Dakar 2023 Guide – Audi as favorite

In almost 35 winters spent surfing the dunes of Africa, South America and Saudi Arabia, Stéphane Peterhansel had never seen this. “ Audi is a big house, notes Mr. Dakar. It's zero freestyle! German rigor is not just a cliché. » “Peter” may have rubbed shoulders with factory teams like Mitsubishi or Peugeot as well as the German team X-Raid with Mini, the Frenchman must deal for the first time in his long career with a team where “messing around” does not really come into play. The gray and black color of its car, and its combinations, underlines the ambitions of Team Audi Sport: work does not have to suffer from the light sides of rally-raid. No criticism of the record holder for Dakar victories (14), but a simple observation. The firm with the rings leaves nothing to chance, as evidenced by its three stage victories last January (two for Carlos Sainz, une pour Mattias Ekström). Pour une découverte, qui plus est avec un