Morocco Rally: Ups and downs for Audi

At the Morocco Rally, the innovative Audi RS Q e-tron¹ with electric drive, high-voltage battery and energy converter² proved its competitiveness with three stage victories. Before the final day there was even a chance of a podium result: After Stéphane Peterhansel and his compatriot Edouard Boulanger had fallen behind in the first half of the rally due to two punctures, they started the penultimate stage in fourth place with a gap of almost 20 minutes. They won the stage and moved to within 3.49 minutes of the leaders after two rivals had fallen far behind on this, the longest stage at 343 kilometers. On the final day, however, damage to a water pump forced them to abandon the race for overall victory.

Sven Quandt, Team Principal of Q Motorsport, looks back with his team on an intensive time in Morocco: “We have once again experienced how close success and defeat can be in motorsport. Our drivers and co-drivers and the entire team deserve a big thank you for the three weeks of hard work we spent in the desert from the start of our test until today. We can now go at the pace that we lacked in the Dakar Rally. At the same time, we’ve seen where work still needs to be done. Everyone knows what still needs to be accomplished in the months leading up to the Dakar Rally.”