Audi RS Q e-tron, pictured under the tents next to the trucks: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Audi RS Q e-tron, pictured under the tents next to the trucks: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Team Audi Sport
Audi is competing in the Dakar Rally with the Audi RS Q e-tron¹. The entry in the famous rally raid event is being carried out in cooperation with Q Motorsport GmbH based in Trebur (Germany).
¹This vehicle mentioned here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
¹This vehicle mentioned here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Audi RS Q e-tron pictured above: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Audi RS Q e-tron pictured above: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Q Motorsport
Q Motorsport GmbH was founded by Sven Quandt and his two sons Thomas and Tobias Quandt. As a driver, Sven Quandt won the T1 Marathon Cup in 1998. In the same year, his team GECO Raid celebrated a 1-2-3 victory in the T1 classification of the Paris–Dakar Rally. From November 2002 to the end of 2004, Quandt was the head of motorsport at Mitsubishi Motors. At the same time, he began to build up the X-raid Team, which has celebrated six victories in the Dakar Rally and also won the FIA World Cup for cross-country rallies eleven times.
Sven Quandt
“Audi has always chosen new, courageous paths in motorsport. This also applies to the RS Q e-tron¹ as a particularly complex car,” says Quandt. For the Team Principal, the Dakar Rally is one of the biggest challenges in motorsport. “At the Dakar Rally, teamwork and reliability are crucial. You need a well-bonded team, a super reliable car and reliable driver teams. You can’t permanently drive at the limit in the Dakar Rally. The right strategy is crucial.”
¹This vehicle mentioned here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
¹This vehicle mentioned here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Rolf Michl
“It has been shown that it is incredibly valuable to have such an experienced partner like Sven Quandt for such an unpredictable off-road motorsport event,” says Head of Audi Motorsport Rolf Michl. “He brings decades of rally knowledge to the table as Team Principal of Q Motorsport, making him an important point of reference and experience. When it comes to race strategy, he knows how to make the best use of the strengths of our technical concept and our drivers. Everyone in the team is a thoroughbred motorsport enthusiast, as are the experienced car chiefs, the engineers who are responsible for each car and the team of personnel working on it. They have a connection with the drivers, which is important to me because it’s not just about the technology. I particularly appreciate the commitment of our mechanics in this new project – together with their colleagues from Q Motorsport, they have to keep a highly complex vehicle at a high operational level under some of the toughest conditions, which is really challenging, especially when there’s damage.”
Team
Audi RS Q e-tron pictured in the images above: These vehicles shown here are the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
Audi RS Q e-tron pictured in the images above: These vehicles shown here are the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
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