Dakar Rally 2024

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.

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Facts and figures on Audi’s Dakar victory

Audi celebrated its first victory at the Dakar Rally on January 19, 2024 and Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz their fourth with the fourth different brand. With the triumph in the desert, one of the few remaining blank spots on the company’s global motorsport success map disappeared.

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Race report: Historic victory for Audi at the Dakar Rally

Audi RS Q e-tron wins toughest desert rally with innovative drive system. Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz achieve fourth personal victory.

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MediaInfo: Quotes from Team Audi Sport on the victory

Rest day: 1–2 lead for Audi at the halfway point of the 2024 Dakar Rally

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.

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Video: Flashback. Summary of the first half of the rally

Preview: Team Audi Sport ahead of a great challenge

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.

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