AUDI BEATS PEUGEOT TO RETAIN LE MANS DIESEL TITLE

摘要

Despite the growing strength of Peugeot's race engineering, Audi has won the Le Mans 24 hour race for the eighth time. It remains the only manufacturerrnto have won in a diesel. This year's R10 TDI ran for the first time with a small amount of second-generation biodiesel in its fuel. Averaging 45.56rnlitres/100km, a single tank took the Audi 12 laps, one more than its rival at Peugeot.rnTeam technical director Ralf Juttner said: 'The race was crazy. Peugeot was quicker at first as expected, but then had to fight some gremlins and we followed closely. They pulled ahead again until bad weather created chaos. Our crew and drivers made no mistakes."