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december 11, 2020 - Audi
Project Dakar: Q Motorsport becomes Audi factory team
- In 2022, Audi will take part in the world’s toughest rally for the first time
- Q Motorsport and Audi will compete in the race together
- Partner with over two decades of experience in cross-country motorsport
Neuburg a. d. Donau, December 11, 2020 – Audi will compete in the #dakarrally for the first time with an innovative prototype in 2022. The race in the world’s toughest cross-country rally will be carried out in cooperation with the newly-founded #qmotorsport GmbH based in #trebur (Germany).
“By cooperating with #qmotorsport, we are sticking to our philosophy that has proven itself at Audi over many years,” says #juliusseebach, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH and responsible for motorsport at Audi. “The development of the Dakar prototype with its innovative drivetrain concept is being carried out in-house. We are contesting the race together with an experienced partner. The #qmotorsport team contributes an enormous amount of specific experience from cross-country motorsport.”
Q Motorsport GmbH was founded by #svenquandt and his two sons Thomas and Tobias Quandt. As a driver, #svenquandt won the T1 Marathon Cup in 1998. In the same year, his team GECO Raid celebrated a 1-2-3 victory in the T1 classification of the Paris–Dakar Rally. From November 2002 to the end of 2004, Quandt was the head of motorsport at Mitsubishi Motors. At the same time, he began to build up the X-raid Team, which celebrated five victories in the #dakarrally and won the FIA World Cup for cross-country rallies eleven times.
“With #qmotorsport, we want to break new ground in cross-country motorsport independently of and parallel to X-raid,” says #svenquandt. “The world is changing and the Dakar must also prove that it can be sustainable and continue to point the way forward. This is exactly what #qmotorsport wants to demonstrate together with Audi.”
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