With about 2:45 to go in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi #2 and #3 both crashed in separate incidents. The #2, driven by Allan McNish was in the lead at the time, and it crashed into the barriers when McNish attempted a pretty aggressive maneuver in the Porsche Curves. McNish’s crash promoted Audi #1 into the lead. Astonishingly, the Audi team was able to get the #2 back on the track so fast, they only went down one lap, so they were still in second place and still in the race – albeit with a long shot at this point. The Audi team was able to get the #3 back on track in short order as well. Simply amazing that the Audi teams could repair both of those cars simultaneously so quickly.
Final Le Mans Results:
LMP1:
- Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi #1 – Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer
- Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi #2 – McNish/Capello/Kristensen
- Audi Sport North America, Audi #4 – Jarvis/Bonanomi/Rockenfeller
LMP2:
- Starworks Motorsport, HPD #44 – Potolicchio/Dalziel/K-Smith
- Thiriet By TDS Racing, Oreca #46 – Thiriet/Beche/Tinseau
- Pecom Racing, Oreca #49 – Perez Companc/Kaffer/Ayari
GTE-Pro:
- AF Corse, Ferrari #51 – Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander
- Luxury Racing, Ferrari #59 – Makowiecki/Melo/Farnbacher
- Aston Martin Racing, Aston Martin #97 – Mucke/Fernandez/Turner
GTE-Am:
- Larbre Competition, Corvette #50 – Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy
- IMSA Performance Matmut, Porsche #67 – Pons/Armindo/Narac
- Krohn Racing, Ferrari #57 – Krohn/Johnsson/Rugolo
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