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#audi #dakar #germancar #germancars #germancarforum Team Audi Sport received a warm welcome in its home country after winning the Dakar Rally. At the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm sites, the winners Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz and their teammates Emil Bergkvist and Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger appeared before the workforce. The Board of Management of AUDI AG also welcomed the successful motorsport drivers, who drove their electrically powered off-road prototypes around the two factory sites and signed numerous autographs. All three driver teams visit Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm Board of Management and thousands of plant employees welcome the Dakar winners Autographs around the works meetings read on Audi MediaCenter

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Audi makes history: for the first time, a low-emission prototype with an electric drive, high-voltage battery and energy converter wins the world’s toughest desert rally with the Audi RS Q e-tron. The Spaniards Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz secured Audi’s first victory in the Dakar Rally after around 7,900 kilometers with a lead of 1h 20min. Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist also crossed the finish line. Audi RS Q e-tron wins toughest desert rally with innovative drive system Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz achieve fourth personal victory Gernot Döllner: “Audi has once again set a milestone” read on Audi MediaCenter

At the halfway point of the Dakar Rally, Team Audi Sport can look back on its best performance to date: In its third participation in the desert classic, Audi with the Spaniards Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz ahead of the Swedes Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist holds a one-two lead after six of twelve legs. In a particularly demanding edition of the world’s toughest desert rally, the innovative Audi RS Q e-tron stands out thanks to the efficiency of its electric drive and its outstanding reliability over the first 4,200 kilometers. Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz lead ahead of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist Excitement, variety and a balanced field characterize the rally Terrain, distances and navigation place the highest demands read on Audi MediaCenter

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 rally of the year. The three driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger, and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz are facing the most difficult task of the year with optimism, but also respect. 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 read on Audi MediaCenter

Audi Sport customer racing can look back on a strong season: customer teams on five continents have clinched almost 300 race victories and 87 titles for the brand since January. These successes are spread across the Audi RS 3 LMS touring car and the Audi R8 LMS in the GT4, GT2 and GT3 variants. In the penultimate calendar week of the 2023 season, a worldwide award in a touring car category rounded off Audi Sport customer racing’s record. New record of 876 races for Audi Sport customer racing TCR Model of the Year award at the end of a strong season 489 title successes for all models in 15 years of customer racing since 2009 read on Audi MediaCenter

The death of drifting legend Ken Block shook the entire motorsport world at the beginning of January. The previously unreleased last episode of his famous drift videos is a tribute to the American. Tribute to the drifting legend who passed away in January Video shot in Mexico City shortly before the death of the US-American Electric Audi S1 Hoonitron with a special gimmick read on Audi MediaCenter

For the Audi Sport customer racing teams, the first weekend in December was marked by fine racing successes in Malaysia and title wins in China. Podium results in Spain rounded off the results. Saintéloc Racing first leader of the Asian Le Mans Series standings with Audi Title success for Audi R8 LMS in China Endurance Championship Class title for Audi RS 3 LMS in Chinese endurance racing read on Audi MediaCenter

Audi improves the RS Q e-tron once again: Ahead of its third outing in the Dakar Rally, the rally prototype with its pioneering electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and an energy converter receives innovations in many areas. The Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz benefits from numerous detail improvements in January 2024. The new ideas make the RS Q e-tron safer, more reliable, more comfortable and a little lighter, as well as having shorter maintenance times for the team. Numerous improvements in five major areas Prototype better to handle, even more reliable and safer Perfect preparation for 2024 Dakar Rally In January 2024, Audi will...

After winning the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup by Mattia Drudi/Ricardo Feller, an Audi driver, Liam Talbot, has now also prevailed in the Australian counterpart of this international series. Successes for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 and the Audi RS 3 LMS round off a good final November weekend for Audi Sport customer racing. Liam Talbot wins in the Audi R8 LMS at the finale in Adelaide Class title for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in Portugal First win of the season for the Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR Japan read on Audi MediaCenter

The last big test before the 2024 Dakar Rally: Team Audi Sport has put the Audi RS Q e-tron through its final test in the south of France. The three Audi driver crews of Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz carried out the final fine-tuning. Before Audi’s third participation in the Dakar Rally, the engineers’ priority was to further extend the endurance of all the components. read on Audi MediaCenter

The Audi RS 3 LMS continues its worldwide winning streak in November. While victories in Italy and Asia further improve the customers’ results, the drivers also maintain their leading positions in the Kumho TCR World Ranking. The Audi drivers are by far the most successful participants there in the first 45 calendar weeks of the year. read on Audi MediaCenter

Audi Sport customer racing was delighted with victory in the Guia touring car race at the 70th edition of the Macau Grand Prix. Audi Sport driver Frédéric Vervisch won the race on the unforgiving street circuit for Audi Sport Team Comtoyou with a commanding 3.7-second advantage on Sunday. In the FIA GT World Cup at the same venue, Audi scored another trophy thanks to Edoardo Mortara’s second place. read on Audi MediaCenter

Maximum suspense is guaranteed in the title fight in the only worldwide TCR racing series: Audi driver Rob Huff is level on points with Yann Ehrlacher at the top of the standings after the race weekend in Bathurst, Australia. Ten podium results for the Audi R8 LMS round off a successful race weekend for the customers of Audi Sport customer racing. read on Audi MediaCenter

On the first weekend in November, the Audi Sport customer racing teams once again gave cause for celebration. While Rob Huff moved to within one point of the top of the standings in the only worldwide TCR racing series, Aikoa Racing won its second TCR title within a week in Italy with the Audi RS 3 LMS. read on Audi MediaCenter

The Audi Sport customer racing team Aikoa Racing won a TCR title in Italy. Successes in other classifications in Italy as well as a class title in the Netherlands complete the Audi RS 3 LMS’ tally on the last weekend in October. Franco Girolami is champion in Italian touring car racing Laurens de Wit wins class title in Supercar Challenge Series of successes for the Audi R8 LMS GT4 in German club racing read on Audi MediaCenter

They stand for efficiency and enthusiasm in equal measure: Five high-performance Audi models for racing and action embody the path of electrified drives. The brand was among the pioneers in 2012 when it began electrifying its drivetrains in racing. The Audi R18 e-tron quattro from Le Mans, the Formula E race car e-tron FE07, the Dakar Rally prototype RS Q e-tron and the two show cars e-tron Vision Gran Turismo and S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron have now met for the first time. Nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen met with the current three Audi drivers from the Dakar program to experience the progress made. Versatile electric drives from Audi around motorsport Mattias Ekström, Stéphane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz meet Tom Kristensen...

Barcelona was the scene of exciting title decisions in two pan-European racing series, in each of which Audi customer teams and their drivers took the titles. In GT3 racing, this was achieved by Simon Reicher and Christopher Haase in the International GT Open. In touring car racing, Dutch veteran Tom Coronel prevailed in TCR Europe. Title successes for Simon Reicher, Christopher Haase and Tom Coronel Victories for the Audi R8 LMS in South Africa and Japan Audi RS 3 LMS wins races in Europe and Indonesia read on Audi MediaCenter

Audi Sport customer team Tresor Orange1 crowned the season finale in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS with a title success. Championship victories in Belgium, Germany and New Zealand as well as individual race wins round off a strong weekend for Audi Sport customer racing. Sixth sprint title for Audi in GT World Challenge after two victories Further championship victories for Audi R8 LMS on two continents Title defense for Audi R8 LMS GT2 in Belgium read on Audi MediaCenter

Team Audi Sport is using October to thoroughly prepare for the 2024 Dakar Rally. The brand will compete in the Morocco Rally with three Audi RS Q e-tron cars for the driver teams Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist, Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz in classification for the first time. All three driver pairings in action at Morocco Rally Focus on set-up work with the Audi RS Q e-tron Team Audi Sport contests the Morocco Rally in classification for the first time read on Audi MediaCenter

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Audi Sport GmbH, which evolved from quattro GmbH. In early summer, Audi started the events to celebrate this anniversary in parallel with the Nürburgring 24 Hours and an exhibition at the Neckarsulm facility. Next Saturday (October 14), an exclusive event will be hosted at Audi Forum Neckarsulm with exciting insights into the high-performance subsidiary that has been successful for 40 years. Exclusive event for customers and fans at Audi Forum Neckarsulm Exciting insights into four decades of Audi Sport GmbH Rolf Michl, Managing Director Audi Sport GmbH: “Proud past, even stronger future” read on Audi MediaCenter