RALLY RAIDS

Audi’s electric RS Q e-tron may be the current scourge of sportscar racing aficionados (see p6), but it took its first victory last week. Following a promising debut on the Dakar Rally, Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Edouard Boulanger won the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge by almost half an hour. The only setback was a puncture on the second day. “It wasn’t easy to find the right rhythm on the sometimes very treacherous broken dunes,” said Peterhansel. “Our pace was right and we didn’t take too many risks.” Image by Audi