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Le Mans 24 Hours: 1-2-3 victory for Audi!

Audi efficiency propels R15 TDI to victory at Le Mans

By Franck Drui

13 June 2010 - 15:39

Audi won the Le Mans 24 Hour for the ninth time in 12 years and set a new distance record.

Three R15 TDI cars crossed the finish line first and handed Audi the fourth 1-2-3 victory after 2000, 2002 and 2004. A perfect combination of TDI efficiency and reliability were the secrets behind the success while Audi’s strong opponents in the diesel category all cracked after suffering from mechanical issues.

Victory went to Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Mike Rockenfeller ahead of Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Treluyer and Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish.

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P.	N.	Cat	Car	Team	Drivers	Time	Pits
1	9	LMP1	Audi R15 TDI	Audi Sport N. America	Bernhard/Dumas/Rockenfeller	397 laps	33
2	8	LMP1	Audi R15 TDI	Audi Sport T. Joest	Fassler/Lotterer/Treluyer	+1	33
3	7	LMP1	Audi R15 TDI	Audi Sport T. Joest	Capello/Kristensen/McNish	+3	33
4	6	LMP1	Oreca AIM	AIM Oreca Matmut	Ayari/Andre/Meyrick	+28	33
5	42	LMP2	HPD ARX.01	Strakka Racing	Leventis/Watts/Kane	+30	27
6	007	LMP1	Lola Aston Martin	Aston Martin Racing	Primat/Mucke/Fernandez	+32	30
7	35	LMP2	Pescarolo Judd	OAK Racing	Lahaye/Moreau/Charouz	+36	29
8	25	LMP2	Lola HPD Coupe	RML	Newton/Erdos/Wallace	+39	28
9	24	LMP2	Pescarolo Judd	OAK Racing	Nicolet/Hein/Yvon	+56	26
10	41	LMP2	Ginetta-Zytek 09S	Team Bruichladdich	Ojjeh/Greaves/Chalandon	+2.12.700	31
11	77	LMGT2	Porsche 911 GT3	Felbermayr Proton	Lieb/Lietz/Henzler	+59	23
12	89	LMGT2	Ferrari F430GT	Team Farnbacher	Farnbacher/Simonsen/Keen	+61	24
13	50	LMGT1	Saleen S7R	Larbre Competition	Berville/Canal/Gardel	+66	27
14	97	LMGT2	Porsche 911 GT3	BMW Scuderia Italia	Holzer/Westbrook/Scheider	+70	28
15	72	LMGT1	Corvette C6.R	Luc Alphand	Gregoire/Policand/Hart	+2.24.241	26
16	95	LMGT2	Ferrari F430GT	AF Corse SRL	Fisichella/Alesi/Vilander	+74	23
17	76	LMGT2	Porsche 911 GT3	Imsa Performance	Narac/Pilet/Long	+76	22
18	28	LMP2	Radical Judd SR9	Race Performance AG	Bruneau/Rostan/Meichtry	+1.31.736	29
19	78	LMGT2	BMW M3	BMW Motorsport	Muller/Farfus/Alzen	+77	27
20	40	LMP2	Ginetta-Zytek 09S	Quifel - ASM Team	Amaral/Pla/Hughes	+79	26
21	75	LMGT2	Porsche 911 GT3	Prospeed Comp.	Splunteren/Hommerson/Machiels	+80	26
22	52	LMGT1	Aston Martin DBR9	Young Driver AMR	Nygaard/Enge/Kox	+86	22
23	37	LMP2	WR Zytek	Gerard Welter	P. Salini/S. Salini/Gommendy	+89	30
24	88	LMGT2	Porsche 911 GT3	Felbermayr Proton	Felbermayr Sr & Jr/Konopka	+93	24
25	26	LMP2	HPD ARX.01	Highcroft Racing	Brabham/Franchitti/Werner	+101	26
26	39	LMP2	Lola Judd	KSM	de Pourtales/Noda/Kennard	+106	22
27	85	LMGT2	Spyker C8	Spyker Squadron	Coronel/Dumbreck/Bleekemolen	+117	25