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Dakar 2022
HawkGTRider:
--- Quote from: Ride4MS on January 23, 2022, 09:57:54 PM ---Was Sunderland on an Electric GASGAS, or 4 stroke or 2 stroke? I tried to looking on the GASGAS site, but it does not say which bike he was piloting.
I don't know the rules for this race. Maybe they don't even allow electric yet. And if they did, would they allow quick change batteries? Or, like we did until 2 years ago in Formula E Racing at NYC, they would Practice, then Qualify two cars and about half through the 45 min race, come in and switch cars. The current generation of FE cars will last the whole race.
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As far as I know, the GasGas was a 4-stroke...definitely not electric. Audi had 3 hybrid-electric cars in the event. While Carlos Sainz got lost one day adding ~2 hours to his time (not due to the car), Stephane Peterhansel suffered massive suspension damage and sat in the desert waiting nearly 4 hours waiting for a support truck to arrive (not due to the drive train.
https://electrek.co/2022/01/03/hopes-of-dakar-victory-dashed-for-audi-rs-q-e-tron-but-it-isnt-the-electric-drive-that-failed/
The Audi cars were very cool to see.
DRB:
Gasgas is owned by KTM now. The GasGas team, along with the Husqvarna team, are just extensions of KTM.
The best part this year was 3 Americans in the top 10. Skyler Howes would also have finished int he top team if it were not for injuries he suffered in round 6 or 7, I think. Mason Klein was the highest finishing rookie and a raising star.
Ride4MS:
Thanks Geoffrey for the link. That was very interesting. I like seeing those technical systems, which is why I have worked the Formula E races. The technical side makes up for the loud V-8 sounds. In 2019 I worked at Pit In, which was also at the last corner on the front straight. As the cars accelerated down the front straight, just a few feet from me, they sounded like the Storm Troopers from Star Wars. A much better sound than the 1st Generation cars.
With all of that said, I did not buy a Mustang Mach E last year, I got a Mustang Mach 1 with 5.0L, V8, 480 HP and active exhaust. That means it has 4 levels of sound; Quiet, which is quieter than Denise's '06 Mustang GT with V-8. Then there is Normal, Sport, and of course Track, all can be changed on the steering wheel controls.
Quiet is used to back out of the garage and go down the street to not annoy the neighbors with the raw HP.
Ride4MS:
His and Her's Mustangs
HawkGTRider:
--- Quote from: Ride4MS on January 24, 2022, 11:46:01 AM ---Thanks Geoffrey for the link. That was very interesting. I like seeing those technical systems, which is why I have worked the Formula E races. The technical side makes up for the loud V-8 sounds.
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There are a number of other sites discussing the Audi vehicles, but that one seemed like the best combination of race experience and technical info about the cars.
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