Audi Press Release
- 1-2-3 lead for Audi Sport Team Joest
Ingolstadt/Le Mans, June 16, 2012 – After more than one hour of safety car period the 80th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours was back to racing again from 21:13hrs on. Audi Sport Team Joest enjoys a 1-2-3 lead after seven hours of racing.
The fight for the lead between the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro and the #7 Toyota came to a sudden end after the restart when the second placed Toyota collided with another car and had to the pit two times afterwards. As a result, Dindo Capello (#2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro) and Oliver Jarvis (#4 Audi R18 ultra) moved up to positions two and three.
Positions after 7 hours: 1 Audi #1 2 Audi #2 3 Audi #4 -1L 4 Lola-Toyota #12 -3L 5 Lola-Toyota #13 -4L 6 HPD-Honda #22 -4L 7 Oreca-Nissan #48 -6L 8 Morgan-Judd #24 -6L 9 Morgan-Judd #35 -6L 10 HPD-Honda #44 -6L 14 Audi #3 -7L
Time Fact
21:13 Lap 92: Restart, #1 P1, #2 P3, #4 P4, #3 P22
21:15 Toyota #7 in the pits after contact, #2 Capello takes P2
21:16 #3 Jarvis overtakes #1 Fässler and is back on the lead-lap
21:23 #1 Fässler overtakes #4 Jarvis, gap is one lap again
21:27 #2 pit stop from P2, diesel
21:38 #3 pit stop from P18, diesel
21:44 #1 pit stop from P1, diesel
21:44 #4 pit stop from P3, diesel
22:00 #1 P1 +1m 11.295s #2 P2 -1m 11.295s #4 P3 -1L #3 P14 -7L
