| Make |
Model
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Year |
Identification |
0-100 Sec's |
400M Sec's |
Weight kg's |
Power |
Engine Code |
Cyl's/Cap CC's |
Drive |
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Quattro |
91 |
20v |
6.2 |
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220Bhp |
|
S5 - 2226 |
AWD |
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RS2 |
94 |
|
4.8 |
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315Bhp |
|
S5 - 2226 |
AWD |
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| |
S4 |
93 |
|
6.9 |
15.1 |
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169Kw |
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5 - |
AWD |
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| |
A3 |
97 |
1.8 T |
7.9 |
|
1130 |
150 Bhp |
|
4 - 1781 |
FWD |
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| |
A3 |
97 |
1.8TDi |
11.7 |
|
1180 |
110Bhp |
|
4 - 1781 |
FWD |
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| |
A4 |
97 |
1.8 T |
8.3 |
|
1235 |
150 Bhp |
|
4 - 1781 |
FWD |
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| |
A6 |
97 |
1.8T |
9.4 |
|
|
150Bhp |
|
4 - 1781 |
FWD |
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| |
A6 |
97 |
2.5 TDi |
9.9 |
|
1460 |
140 Bhp |
|
5 - 2460 |
FWD |
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Audi scored the first victory of the Audi R10 TDI in
the 2008 American Le Mans
Audi scored the first victory of the Audi R10
TDI in the 2008 American Le
Mans Series in a thrilling battle in the second round at
St Petersburg (US state of Florida). Lucas Luhr who is
partnered with Marco Werner finished with a victory
margin of just 0.818s, having re-captured the lead of
the race just three laps before the end. It was the 14th
outright victory of the diesel-powered sportscar and the
first overall win of Lucas Luhr in the series.
Having controlled the race from the beginning,
pole-sitter Marco Werner built up a margin on soft tyres
over Porsche driver Timo Bernhard in the first part of
the race. A full-course yellow caution prompted the team
to call in Werner in lap 36 for a full service. Lucas
Luhr took over and followed Romain Dumas in the leading
Porsche. After a second safety car intervention, Lucas
Luhr took the lead in lap 63 with a breathtaking
manoeuvre after the straight. When the leading cars
lapped several backmarkers, Luhr lost the lead to Dumas
again. After a final yellow phase, Luhr used the
TDI power of his car to pass
the leader under acceleration on the straight with just
three laps to go and eventually celebrated his first
overall victory.
Emanuele Pirro/Frank Biela in the Audi R10
TDI #1 sister car were forced
to retire after a set of problems dropped them back. An
indication of what might have been possible became
evident by the sheer speed of the car which set the
fastest lap of the race in 1m 04.942s, one hundredth
quicker than the sister car.
Having improved from ninth position on the grid to
fifth place, Frank Biela handed over the car to his
Italian team-mate in lap 36. Only after Pirro had
departed again, it was clear that a tossle after a
restart in the early phase of the race had caused damage
to a stressed part of the rear wing. For safety reasons,
the team changed the rear end which dropped the car back
by one lap. The decision to go for soft tyres and a
splash-and-dash refuelling to make up for the lost time
seemed to be perfect. But in lap 63 Pirro had to retire
in the pits after the body of his car had suffered too
severe damage in a contact with another car. As the Audi
R10 TDI #1 has achieved a
sufficient number of laps to be classified, it finished
24th overall and 2nd in the LM P1 class.
Quotes after the race at St Petersburg
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): “I feel
very pleased, particularly after the disappointing
result in the first round at Sebring. It is all the more
surprising that we managed to clinch the victory on a
street course which is normally not so well-suited to
the strengths of the Audi R10 TDI.
This is a great motivation for the next races as well as
for the whole 2008 season.”
Lucas Luhr (Audi R10 TDI
#2): “It was a tough race for us. We struggled a bit in
the heat. But at the end, we got it and that is what
counts. Thank you to the whole team and Audi Sport North
America for the support as well as the guys back home.
This victory really means a lot to me because it is my
first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series and
it is my first victory for Audi. I’m really happy. I
want to thank everybody for their help.”
Marco Werner (Audi R10 TDI
#2): “A great day for Audi so I’m very happy for the
make and for Champion Racing. Everything worked well. At
the end it was a thriller. I’m proud of Lucas as he did
an excellent job, especially after the restart. That’s
why we drive TDI!”
Frank Biela (Audi R10 TDI
#1): “I think the performance of our car was quite good.
After having chosen the harder tyre compound for
qualifying, it looked like a disadvantage. But the pace
in the race was okay. Unfortunately, I got involved in a
tangle at the beginning of the race. When we came in for
full service, I was quite optimistic. But then we had to
change the rear wing which has been damaged in the
collision. This was the beginning of the end. But the
most important thing is the other car scored a win.”
Emanuele Pirro (Audi R10 TDI
#1): “The positive thing is the win which is really
good. For Frank and myself, however, it was a debut
which was half good and half bad. We had a lot of bad
luck. But when you read between the lines, we were
really fast in the race. We had a very good car which
was proven by the fastest overall race lap we’ve
achieved. But every time we had a problem, we were
trapped in it. Unfortunately, everything which could go
wrong did go wrong. But our speed was good so we look
forward to the next race.”
Dave Maraj (Director Audi Sport Team North America):
“This was a very exciting race. Lucas did a great job,
as did everybody in the team from tyre people right to
the engineers. I am happy to bring home another win for
Audi.”
The results at St Petersburg
1 Luhr/Werner (Audi R10 TDI)
81 laps in 1h 55m 33.690s
2 Dumas/Bernhard (Porsche) + 0.818s
3 Brabham/Sharp/Johansson (Acura/Honda) +5.861s
4 Maassen/Long (Porsche) + 6.468s
5 Smith/Dyson (Porsche) + 23.142s
6 Herta/Fittipaldi (Acura/Honda) – 1 lap
7 Devlin/Bonilla (Lola) – 1 lap
8 Beretta/Gavin (Chevrolet) – 2 laps
9 O’Connell/Magnussen (Chevrolet) – 2 laps
10 Fernandez/Diaz (Acura/Honda) – 3 laps
…
24 Biela/Pirro (Audi R10 TDI)
– 18 laps
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Audi
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