Victory for Audi at Le Mans

Audi wins the Le Mans 24-hour race for the fifth year in a row, the victorious trio of drivers finishing three laps ahead of another Audi in second place.

16 June 2014, 12:27pm
by Staff Reporter

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An Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro completes a circuit of the track at the 24-hour race in Le Mans, France. The car, driven by Marcel Fassler of Switzerland, Andre Lotterer of Germany and Benoit Treluyer of France, went on to win the race Sunday.

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Audi won the Le Mans 24-hour race on Sunday for the fifth year in a row.

Andre Lotterer from Germany, Swiss Marcel Faessler and local hero Benoit Treluyer of France finished three laps ahead of their nearest rivals also in an Audi.

"It was a tense and tough race," said Audi Sport chief Wolfgang Ullrich. "I am very proud of this team, they have worked fantastically."

It was the third victory in the long-distance classic for each driver of the winning car, an Audi R18 e-tron quattro.

Fifty-four drivers took part in the world's most famous endurance race, which began at 3 pm (1300 GMT) on Saturday.

The second placed team of Tom Kristensen (Denmark), Luca di Grassi (Brazil) and Marc Gene (Spain) gave Audi its seventh 1-2 finish at Le Mans.

Toyota, the pre-race favourite, led for the first 14 hours but technical problems meant they finished with only one car.

Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber of Australia was forced to withdraw an hour before the end of the race when his Porsche 919 Hybrid developed technical problems.