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LE MANS: Drama in final hours but Audi emerges triumphant
Toyota had retired long ago, but Audi still threatened to be its own worst enemy in the final hours of the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours. The #1 R18 TDI driven by last year’s winners Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler crossed the line serenely a lap ahead of its closest challenger, but the [...]
View PostLE MANS: Race becomes an Audi fight as dawn breaks
With Toyota’s promising effort now a fading memory, the battle for victory in the 2012 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours has come down to a private intra-team battle between the #1 and #2 Audi R18 e-tron quattros. A brief off-track excursion for Marcel Fassler in the #1 brought the McNish, Kristensen and Capello’s [...]
View PostLe Mans: Old and new Italians at Audi
Audi’s 12-strong driver line-up at Le Mans is a cosmopolitan one, with Britain, France, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany all represented. But there are also two Italians in the ranks: young newcomer Marco Bonanomi and respected veteran Dindo Capello. The two men are at opposite ends of their careers, but both stress how lucky they feel [...]
View PostAudi unveils R18 Hybrid and 2012 driver lineup
When Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich personally drove the company’s new endurance racer onstage at its unveiling in Munich Airport Wednesday, a hush fell over the room– not just because the crowd was shocked, but because the car was silent as well. It’s called the R18 e-tron quattro, which means several different things. [...]
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