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[email protected] www.audi-mediacenter.com/de July 2021 BASIC INFORMATION Audi at the Dakar Rally ► Audi at the Dakar Rally 2 ► The Audi RS Q e-tron 4 ► Technical data 7 ► The project Dakar 8 ► The drive train concept 10 ► The design 13 ► The team 15 ► The driver teams 18 ► Mattias Ekström 21 ► Emil Bergkvist 25 ► Stéphane Peterhansel 28 ► Edouard Boulanger 32 ► Carlos Sainz 35 ► Lucas Cruz 39 ► Statistics Audi drivers & Audi co-drivers 42 ► Audi Motorsport History 43 ► Contacts 46 1 Audi MediaCenter Audi at the Dakar Rally Audi to compete in the Dakar Rally Audi is facing one of the greatest challenges in motorsport: The brand with the four rings will be competing in the famous Dakar Rally for the first time with an innovative prototype in 2022. The alternative drive concept combines an electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first time. Cross-country rallying will be the spearhead of the factory motorsport commitment in the future. “A multifaceted commitment to motorsport is and will remain an integral part of Audi’s strategy,” says Markus Duesmann, Chairman of the Board of Management at AUDI AG. “We want to continue demonstrating the brand’s slogan ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ in international top-level motorsport in the future and develop innovative technologies for our road cars. The toughest rally in the world is the perfect stage for this.” After many international successes in a wide range of categories, Audi is thus returning to rallying, which marked the beginning of the brand’s successful history in motorsport.