Photo: Audi Motorsport
Audi will start the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans race from the pole position, with the company’s diesel-powered hybrid prototypes securing top three spots in qualifying yesterday.
Driven by Loic Duval, the No.2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro took pole position with a lap time of 3 minutes and 22.349 seconds. Duval will share driving duties with Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen.
The No.1 Audi earned second place with Andre Lotterer’s 3m 23.696s lap, while the No.3 car locked the third position on the grid after Marc Gene managed a 3m 24.341 lap time. Lotterer will be joined in the race by Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler, while Gene’s vehicle will also be driven by Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis.
“This is a nice way to start the weekend. Especially as all three cars set their fastest times during the normal preparation for the race. This is what we concentrated on in all the practice sessions so that all the drivers would be one-hundred-percent happy with the car. The first three positions on the grid are a nice reward for the whole team but, as always at Le Mans, not really crucial,” said Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, head of Audi Motorsport.
Audi’s main rival in the LMP1 class, Toyota, took fourth and fifth position, with Stephane Sarrazin’s lap of 3m 26.654 being almost 4.5 seconds off the pace of Duval’s pole-sitter time.
The No.1 Audi earned second place with Andre Lotterer’s 3m 23.696s lap, while the No.3 car locked the third position on the grid after Marc Gene managed a 3m 24.341 lap time. Lotterer will be joined in the race by Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler, while Gene’s vehicle will also be driven by Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis.
“This is a nice way to start the weekend. Especially as all three cars set their fastest times during the normal preparation for the race. This is what we concentrated on in all the practice sessions so that all the drivers would be one-hundred-percent happy with the car. The first three positions on the grid are a nice reward for the whole team but, as always at Le Mans, not really crucial,” said Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, head of Audi Motorsport.
Audi’s main rival in the LMP1 class, Toyota, took fourth and fifth position, with Stephane Sarrazin’s lap of 3m 26.654 being almost 4.5 seconds off the pace of Duval’s pole-sitter time.
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