Trouble free warm-up for Audi
In the final warm-up this morning for this year´s Le Mans 24 Hours, Audi Sport Team Joest successfully completed its programme.
Christian Abt (D) set the fastest lap in the 45-minute trials, setting a time of 3mins 37.924secs in Audi R8 no.7. Meanwhile the other two Audi R8s were close behind.
“All three Audi R8s were running in race set-up and everything went well and without any problems,” explained Audi´s Head of Sport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich.
Frank Biela (D) did a long run with Audi no.8. “This was also perfect,” added Dr Ullrich.
Audi R8 no.7 slowed at the end of the session but there was a simple reason for Rinaldo Capello (It). “We were checking the fuel consumption so that we had the necessary data in case of a safety car period during the race,” confirmed Rinaldo who celebrates his 36th birthday today.
Audi´s starting line-up confirmed
Audi Sport Team Joest confirms the following drivers will begin the 68th Le Mans 24 Hour race at 1600hrs:
Audi R8 (no.7): Michele Alboreto (I)
Audi R8 (no.8): Frank Biela (D)
Audi R8 (no.9): Allan McNish (GB)
Audi Press Service during the race