Audi Press Release
- Audi R18 e-tron quattro #1 back in the lead
Ingolstadt/Le Mans, June 17, 2012 – On Sunday morning, André Lotterer regained the lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours at the wheel of the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro from the #2 ‘sister’ car.
At the end of a 40-minute caution period, Allan McNish handed the #2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, which had temporarily been leading, to birthday boy Dindo Capello dropping him to second place.
Positions after 15 hours: 1 Audi #1 2 Audi #2 3 Audi #4 -2L 4 Lola-Toyota #12 -7L 5 Audi #3 -9L 6 Lola-Toyota #13 -12L 7 HPD-Honda #44 -14L 8 HPD-Honda #22 -16L 9 Oreca-Nissan #49 -16L 10 Oreca-Nissan #26 -16L
Time Fact
05:28 Lap 223: Restart, #1 P1, #2 P2, #4 P3, #3 P5
05:31 #2 pit stop from P1, diesel, tires, McNish out, Capello in
05:36 #4 pit stop from P3, diesel
05:57 #1 pit stop from P1, diesel
05:59 #3 pit stop from P5, diesel
06:00 #1 P1 +1.22,760 #2 P2 -1.22,760 #4 P3 -2L #3 P5 -9L
