Audi and Michelin Win the 24 at Le Mans AGAIN
Filed Under (Motorsports, News) by John Choi

The Audi Sport North America R10 TDI LMP1 #2 racecar, outfitted with Michelin rubber, won their 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans at La Sarthe in 9 tries - WebRidesTV.com interviewed the winning Michelin-shod teams at last year’s SEMA show. No other team has been as successful in endurance racing in recent times. Tom Kristensen, Dindo Capello and Allan McNish piloted the winning racecar, while last year’s champion #1 Audi came in 6th.

Although the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 lead at times throughout the race, the rain that arrived during the 14th hour proved to be the equalizer as the Audi was able to take advantage. It’s a shame that Peugeot couldn’t pull off the victory, as they proved to have better pace before the race, but wet traction wasn’t on par with that of the Audi.

Again, congratulations to Audi and Michelin!

LMP1 Classification

Pos N° Team Driver in Pit Laps
1 2 Audi Sport North America CAPELLO R. 381
2 7 Team Peugeot Total GENE M. 381
3 9 Peugeot Sport Total MONTAGNY F. 379
4 3 Audi Sport Team Joest LUHR L. 374
5 8 Team Peugeot Total LAMY P. 368
6 1 Audi Sport North America BIELA F. 367
7 17 Pescarolo Sport TRELUYER B. 362
8 5 Team Oreca Matmut AYARI S. 357
9 10 Charouz Racing System MUCKE S. 354

LMP2 Classification

Pos N° Team Driver in Pit Laps
1 34 Van Merksteijn Motorsport VAN MERKSTEIJN P. 354
2 31 Team Essex NIELSEN J. 347
3 35 Saulnier Racing RAGUES P. 333
4 40 Quifel ASM Team AMARAL M. 325
5 32 Barazi Epsilon VERGERS M. 304
6 26 Bruichladdich Radical JEANNETTE G. 297

GT1 Classification

Pos N° Team Driver in Pit Laps
1 009 Aston Martin Racing BRABHAM D. 344
2 63 Corvette Racing MAGNUSSEN J. 344
3 64 Corvette Racing GAVIN O. 341
4 007 Aston Martin Racing FRENZEN H-H. 339
5 72 Luc Alphand Aventures MOREAU G. 335
6 73 Luc Alphand Aventures PASQUALI L. 325
7 50 Larbre Competition SMET D. 306
8 59 Team Modena MENTEN J. 302
9 55 IPB Spartak Racing RUSINOV R. 266

GT2 Classification

Pos N° Team Driver in Pit Laps
1 82 Risi Competizione SALO M. 326
2 97 BMS Scuderia Italia BABINI F. 318
3 90 Farnbacher Racing KAFFER P. 317
4 99 JMB Racing DAOUDI ST. 312
5 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton FELBERMAYR H. Sen 309
6 80 Flying Lizard Motorsports NEIMAN S. 289
   
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