[{"id":4826,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2022\/03\/12\/audi-gets-first-win-at-abu-dhabi-desert-challenge\/","title":"Audi Gets First Win At Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge","content":"After its debut in the Dakar Rally, Audi clinched a historic victory at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with Stephane Peterhansel. Peterhansel has won the event eight times since 1996, but this is his first with Audi and electric RS Q-etron. Peterhansel took the early lead on day one of the rally and never looked back.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nThis is the first time a car with an electric powertrain has won a desert rally. Audi\u2019s managing director for motorsport says conditions at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge were tougher than January\u2019s Dakar Rally.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nThe only setback for the team was on day two with a tire puncture. The team kept the lead throughout.","excerpt":"

After its debut in the Dakar Rally, Audi clinched a historic victory at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with Stephane …<\/p>","date":"March 12, 2022 00:41","categories":[{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"},{"id":25047953,"title":"Rally","slug":"rally"}],"tags":[{"id":25048817,"title":"abu dhabi desert challenge","slug":"abu-dhabi-desert-challenge"},{"id":25048589,"title":"audi","slug":"audi"},{"id":25048590,"title":"audi RS Q e-tron","slug":"audi-rs-q-e-tron"},{"id":25047957,"title":"rally","slug":"rally"},{"id":25047969,"title":"stephane peterhansel","slug":"stephane-peterhansel"}]},{"id":3997,"permalink":"https:\/\/dirtsportsworld.com\/2021\/11\/30\/audi-successfully-tests-electric-vehicle-for-dakar-rally\/","title":"Audi Successfully Tests Electric Vehicle for Dakar Rally","content":"Audi has completed testing in Morocco for the Dakar Rally. Audi is campaigning three RS Q e-tron electric vehicles in the 2022 Dakar Rally. Drivers Carlos Sainz and Stephane Peterhansel will lead the team\u2019s efforts this year.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nIn the last twelve months, the team has been readying the vehicles to handle daily off-road distances equaling the length of a typical Dakar stage. One of the biggest challenges for the engineers has been bottlenecks in the supply chain. Much needed components have been slow to arrive.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nDrivers have been simulating artificial conditions including high temperatures they expect to face during the rally.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\u201cThe entire team is focusing its energy on continuing the development under the toughest conditions,\u201d says Arnau Niub\u00f3 Bosch, Head of Test Engineering.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nThe Dakar Rally gets underway in Saudi Arabia at the beginning of January.","excerpt":"

Audi has completed testing in Morocco for the Dakar Rally. Audi is campaigning three RS Q e-tron electric vehicles in …<\/p>","date":"November 30, 2021 16:51","categories":[{"id":25047612,"title":"News","slug":"news"},{"id":25047953,"title":"Rally","slug":"rally"}],"tags":[{"id":25048589,"title":"audi","slug":"audi"},{"id":25048590,"title":"audi RS Q e-tron","slug":"audi-rs-q-e-tron"},{"id":25047959,"title":"CARLOS SAINZ","slug":"carlos-sainz"},{"id":25047642,"title":"Dakar Rally","slug":"dakar-rally"},{"id":25048073,"title":"electric","slug":"electric"},{"id":25047957,"title":"rally","slug":"rally"},{"id":25047969,"title":"stephane peterhansel","slug":"stephane-peterhansel"}]}]{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "user_comment": "This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/audi/feed/json/ -- and add it your reader.", "home_page_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/audi/", "feed_url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/tag/audi/feed/json/", "language": "en-US", "title": "audi Archives - DirtSportsWorld", "description": "The Voice of Off-Road Motorsports", "icon": "https://i0.wp.com/dirtsportsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-DSW-Web-Icon.png?fit=59%2C59&ssl=1", "items": [ { "id": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/?p=4826", "url": "https://dirtsportsworld.com/2022/03/12/audi-gets-first-win-at-abu-dhabi-desert-challenge/", "title": "Audi Gets First Win At Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge", "content_html": "

After its debut in the Dakar Rally, Audi clinched a historic victory at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with Stephane …

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