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here.
quattro Magazine: How did you become part of the Audi France Dakar team?
José Lourseau: I had the chance to participate in the 1980 race in a Range Rover. I finished 31s...
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words: Ola Lereim of ableitet.no, Photo: Getty Images, José Lourseau of dakardantan.com
Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q2_2020 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here.
Amongst endurance rallies, the original iteration of the Paris-Dakar Rally holds maybe the most enduring, where the contestants started off the new year in Paris, travelled across t...
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words: Bill, photos: Audi of America
Our 2nd installment of #quarantinequattro comes from Audi of America. This very Audi Holiday (quattro de Mayo) celebrates 40 years of quattro.
First up (and in our hearts) is the Audi Sport quattro S1. This car dominated rally racing so much, it changed it. quattro was declared an 'unfair advantage' when it was introduced into touring car racing. You can download it HERE.
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words: Bill Cho, photos: Motorsport Auctions
For most of our Find of the Day segments, we highlight vehicles that we don't get in the States or are an interesting specimen. I think this counts as both.
When I 1st saw this RS 3, I thought it was just a replica with big a## lights and a wing on the back but then I saw pics of the interior. Is this a real tarmac stage rally car?
I mean, I wouldn't know a real one if it was parked in my garage but it looks real. There are no ...
[photo: Hot Wheels Dream Team Instagram]
Instagram is great; it's one of my favorite social media platforms (here is where I put a commercial that we also have an Instagram account, AudiClubNA). Not only can you see the latest things your friends visited, ate, drove, you can find gems like this.
Scrolling through last night, this diecast caught my eye (obviously). Hot Wheels Dream Team previewed this Sport quattro. From reading the replies, it looks to be released sometime in 2019 ...