Audi's Peterhansel drops out of Dakar contention after Stage 1 crash

01/02/2022 07:42 AM

Having finished 14th in Saturday’s Prologue, Peterhansel had been running an impressive second in his electric Audi RS Q e-tron, just six seconds behind overall leader Nasser Al-Attiyah of Toyota.But passing through a winding rocky track 153km into the stage near Ha'il, the Frenchman broke the rear axle of his Audi RS Q e-tron after hitting "something" in an area of camel grass.Both ...Keep reading