Audi R10 Wins!

[Charlie Smith]

    Audi R10 Diesel wins Sebring!
    Now maybe they will bring some of their diesel cars into the US!

    This year's LeMans will be a good one to see!

    - Charlie


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    http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=1872


 AUDI MAKES HISTORY AS DIESEL-POWERED R10 TDI WINS TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING

The No. 2 Audi R10 TDI is the first diesel-powered car Audi Sport North 
America made history Saturday as the diesel-powered Audi R10 TDI of Tom 
Kristensen, Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello won the Mobil 1 Twelve 
Hours of Sebring. The new prototype is the first diesel car in the 
world to win a major sports car race.

"Our R10 TDI is a real racing car," Kristensen said. "Over two stints, 
you can drive it very precisely, which is a combination of the diesel 
power and immense torque. It's simply pure fun to drive it."

The No. 2 Audi won the opening race of the 2006 American Le Mans Series 
by three laps over Intersport Racing's No. 37 Lola B05/40-AER. After 
winning the pole position, the No. 2 car had to have its heat exchanger 
switched before the race and had to start the race from pit lane and 
in 34th position. But by the two-hour mark, the pole-sitting car had 
moved back into the lead when the No. 1 sister car had to pit.

Kristensen gave the No. 2 car the lead for good when Marco Werner, 
driving with defending Series champions Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro 
in the No. 1 Audi R10 TDI, pulled the car into the garage just shy of 
the four-hour mark. Shortly thereafter, the car was retired due to 
overheating.

That left Kristensen, Capello and McNish to comfortably run out front. 
Kristensen added yet another record to his already impressive resume. 
He is now has four overall wins at Sebring, the most in the race's 
54-year history. He also has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times, 
including the last six in a row.

Four different marques - Panoz, Porsche, BMW and Ferrari - all led laps 
during the race, which featured 25 lead changes in class.