24h Le Mans Race - Gallery 03

The Race

Extremely difficult conditions in jubilee race

Thus, during the last five-and-a-half hours, all hopes for Audi were left on the shoulders of the Audi R10 TDI with start number 1 of Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner. Conditions were extremely difficult owing to torrential rain in the final phase of the race, however, the established Audi drivers mastered this task with bravado. The impressive winning margin of Marco Werner over the second-placed Peugeot was ten laps at the finish line.

After its seventh Le Mans triumph, Audi has moved up to third place in the historic records during the 75th edition of the French endurance classic. Only Porsche and Ferrari have won at Le Mans more often than Audi.

"This was certainly the most difficult race that we have ever contested at Le Mans�, said Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG after the finish. "So this victory counts even more. On the race track, we have shown once more that we have the best technology, the best drivers and the best team. Everybody within Audi can be proud of this success.�

Emanuele Pirro named the most consistent Racer at Le Mans
Since 9 years Emanuele Pirro starts with Audi in Le Mans, in all 9 races he archived a podium position, this is a Le Mans record. This record include 5 wins, 3 second places and one 3rd place. Emanuele Pirro was always in the team which archived the best result for Audi. Congratulation.

Results LMP1

Pos	No	Class	Pn	Team	Entrants	Car		Result
1	1	LMP1	M	Audi Sport NA	BIELA F/PIRRO E/WERNER M	Audi	R10 TDI	369
2	8	LMP1	M	Team Peugeot Total	LAMY P/SARRAZIN S/BOURDAIS S	Peugeot	908 Hdi FAP	359
3	16	LMP1	M	Pescarolo Sport	COLLARD E/BOULLION JC/DUMAS	Pescarolo	Judd	358
4	18	LMP1	D	Rollcentre Racing	BARBOSA J/HALL S/SHORT M	Pescarolo	Judd	347
5	15	LMP1	M	Charouz Racing	CHAROUZ J/MUCKE S/YOONG A	Lola	B07/17 Judd	338
6	17	LMP1	M	Pescarolo Sport	PRIMAT H/TINSEAU C/TRELUYER B	Pescarolo	Judd	325
7	19	LMP1	M	Chamberlain Synergy	EVANS G/BERRIDGE B/OWEN P	Lola	B06/10 AER	310

LMP1

Racing For Holland

LAMMERS J/HART D/BLEEKEMOLEN Dome

S101.5 Judd

305

LMP1

Courage Competition

FREI A/COCHET J/BESSON B

Courage

LC70 AER

305

Results LMP2

Pos	No	Class	Pn	Team	Entrants	Car		Result
1	31	LMP2	K	Binnie Motorsports	BINNIE B/TIMPANY A/BUNCOMBE C	Lola	B05/40 Zytek	318
2	33	LMP2	M	Barazi Epsilon	FERNANDEZ A/KUROZAWA H/KERR R	Zytek	07S/2	301

Results LMGT1

Pos	No	Class	Pn	Team	Entrants	Car		Result
1	009	LMGT1	M	Aston Martin Racing	BRABHAM D/RYDELL R/TURNER D	Aston Martin	DBR9	343
2	63	LMGT1	M	Corvette Racing	CONNELL/MAGNUSSEN/FELLOWS	Corvette	C6R	342
3	008	LMGT1	M	AMR Larbre Comp.	BOUCHUT C/GOLLIN F/ELGAARD C	Aston Martin	DBR9	341
4	007	LMGT1	M	Aston Martin Racing	ENGE T/HERBERT J/KOX P	Aston Martin	DBR9	337
5	54	LMGT1	M	Team Oreca	GROPPI L/PROST N/BELLOC J-P	Saleen	S7R	337
6	100	LMGT1	P	AMR BMS	BABINI F/DAVIES J/MALUCELLI M	Aston Martin	DBR9	336
7	72	LMGT1	M	Alphand Aventures	POLICAND/GOUESLARD/ALPHAND	Corvette	C6.R	327
8	67	LMGT1	P	Convers Menx Team	VASILIEV A/KOSTKA T/PERGL R	Ferrari	550 Maranello	322
9	55	LMGT1	M	Team Oreca	ORTELLI S/AYARI S/LAPIERRE N	Saleen	S7-R	318
10	59	LMGT1	M	Team Modena	GARCIA A/MENTEN J/FITTIPALDI C	Aston Martin	DBR9	318
11	73	LMGT1	M	Alphand Aventures	BLANCHEMAIN J-L/VOSSE V/ANDRE	Corvette	C5-R	306
12	70	LMGT1	P	PSI Experience	SMET D/GOSSELIN CY/PETER Ph	Corvette	C6R	289
13	006	LMGT1	M	AMR LaComp.	BORNHAUSER/BERVILLE/FISKEN	Aston Martin	DBR9	272

Results LMGT2

Pos	No	Class	Pn	Team	Entrants	Car		Result
1	76	LMGT2	M	Imsa Performance	NARAC R/LIETZ R/LONG P	Porsche	997 GT3 RSR	320
2	99	LMGT2	M	Risi Competizione	KROHN T/JONSSON N/BRAUN C	Ferrari	F430 GT	314
3	93	LMGT2	P	Autorlando Sport	SIMONSEN A/NIELSEN L.E./EHRET P	Porsche	997 GT3 RSR	309
4	78	LMGT2	P	AF Corse	MACARI J/AUCOTT B/NEWEY A	Ferrari	F430 GT	308
5	82	LMGT2	P	Team LNT	TOMLINSON L/DEAN R/BELL R	Panoz	Esperante	308

DNF

Pos	Class	Pn	Team	Entrants	Car		Result
7	LMP1	M	Team Peugeot Total	GENE M/MINASSIAN N/VILLENEUVE J	Peugeot	908 Hdi FAP	338
2	LMP1	M	Audi Sport NA	CAPELLO/KRISTENSEN/McNISH	Audi	R10 TDI	262
32	LMP2	M	Barazi Epsilon	BARAZI J/VERGERS M/OJJEH K	Zytek	07S/2	252
83	LMGT2	P	GPC Sport	VILLAROEL/ROSENBLAD/MARSH	Ferrari	F430 GT	252
25	LMP2	M	RML	ERDOS T/NEWTON M/WALLACE A	MG Lola	EX264 AER	251
87	LMGT2	P	Scuderia Ecosse	NIARCHOS C/KIRKALDY A/MULLEN T	Ferrari	F430 GT	241
35	LMP2	M	Saulnier Racing	NICOLET J/FILHOL A/JOUANNY B	Courage	LC75 AER	224
97	LMGT2	M	Risi Competizione	SALO M/MELO J/MOWLEM J	Ferrari	F430 GT	223
24	LMP2	M	Noel Del Bello	PETROV V/HALLIDAY L/IANETTA R	Courage	LC75 AER	198
13	LMP1	M	Courage	GOUNON/MOREAU/JOHANSSON	Courage	LC70 AER	175
85	LMGT2	M	Spyker Squadron	BELICCHI A/CAFFI A/CHIESA A	Spyker	C8 Spyder	145
40	LMP2	D	Quifel ASM Team	AMARAL/DE CASTRO /HUGHES	Lola	B05/40 AER	137
20	LMP2	M	Pierre Bruneau	ROSTAN/PICKERING/MACALLISTER	Pilbeam	MP93 Judd	126
80	LMGT2	M	FLM	OVERBEEK/BERGMEISTER/NEIMAN	Porsche	997 GT3 RSR	124
44	LMP2	K	Kruse Motorsport	BURGESS/DE POURTALES/SIEDLER	Pescarolo	Judd	98
86	LMGT2	M	Spyker Squadron	JANIS J/HEZEMANS M/KANE J	Spyker	C8 Spyder	70
71	LMGT2	Y	Seikel	MCOLLIN/FELBERMAYR/FELBER	Porsche	997 GT3 RSR	68
5	LMP1	M	Swiss Spirit	DELETRAZ/FASSLER/ALEXANDER	Lola	Audi B07/10	62
81	LMGT2	P	Team LNT	KIMBER-SMITH/WATTS/MILNER	Panoz	Esperante	60
29	LMP2	M	T2M Motorsport	LONGECHAL/YAMAGISHI/TERADA	Dome	Mader S101-5	56
9	LMP1	D	Creation	CAMPBELL-WALTER/ORTIZ/NAKANO	Creation	Judd CA07	55
3	LMP1	M	Audi Sport Team Joest	LUHR/PREMAT/ROCKENFELLER	Audi	R10 TDI	23
64	LMGT1	M	Corvette Racing	BERETTA O/GAVIN O/PAPIS M	Corvette	C6R	22
21	LMP2	D	Bruichladdich Radical	GREAVES T/MOSELEY S/LIDDELL R	Radical	SR9 AER	16
53	LMGT1	Y	JLOC	Isao Noritake /YOGO A/YAMANISHI K	Lamborghini	Murcielago	1

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