No 9 car of Timo Bernhard, Mike Rockenfeller and Romain Dumas - credit Michel Legeay ACO

Audi Motorsport Boss, Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich believes that the teams 9th Le Mans win was the toughest so far.

” Peugeot looked like they had beaten Audi for the second straight year, but  the 908’s all suffered failures”

Audi’s revised R15 TDI Plus came through to take a one-two-three led by the No 9 Audi North America car of Timo Bernhard, Mike Rockenfeller and Romain Dumas.

“At the beginning it was a little unlucky for us but at the end it all worked fine” said Ullrich.

“It’s a great reward for all the work that everyone has done. I think this has to be the hardest Le Mans we’ve ever done”

Dr. Ullrich was congratulated by his counterpart at Peugeot their Director of Motorsport Olivier Quesnel, straight after the race and he paid tribute to Audi’s arch rival and remarked on the camararderie between the two teams.

“I think that  they know that we have done a great job” said Ullrich.

“In sport when someone wins then someone else loses, but when the loser comes and congratulates the winner it is all very sporting. That is what we did last year and that’s what Peugeot has done this year. It has been a fantastic battle, we’ve invited the Peugeot guys to a party tonight and we hope that  they will all come”

This years winners Audi #9 completed 397 laps (at an average speed of 225.23 kph) a new distance record, beating their team mates #8 in second place by one whole lap and the third Audi # 7 by 3 laps.

The first petrol engined car was #4 Oreca on 373 laps.

In LMP2 #42 HPD – ARX was 1st completing 367 laps, 2nd was #35 Pescarolo on 361 laps  and 3rd #25 lola on 358 laps. Car 42 also won the Michelin green x challenge.

In GT1 the winner was#50 Saleen on 331 laps, 2nd was #72 Corvette on 327 laps and 3rd #52 Aston Martin on 311 laps.

In GT2 the winner was #77 Porsche on 338 laps, 2nd was #89 Ferrari on 336 laps and 3rd #97 Porsche on 327 laps.

There were 27 classified finishers the Spyker #85 being classified last, the #11 Drayson Lola will not be classified as a finisher as it completed insufficient laps.

The fastest lap was set by car no 4 Loic Duval of Team Oreca Matmut, driving in a time 0f 3:19.074 kmh on lap 369

Full results here