New Sports Audi R15 Tdi Petit Le Mans Race
Britain?S Allan McNish (pictured) came tantalisingly near achieving his 5th Petit Le Mans race victory at Road Atlanta on Saturday (26 Sep) and maintaining Audi?S one hundred% winning report in the annual American sportscar patience race since the German producer?S debut in 2000.
The Dumfries-born double Le Mans 24 Hour race winner and Italian co-driver Dindo Capello led for the opening 4hrs before the Scotsman suffered spins and dropped to third place at the treacherously moist and slippery tune in Georgia - moments before the race went in to a Safety Car duration and become in the end stopped with nearly 5 hours run.
After a in addition put off of almost 4 hours and near consistent heavy rain, organisers determined not to re-start the occasion which anyways was restrained to 10 hours or 1,000-miles, leaving the McNish/Capello diesel-engined Audi R15 TDI classified 1/3, an insignificant three.465secs at the back of the winning Peugeot (Franck Montagny/Stephane Sarrazin).
The McNish/Capello Audi had started out from 0.33 location on the 27-car grid but McNish swept in to the lead on the hole lap. The ?Sister? R15 TDI of Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner started out from fourth place, a position the German duo have been categorised in, one lap down on the pinnacle-three, whilst the race became declared over. Meanwhile the McNish/Capello Audi received the efficiency award ?Michelin GreenX Challenge? ? A trophy offered to the most environmentally pleasant automobile.
Audi all of sudden contested a 3rd race of the yr to gather in addition race records approximately its new sports activities-prototype in education for the Le Mans 24 Hours subsequent June.
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