Le Mans – Final

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:

  1. Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi #1 – Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer
  2. Audi Sport Team Joest, Audi #2 – McNish/Capello/Kristensen
  3. Audi Sport North America, Audi #4 – Jarvis/Bonanomi/Rockenfeller

LMP2:

  1. Starworks Motorsport, HPD #44 – Potolicchio/Dalziel/K-Smith
  2. Thiriet By TDS Racing, Oreca #46 – Thiriet/Beche/Tinseau
  3. Pecom Racing, Oreca #49 – Perez Companc/Kaffer/Ayari

GTE-Pro:

  1. AF Corse, Ferrari #51 – Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander
  2. Luxury Racing, Ferrari #59 – Makowiecki/Melo/Farnbacher
  3. Aston Martin Racing, Aston Martin #97 – Mucke/Fernandez/Turner

GTE-Am:

  1. Larbre Competition, Corvette #50 – Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy
  2. IMSA Performance Matmut, Porsche #67 – Pons/Armindo/Narac
  3. Krohn Racing, Ferrari #57 – Krohn/Johnsson/Rugolo
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