Track record: Audi at Le Mans – 13 victories in 18 years

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05/25/2016
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No brand has won at Le Mans in such a short period of time as often as Audi has. Since 1999, the four rings have only had to admit defeat five times at La Sarthe. 13 times they remained unbeaten.

Audi has been shaping an era at Le Mans since 1999. 72 percent of all race victories went to the sports cars from Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. For Audi, the objective of the racing program is the benefit it delivers to the consumer. The technologies that are successful at Le Mans promise “Vorsprung durch Technik” in road traffic as well.

As far back as in 2001, Audi left a mark when TFSI gasoline direct injection won for the first time at Le Mans. Just a little later, it made its way into large-scale production. The Audi R10 TDI in 2006 was the first race car to win the iconic race at La Sarthe with diesel power. Unbroken to this day has been the distance record set by the 2010 Audi R15 TDI. A lithium-ion battery was one of the innovations on board of the open-top sports car. A new era began in 2012 with hybrid drive. The Audi R18 e-tron quattro won three times in succession. Aside from its powertrain concept, it featured other innovative details: the matrix LED headlights, Audi laser light and the digital rear-view mirror with an AMOLED display. These lighting technologies have since become available for road-going cars as well.

Overview of the races

1999

Audi R8R (Audi Sport Team Joest)

3. #8 Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Didier Theys, 360 laps

4. #7 Laurent Aiello/Michele Alboreto/Dindo Capello, 346 laps

Audi R8C (Audi Sport Team UK)

– #10 Perry McCarthy/Andy Wallace/James Weaver, 199 laps

– #9 Christian Abt/Stefan Johansson/Stéphane Ortelli, 55 laps

2000

Audi R8 (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #8 Frank Biela/Tom Kristensen/Emanuele Pirro, 368 laps

2. #9 Laurent Aiello/Allan McNish/Stéphane Ortelli, 367 laps

3. #7 Christian Abt/Michele Alboreto/Dindo Capello, 365 laps

2001

Audi R8 (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #1 Frank Biela/Tom Kristensen/Emanuele Pirro, 321 laps

2. #2 Laurent Aiello/Dindo Capello/Christian Pescatori, 320 laps

Audi R8 (Champion Racing)

– #3 Johnny Herbert/Ralf Kelleners/Didier Theys, 81 laps

Audi R8 (Johansson Motorsport)

– #4 Tom Coronel/Stefan Johansson/Patrick Lemarié, 35 laps

2002

Audi R8 (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #1 Frank Biela/Tom Kristensen/Emanuele Pirro, 375 laps

2. #2 Dindo Capello/Johnny Herbert/Christian Pescatori, 374 laps

3. #3 Michael Krumm/Philipp Peter/Marco Werner, 372 laps

Audi R8 (Audi Sport Japan Team Goh)

7. #5 Seiji Ara/Yannick Dalmas/Hiroki Katoh, 358 laps

2003

Audi R8 (Team ADT Champion Racing)

3. #6 Stefan Johansson/JJ Lehto/Emanuele Pirro, 372 laps

Audi R8 (Audi Sport Japan Team Goh)

4. #5 Seiji Ara/Jan Magnussen/Marco Werner, 370 laps

Audi R8 (Audi Sport UK)

– #10 Frank Biela/Perry McCarthy/Mika Salo, 18 laps

2004

Audi R8 (Audi Sport Japan Team Goh)

1. #5 Seiji Ara/Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen, 379 laps

Audi R8 (Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx)

2. #88 Jamie Davies/Johnny Herbert/Guy Smith, 379 laps

5. #8 Frank Biela/Pierre Kaffer/Allan McNish, 350 laps

Audi R8 (Team ADT Champion Racing)

3. #2 JJ Lehto/Marco Werner/Emanuele Pirro, 368 laps

2005

Audi R8 (Team ADT Champion Racing)

1. #3 Tom Kristensen/JJ Lehto/Marco Werner, 370 laps

3. #2 Frank Biela/Allan McNish/Emanuele Pirro, 364 laps

Audi R8 (Audi PlayStation Team ORECA)

4. #4 Jean-Marc Gounon/Franck Montagny/Stéphane Ortelli, 362 laps

2006

Audi R10 TDI (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #8 Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner, 380 laps

3. #7 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 367 laps

2007

Audi R10 TDI (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #1 Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner, 369 laps

– #2 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 262 laps

– #3 Lucas Luhr/Alexandre Prémat/Mike Rockenfeller, 23 laps

2008

Audi R10 TDI (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #2 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 381 laps

4. #3 Lucas Luhr/Alexandre Prémat/Mike Rockenfeller, 374 laps

6. #1 Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner, 367 laps

2009

Audi R15 TDI (Audi Sport Team Joest)

3. #1 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 376 laps

17. #3 Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Alexandre Prémat, 333 laps

– #2 Lucas Luhr/Mike Rockenfeller/Marco Werner, 104 laps

2010

Audi R15 TDI (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #9 Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Mike Rockenfeller, 397 laps

2. #8 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, 396 laps

3. #7 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 394 laps

2011

Audi R18 TDI (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #2 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, 355 laps

– #1 Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Mike Rockenfeller, 116 laps

– #3 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 14 laps

2012

Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #1 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, 378 laps

2. #2 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 377 laps

Audi R18 ultra (Audi Sport Team Joest)

3. #4 Marco Bonanomi/Oliver Jarvis/Mike Rockenfeller, 375 laps

5. #3 Romain Dumas/Loïc Duval/Marc Gené, 366 laps

2013

Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #2 Loïc Duval/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, 348 laps

3. #3 Marc Gené/Lucas di Grassi/Oliver Jarvis, 347 laps

5. #1 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, 338 laps

2014

Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Audi Sport Team Joest)

1. #2 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, 379 laps

2. #1 Lucas di Grassi/Marc Gené/Tom Kristensen, 376 laps

– #3 Filipe Albuquerque/Marco Bonanomi/Oliver Jarvis, 25 laps

2015

Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Audi Sport Team Joest)

3. #7 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, 393 laps

4. #8 Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis, 392 laps

7. #9 Filipe Albuquerque/Marco Bonanomi/René Rast, 387 laps

2016

Audi R18 (Audi Sport Team Joest)

3. #8 Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis, 372 laps

4. #7 Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer, 367 laps