Audi Obtains Its Eighth Victory at Le Mans

By Stephen Lars

At the 24 hours in Le Mans the Audi R10 TDI remains unbeaten after winning again the French classic resistance race. The drivers Dindo Capello (Italy), Tom Kristensen (Denmark) and Allan McNish (Scotland) succeeded during their third familiarity after a race entire with thrilling emotions from start to end.

For the 76th edition of the relay aggrandized than 258,500 spectators gathered to witness the battle between the manufacturers Audi and Peugeot which was a indeed cliff hanger ending with Audi as the winner.

During the filled race the Audi R10 TDI and the Peugeot 908 never separated for bounteous than a lap. After Peugeot set the stride initially the Audi R10 TDI took direction in spite of the rain, which accompanied the drivers at Le Mans...Dindo Capello, Tom Kritensen, and Allan McNics took the rule to the 05:17 minute and kept it to the end.

The track was soaked but this did not blockade the Audi drivers headed with a margin of a lap. The Audi team did enter the contest with fitter adjustments for the wet condition, as they only needed to change tires while their rival had to copper vehicles.

Audi Sports Bunch Joest and the Audi drivers took advantage of their forbearance and they did everything without making mistakes. The only doubtful second was during the dramatic final phase when a collision between the doyen and that of Tom Kristensen took place. Nevertheless, the car ran without any scientific problems during the 24 hours.

The Scottish Allan McNish obtained his moment victory in Le Mans after his headmost triumph in 1998. The year's victory was his elementary with Audi. The Danish, Tom Kristensen, enlarged his file at Le Mans to eight victories. The Italian Dindo Capello won for third time after the 2003 and 2004.

For the Audi Sports Group Joest, this represents the third consecutive victory with the Audi R10 TDI. Additionally, the other two Audi R10 TDI vehicles finished fourth and sixth respectively. The young ones Lucas Luhr, Alexandre Prèmat and Mike Rockefeller were in the dispute for a podium position finishing in third place but in the penultimate hour of the race they had to pocket money their V12 TDI motor oil filter.

Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner were not very lucky: the 2006 and 2007 winning trio lost all their opportunities to stretch a in a superior way result at the end Sunday morning when they had to pin money a clutch.

This has been Audi's tenth participation at 24 Hours of Le Mans...since the year 2000 the Audi technology has been a stepping stone - "This has been the driver' success, as hale as the team and the efficiency of the TDI Audi technology - a consistency triumph" it has been the most consuming Le Mans pursuit I remember. We had a too strong opponent with an extremely close car. But, once more, it was conclusive Le Mans rewards especially the reliability and the efficiency. I'm content of this team and each Audi clerk and clients should be gratified also," said Rupert Stadler, President of the Audi AG Direction Counsel.

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