Rally legend Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally's third stage on Tuesday for Audi. But the win was a genuine milestone for the German manufacturer as well as in the history of the grueling rally-raid event as it marked the first stage victory for a hybrid-electric car. The technological feat achieved by Audi's RS Q e-tron prototype was also the 40th career stage win for Sainz, a triple winner of the Dakar. "Today is an important day, especially after what happened on the first day and if you had told me 12 months ago I would have doubted," Sainz senior told Marca. "But I am very happy to help the Audi team to achieve this historic victory with so much hard work behind it. They...
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