NEWS // AUDI WINS LE MANS - SWEEPS PODIUM

After a hard fought battle with their arch nemesis, Peugeot, Audi Sport not only won the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they managed to sweep the podium. Mike Rockenfeller, Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard, in the No.9 Audi Sport North America R15 TDI Plus, completed 397 laps of the Circuit de la Sarthe, finishing ahead of the No.8 and No.7 Audi's who finished second and third, respectively.

In the LMP2 class, Strakka Racing collected their first Le Mans win, finishing six laps ahead of OAK Racing. In GT1, it was the Saleen S7R of Larbre Competition that took the win, beating the Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R by more than four laps. Finally, in the GT2 class, it was the Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR of Wolf Henzler, Richard Lietz and Marc Lieb that collected the victory, finishing ahead of the Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GT.

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2010 24 Hours of Le Mans Class Podiums:

LMP1
No.9 Audi Sport North America R15 TDI – Mike Rockenfeller/Romain Dumas/Timo Bernhard 397L
No.8 Audi Sport Team Joest R15 TDI – Andre Lotterer/Marcel Fassler/Benoit Treluyer +1L
No.7 Audi Sport Team Joest R15 TDI – Allan McNish/Tom Kristensen/Dindo Capello +3L

LMP2
No.42 Strakka Racing HPD ARX.01 – Nick Leventis/Jonny Kane/Danny Watts 367L
No.35 OAK Racing Pescarolo-Judd – Mattieu Lahaye/Guillaume Moreau/Jan Charouz +6L
No.25 RML Lola HPD Coupe – Mike Newton/Andy Wallace/Tommy Erdos +9L

LMGT1
No.50 Larbre Competition Saleen S7R – Roland Berville/Julien Canal/Gabriele Gardel 331L
No.72 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R – Stephane Gregoire/Jerome Policand/David Hart +4L
No.52 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 – Peter Kox/Christoffer Nygaard/Tomas Enge +20L

LMGT2
No.77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Wolf Henzler/Richard Lietz/Marc Lieb 338L
No.89 Hankook Team Farnbacher Ferrari F430 GT – Allan Simonsen/Dominik Farnbacher/Leh Keen +2L
No.97 BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche 997 GT3 RSR – Marco Holzer/Richard Westbrook/Timo Scheider +11L

Photo: QuattroWorld
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey