Thursday, June 11, 2015

Le Mans 24 Hours: Audi stays in positions four, five and sixth after qualifying two


By Tarek Ramchani

No major changes in the second qualifying session at Le Mans. The works Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars are still in positions four, five and six.

The two-hour session has been red flagged following a big crash for the #63 Corvette C7.R from Corvette Racing (GTE-Pro).

The best ranked Audi car is still the #8 R18 e-tron quattro, fourth overall and best of the rest behind the all conquering Porsche Team and their 919 Hybrid LMP1s.


The only change is coming from the #7 Audi R18 e-tron quattro. The car in the hands of André Lotterer, Benoit Tréluyer and Marcel Fassler improved its best time. André Lotterer did a best time of 3:20.561 enough to take the fourth place.

The #9 Audi R18 e-tron quattro with Flipe Albuquerque, René Rast and Marco Bonanomi dropped to position sixth.

The third and final qualifying session will start at 20:30 CET.

Photo credit: Audi Media