The Audi RS Q e-tron, the German car participating in the Rally-Dakar 2022 with the electric prototype equipped with range extender has, so far , won six podiums.
& ldquo; What our team has shown so far has impressed me & rdquo;, says Oliver Hoffmann , Member of the Board for Technical Development of Audi AG. & ldquo; Audi RS Q e-tron & egrave; was developed in record time. Despite this, we were immediately competitive. The pilots, navigators, mechanics and all collaborators active on the Dakar project did a great job. The technological innovation that we introduced on the occasion of the rally raid pi & ugrave; difficult in the world fully meets our expectations & rdquo ;.
In the desert of Saudi Arabia for & ograve; there are not only the Audi crews, already & agrave; overtaken by the competition after the suspension problems that deprived the team of the ambitions of final success.
Stage 7 of the Rally-Dakar 2022 & egrave; was conquered by the veteran S & eacute; bastien Loeb , who overtook the other experienced driver Nasser Al-Attiyah, leader in the standings of the Dakar 2022 with his Toyota.
We were saying, Stage 7 Riad & ndash; Al Dawadimi & ndash; 402 kilometers long, unpaved and inaccessible, of which 100 characterized by sand and dunes with some asphalted stretches, & egrave; was conquered by the French Loeb with the car of Bahrain Xtreme team .
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Compared to the summit, now, the Frenchman is 45 minutes late. An infinity. Yet, Loeb targeted the leader of the row Nasser Al Attiyah, nibbling him, in the Lap 7, 5 & rsquo; 26 & rdquo; of gap; almost useless given the aforementioned gap, with the driver of the Toyota GR Dakar Hilux already; intent on managing in view of the end of the competition.
Third position for Carlos Sainz (winner of three editions of the Dakar Rally) with his Audi delayed by 7 & rsquo; 43 & rdquo; in front of the other RS Q e-tron of Stephane Peterhansel (at 9 & rsquo; 40 & rdquo;).
Fifth is the Toyota of home driver, Yazeed Al Rajhi, who follows Loeb in general classification.
THE RANKINGS
Ranking seventh stage car – Dakar 2022
1, Loeb (Bahrain Xtreme) 03:09:32
< p> 2. Al Attiyah (Toyota) 05:26
3. Sainz (Audi) 07:43
4. Peterhansel (Audi) 09:40
5. Al Rajhi (Toyota) 10:03
6. Ten Brinke (Toyota) 12:54
7. Alvarez (Toyota) 13:37
8. Ekstrom (Audi) 14:42
9. Rome (Bahrain Xtreme) 15:50
10. Vasilyev (Vrt Team) 18:05
General classification – Dakar 2022
1. Al Attiyah (Toyota) 23:52:22
2. Loeb (Bahrain Xtreme) 44:59
3. Al Rajhi (Toyota) 53:31
4. Alvarez (Toyota) 1:15:09
5. Przygonski (X-raid mini) 1:30:04
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