19 Jun 2012 | Foreign News : France |
For the eleventh time, Audi has finished top-spot at the iconic endurance race, even more remarkable this time round with a 1-2-3 finish.
Audi has fully demonstrated its ethos: Vorsprung durch Technik, which translates to progress through technology, to the best at the past weekend at Circuit de la Sarthe. The German carmaker clinched top-three spots at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, making it the eleventh overall win for the marque.More notably is the debut of Audi's diesel hybrid racer - the R18 e-tron quattro, which came in first and second for the race on its maiden Le Mans outing. More spectacular is that all four entries by Audi Sport Team Joest finished the endurance race in top five spots, with the R18 ultra coming in third and fifth.
"By achieving this further success at the world’s most important endurance race our engineers demonstrated their high technological expertise in a particularly impressive way," commented Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, who personally watched the race on location. "With the e-tron quattro in combination with ultra lightweight design, we put a completely new technology on the grid and immediately won with it - this cannot be taken for granted by any means, particularly here at Le Mans. This weekend again showed the type of things that can happen in this race and how important perfect preparation is."
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4rings 19-Jun-2012
Audi has been very successful at 24 hours of Le Mans, no main challenger at Le Mans.