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Good individual results and setbacks
¹Bei diesem Fahrzeug handelt es sich um das Rallye-Dakar-Rennfahrzeug, dieses wird nicht zum Kauf angeboten.
²Der Audi RS Q e-tron kombiniert einen elektrischen Antriebsstrang mit einem Energiewandler-System aus TFSI-Motor und Generator.
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²The Audi RS Q e-tron combines an electric drivetrain with an energy converter system based on the TFSI engine and a generator.
Highlight film
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Daily Inside Dakar Show
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Day 1: Prolog, Sea Camp >> Sea Camp
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Day 2: Stage 1, Sea Camp >> Sea Camp
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Day 3: Stage 2, Sea Camp >> Alula
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Day 4: Stage 3, Alula >> Ha'il
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Day 5: Stage 4, Ha'il >> Ha'il
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This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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Day 6: Stage 5, Ha'il >> Ha'il
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This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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Day 7: Stage 6, Ha'il >> Riyadh
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This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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Day 8: Stage 7, Riyadh >> Al Duwadimi
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This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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Day 9: Stage 8, Al Duwadimi >> Riyadh
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This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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Day 10: Rest day Riyadh
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This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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Day 11: Stage 9, Riyadh >> Haradh
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Day 12: Stage 10, Haradh >> Shaybah
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Day 13: Stage 11, Shaybah >> Empty Quarter
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Day 14: Stage 12, Empty Quarter >> Shaybah
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This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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Day 15: Stage 13, Shaybah >> Al-Hofuf
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Day 16: Stage 14, Al-Hofuf >> Dammam
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“We’ll be back in 2024”
Oliver Hoffmann, Board Member for Technical Development at Audi, visited the motorsport team in Saudi Arabia and recognized many achievements: “The pace of our innovative Audi RS Q e-tron¹ was good right from the start and also showed at the end. Unfortunately, we also had bad luck in the desert and many punctures. Despite the setbacks, the team celebrated a finish thanks to strong performances. We will now analyze all areas. A podium was our goal. It remains so, because we will definitely compete again in 2024.”
After the second outing at the Dakar Rally Rolf Michl, Head of Motorsport at Audi, drew a mixed conclusion: “We experienced all the highs and lows at this edition of the Dakar Rally. The top results in the daily classifications show that we are among the fastest with our innovative RS Q e-tron¹. And with a car that produces the lowest emissions. However, from tyre and chassis damage when encountering obstacles on the rough tracks to the accidents, we have also experienced many disappointments. Now we are thoroughly working through all aspects.”
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¹This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Audi in the lead
Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist led the world’s toughest desert rally after the prologue, their teammates Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz on the two following days. However, a series of 14 punctures on the first four desert stages, spread across all three driver teams, cost Audi valuable time. Further setbacks followed when Carlos Sainz damaged his suspension in the scree of the third stage and in an accident on the sixth stage. Similarly, a stone invisible in the desert dust destroyed a suspension on Mattias Ekström’s car on the seventh stage.
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¹This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
¹This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
¹This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
Sainz and Peterhansel out
The 14-time Dakar winner Stéphane Peterhansel was no longer in the race at this point. After jumping off a dune, his car landed so hard that co-driver Edouard Boulanger was taken to hospital with back pain. The diagnosed vertebral injury was subsequently treated by specialists in Germany. “Three stage results in the top three showed what was possible,” says Stéphane Peterhansel. The day before their retirement, the French driver pairing was still in a promising position in second place overall.
With Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz, a second Audi driver duo followed just behind in fourth place. “But then it seemed that nothing was going in our favor this year,” Carlos Sainz summed up. “The entire team was well prepared but two accidents prevented our finish. That’s how motorsport can be sometimes, unfortunately.” Five times the Spaniard and his co-driver Lucas Cruz finished among the top three in the stage results until their retirement.
Ekström and Bergkvist strong
All hopes therefore rested on Mattias Ekström/Emil Bergkvist. The Swedes, who are contesting only their third Dakar Rally, once again mastered the demanding competition with more than 4,200 special stage kilometers and almost 8,900 kilometers in total as the best Audi team. “It was a tough rally: we never gave up even after the high time losses,” said two-time DTM Champion and World Rallycross Champion Ekström.
In the demanding sand dunes in the Empty Quarter, Ekström/Bergkvist even achieved third and second place of the day on the marathon stage without evening service on January 12 and 13. In total, they were among the top three in the stage rankings six times during the 2023 Dakar Rally. Almost seven hours behind after repairs to their own car, but also their help for their teammate Sainz, meant 14th place overall in the end.
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¹This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
Dakar Rally: Results documents to download
Prologue results
12 pages, EN
212.0 KB
Stage 1 results
12 pages
194.7 KB
Stage 2 results
12 pages
4.0 MB
Stage 3 results
12 pages
4.0 MB
Stage 4 results
12 pages
2.8 MB
Stage 5 results
12 pages
183.4 KB
Stage 6 results
11 pages
180.3 KB
Stage 7 results
11 pages
186.6 KB
Stage 8 results
11 pages
185.9 KB
Stage 9 results
11 pages
186.2 KB
Stage 10 results
11 pages
185.1 KB
Stage 11 results
10 pages
182.1 KB
Stage 12 results
10 pages
181.4 KB
Stage 13 resutls
10 pages
183.8 KB
Stage 14 results
8 pages
176.2 KB
Overall results
12 pages
190.8 KB
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