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12th June 2011, 02:23 PM
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AUDI Win at Le Mans!!
I've got to say one of the most exciting and close 24 hour races in years - I would be very tempted to suggest a trip with the 8's to Le Mans next year to see this if anyone is interested!
 Here's the summary - Allan Mcnish was in a HUGE crash but walked away with minimal injuries Allan McNish Le Mans Crash In front of 250,000, Audi flawlessly won a thrilling 2011 Le Mans 24 in the town of Le Mans, Sarthe in France. Over the 24 hours endurance race, Audi completed over 355 laps around the 13.629 km (8.469 mi) circuit for a total of 4838 km (3006 miles) and finished just 13 seconds ahead of the Peugeot LMP1 squad. The final run to the checkered flag had the mighty Audi and Peugeot LMP1 teams pitting on the same lap with approximately 35 minutes to go. As the pair reached the start/finish the gap after 23 and a half hours was just 6.4 seconds. To add to the thrilling finish, the weather began to play a role with rain starting to fall during the final moments. The gap would increase with the Audi on fresher tyres, but still remain too close. Since 2000 Audi has dominated this event with ten victories - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and now 2011. Porsche still holds the record for most wins by a manufacturer at 16. Their last victory coming in 1998. An emotional Wolfgang Ullrich talked about the victory saying, "After the two big accidents, we were really down because the performance was very good from the very beginning. We put everything into our lone car, and it worked out well. Peugeot had a great 24 hour run with their three entries finishing second, third and fourth. Chevrolet Corvettes captured double class wins at the 2011 24 Hours of LeMans. Corvette Racing clinch GTE-Pro and Larbre Competition won in GTE-Am. It was the 10th anniversary of their first win at Le Mans, and a celebration of Louis Chevrolet - celebrating the 100th year of the Chevrolet brand. Overall, 28 entries finished the 24 hour event of the 55 that started.
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12th June 2011, 04:59 PM
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more interesting than motogp, only seen mcnish's crash briefly so thanks for the linky.
Bill
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"Man Math" - The means by which a caring husband convinces his wife that a 4.2 A8 is in fact cheaper to run than a tiny Auto crap box "Being in touch with your feminine side" - The ability to, in the 30 seconds following a major accident, obtain your wifes approval for replacing your big german car with another "because otherwise we'd be dead". See also sulking for two years until she finally allows you to get another purely on the basis of your current one being the wrong colour.
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12th June 2011, 06:59 PM
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Nice one Audi, I enjoy Le Mans. Can't stand F1, find it dull.
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13th June 2011, 08:48 PM
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