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Audi R15 Tdi Diesel-Engined Sportscar Petit Le Mans Race

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New Sports Audi R15 Tdi Petit Le Mans Race

Britain?S Allan McNish (pictured) got here tantalisingly near accomplishing his fifth Petit Le Mans race victory at Road Atlanta on Saturday (26 Sep) and maintaining Audi?S a hundred% triumphing record inside the annual American sportscar staying power race since the German producer?S debut in 2000.

The Dumfries-born double Le Mans 24 Hour race winner and Italian co-motive force Dindo Capello led for the outlet 4hrs before the Scotsman suffered two spins and dropped to 0.33 place at the treacherously moist and slippery tune in Georgia - moments earlier than the race went in to a Safety Car length and was in the long run stopped with almost five hours run.

After a further delay of just about four hours and near consistent heavy rain, organisers decided now not to re-begin the event which anyways become constrained to ten hours or 1,000-miles, leaving the McNish/Capello diesel-engined Audi R15 TDI classified 0.33, a mere three.465secs in the back of the winning Peugeot (Franck Montagny/Stephane Sarrazin).

The McNish/Capello Audi had started from third vicinity on the 27-car grid however McNish swept in to the lead on the opening lap. The ?Sister? R15 TDI of Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner started out from fourth area, a function the German duo had been labeled in, one lap down at the pinnacle-three, while the race changed into declared over. Meanwhile the McNish/Capello Audi won the efficiency award ?Michelin GreenX Challenge? ? A trophy presented to the most environmentally pleasant car.

Audi unexpectedly contested a 3rd race of the yr to gather further race statistics approximately its new sports-prototype in practise for the Le Mans 24 Hours subsequent June.

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