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Audi wins 24-hour Le Mans
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June 13, 2011, Monday
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AUDI overcame two crashes to hold off pressure from a charging Peugeot and win the 24 Hours of Le Mans yesterday.
Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer drove the Audi No. 2 to victory, giving the German manufacturer a 10th title at Le Mans.
Audi moved into sole possession of second place for most victories at the world's most famous endurance race. Porsche holds the record with 16 titles. Ferrari dropped to third with nine.
Audi No. 2 completed 355 laps in 24 hours, leading the Peugeot No. 9 driven by Simon Pagenaud, Pedro Lamy and Sebastien Bourdais by 13.854 seconds. Stephane Sarrazin, Franck Montagny and Nicolas Minassian finished third in their Peugeot No. 8, two laps back.
Peugeot No. 7 driven by Marc Gene, Anthony Davidson and Alexander Wurz came in fourth, four laps off the pace.
The Peugeots No. 7 and No. 9 had overtaken the Audi No. 2 overnight but crashes of the Lola-Toyota No. 13 and Ferrari No. 59 brought out the safety car in the 15th and 16th hours and helped the Audi make up ground.
In the 19th hour, Lotterer clocked the fastest lap in 3 minutes, 25.289 seconds on the 13.6-kilometer circuit to build a significant lead.
Audi No. 2 was under heavy pressure from three Peugeots throughout yesterday as Audi's chances of defending its title came to rest on just one car after two crashed out on Saturday.
Defending champion Mike Rockenfeller was in second place in the eighth hour when he tried to pass the slower Ferrari No. 71 driven by Robert Kauffman.
Rockenfeller's Audi No. 1 was bumped by the Ferrari and slid off the track in darkness to smash into a guardrail, forcing the deployment of the safety car for the second time in the race.
The German driver was able to get out of the cockpit on his own before the wrecked car caught fire. He picked up cuts and grazes in the incident but was otherwise unhurt.
Audi also lost a car when Allan McNish's Audi No. 3 collided with a Ferrari barely 50 minutes after the start.
Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer drove the Audi No. 2 to victory, giving the German manufacturer a 10th title at Le Mans.
Audi moved into sole possession of second place for most victories at the world's most famous endurance race. Porsche holds the record with 16 titles. Ferrari dropped to third with nine.
Audi No. 2 completed 355 laps in 24 hours, leading the Peugeot No. 9 driven by Simon Pagenaud, Pedro Lamy and Sebastien Bourdais by 13.854 seconds. Stephane Sarrazin, Franck Montagny and Nicolas Minassian finished third in their Peugeot No. 8, two laps back.
Peugeot No. 7 driven by Marc Gene, Anthony Davidson and Alexander Wurz came in fourth, four laps off the pace.
The Peugeots No. 7 and No. 9 had overtaken the Audi No. 2 overnight but crashes of the Lola-Toyota No. 13 and Ferrari No. 59 brought out the safety car in the 15th and 16th hours and helped the Audi make up ground.
In the 19th hour, Lotterer clocked the fastest lap in 3 minutes, 25.289 seconds on the 13.6-kilometer circuit to build a significant lead.
Audi No. 2 was under heavy pressure from three Peugeots throughout yesterday as Audi's chances of defending its title came to rest on just one car after two crashed out on Saturday.
Defending champion Mike Rockenfeller was in second place in the eighth hour when he tried to pass the slower Ferrari No. 71 driven by Robert Kauffman.
Rockenfeller's Audi No. 1 was bumped by the Ferrari and slid off the track in darkness to smash into a guardrail, forcing the deployment of the safety car for the second time in the race.
The German driver was able to get out of the cockpit on his own before the wrecked car caught fire. He picked up cuts and grazes in the incident but was otherwise unhurt.
Audi also lost a car when Allan McNish's Audi No. 3 collided with a Ferrari barely 50 minutes after the start.
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