Dakar Rally 2022 : Audi total failure

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NL_Fer wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 18:37
I understand they were not allowed to compensate for the extra weight compared to their ICE counterparts.

So I could be possible that they tried to keep the weight of the chassis and suspension down, to prevent to much weigh increase of the car. Lighter parts are often less durable.
From reading the report (Carlos Sainz quoted), it seems that Audi thought that they were offered an advantage that was rescinded ‘just before’ the event started.
Paris-Dakar was hard on Peugeot when they first entered (as a manufacturer), historically P-D has been unforgiving.
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There is glaring controversy in this Dakar . Apparently the organizers gave confusing directions in the roadbook given to the teams . This caused the Audis of Sainz and Ekstrom to be lost . Latest news is Audi wont lodge a protest. Some people have put forward the theory that Qatari driver Al Attiyah paid the organizers so that his main rivals would be seriously hampered. lol :D :lol:

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Zynerji wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 19:41
Hoffman900 wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 05:52
Zynerji wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 05:26
Did the weight lead to the suspension failure? 🤔
The weight of a boulder? :lol:
No. The ridiculous weight of the batteries in a race vehicle...🤣
I assume you are not aware that the 50kWh pack in it weighs 370kg, and the standard cars carry 500l of fuel which weighs ~450kg.

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But they still have fuel and a 2.0l gasoline range extender onboard.

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There's no such thing as too big to fail in motorsport. Remember the Ferrari droughts in F1?

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Martin Keene wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 21:13
Zynerji wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 19:41
Hoffman900 wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 05:52


The weight of a boulder? :lol:
No. The ridiculous weight of the batteries in a race vehicle...🤣
I assume you are not aware that the 50kWh pack in it weighs 370kg, and the standard cars carry 500l of fuel which weighs ~450kg.
Sure... until you use the fuel...

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SiLo wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 17:28
mclaren111 wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 14:04
SiLo wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 13:42


Why?

Old School... Love the ICE... The louder the better... :D

I don't think EV's is the correct way forward...
What do you think is the correct way forwards? Hydrogen? I know Toyota is still researching that a lot.

I prefer Biofuels... Waste - Food & Garden the most obvious... Excess Crops etc...

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mclaren111 wrote:
05 Jan 2022, 10:44
SiLo wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 17:28
mclaren111 wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 14:04



Old School... Love the ICE... The louder the better... :D

I don't think EV's is the correct way forward...
What do you think is the correct way forwards? Hydrogen? I know Toyota is still researching that a lot.

I prefer Biofuels... Waste - Food & Garden the most obvious... Excess Crops etc...
What are the pollutants like from bio-fuels? It's still burning fuel at the end of the day.
Felipe Baby!

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SiLo wrote:
05 Jan 2022, 12:40
mclaren111 wrote:
05 Jan 2022, 10:44
SiLo wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 17:28


What do you think is the correct way forwards? Hydrogen? I know Toyota is still researching that a lot.

I prefer Biofuels... Waste - Food & Garden the most obvious... Excess Crops etc...
What are the pollutants like from bio-fuels? It's still burning fuel at the end of the day.

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The problem at the moment is production of biofuels needs to reduce their carbon footprint...

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Zynerji wrote:
05 Jan 2022, 03:10
Martin Keene wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 21:13
Zynerji wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 19:41


No. The ridiculous weight of the batteries in a race vehicle...🤣
I assume you are not aware that the 50kWh pack in it weighs 370kg, and the standard cars carry 500l of fuel which weighs ~450kg.
Sure... until you use the fuel...
Yes, the ICE car will be lighter at the end of the stage, but they will both be built with a similar total mass in mind.

Audi's failure of a single car was pure bad luck, to suggest it was related it to a battery vehicle when Sainz is still running well and just scored a stage victory is just trolling.

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Martin Keene wrote:
05 Jan 2022, 13:50
Zynerji wrote:
05 Jan 2022, 03:10
Martin Keene wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 21:13


I assume you are not aware that the 50kWh pack in it weighs 370kg, and the standard cars carry 500l of fuel which weighs ~450kg.
Sure... until you use the fuel...
Yes, the ICE car will be lighter at the end of the stage, but they will both be built with a similar total mass in mind.

Audi's failure of a single car was pure bad luck, to suggest it was related it to a battery vehicle when Sainz is still running well and just scored a stage victory is just trolling.
What privilege do you use to label it a troll?

Batteries are heavy. Race cars are power:weight dependant.

There will always be humor in that oxymoron.

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Technically, I think the electric vehicle will also be lighter at the end of a stint XD
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mclaren111 wrote:
05 Jan 2022, 10:44
SiLo wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 17:28
mclaren111 wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 14:04



Old School... Love the ICE... The louder the better... :D

I don't think EV's is the correct way forward...
What do you think is the correct way forwards? Hydrogen? I know Toyota is still researching that a lot.

I prefer Biofuels... Waste - Food & Garden the most obvious... Excess Crops etc...
How plausible does this sound when you consider the amounts of fuel the world uses?
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Greg Locock wrote:
04 Jan 2022, 22:43
There's no such thing as too big to fail in motorsport. Remember the Ferrari droughts in F1?
"Remember"...Heck we are right now in the midst of a huge drought :lol:

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Anyone know if those race-machines carrying large 'hi-intensity'
batteries have an onboard/integrated fire-suppression system?

What if the "unexpected" foreign object damage caused a +ve
feeback loop to battery systems resulting in a major Li-driven
(& also 'hi-intensity') fire?

Is the crew expected to eject, then either wield a toxic gas/foam
fire supressant as extemporised 'hands on' fire-fighters, or 'just break
out the marshmallows' & let the whole defective device: 'Burn baby burn'?
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

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(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).