Le Mans 24 Hour Results (Spoiler Alerts)

[glenc]

AUDI R15 TDIs came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Le Mans 24 hour race.
The winning car did 5405km in 24 hours, the Bathurst 1000 looks small by comparison.
The R15 is a 5.5L V10 turbo diesel.

"THIS YEARS WINNERS AUDI #9 COMPLETED 397 LAPS (AT A SPEED OF 225.228 KPH) - A NEW DISTANCE RECORD, BEATING THEIR TEAM MATES #8 IN SECOND BY ONE LAP AND THE THIRD AUDI# 7 BY 3 LAPS IN THIRD."

The results are here: Chronos

[The_Hawk]

That car looked amazing on the track, a very well put together team

[Speed]

The winning car did 5405km in 24 hours, the Bathurst 1000 looks small by comparison.

Sure does.. but Bathurst doesn't run for 24 hours

Was great to see Audi come in at 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Peugoet (or Poojoe, as the americans were saying!) must be devastated.

[glenc]

In 2002 532 laps (3305km) were completed in the Bathurst 24 hr race.
This year the winners covered 4326 km at Daytona's 24 hr race.

[hooba]

In 2002 532 laps (3305km) were completed in the Bathurst 24 hr race.
This year the winners covered 4326 km at Daytona's 24 hr race.

Just to add some perspective to the comparison, they are 3 fundamentally different tracks (La Sarthe's backstraight makes Conrod look like a short sprint), and in Bathurst's case, it was a production car race.

[static1800]

I was waiting for all the Pugs to be quick but eventually brake down and they did

[Treza360]

Next time please don't put up these kind of results etc in thread titles. Also a spoiler warning is also appropriate. I've got the whole weekends One HD coverage taped and ready to go today and it's a little bit ruined for me now (I'm still going to watch it anyway though).

[goodfella]

...... and in Bathurst's case, it was a production car race.

Ahem, don't get me started on the whole "production car" discussion when Holden/HSV enter a purpose built 427 coupe which never made it into production yet CAMS still honour their victory based on a future homologation run - Strip them I say!

[Speed]

Originally Posted by hooba
...... and in Bathurst's case, it was a production car race.

Ahem, don't get me started on the whole "production car" discussion when Holden/HSV enter a purpose built 427 coupe which never made it into production yet CAMS still honour their victory based on a future homologation run - Strip them I say!

Was better in the 70's, when the race cars were actually what you could buy from the dealership (with exception of an exhaust)
Now days, same gearbox, same diff blah blah blah and no variety.

I'd love to see Audi's and VW's at bathurst up against standard falcons and commodores.

[hooba]

Ahem, don't get me started on the whole "production car" discussion when Holden/HSV enter a purpose built 427 coupe which never made it into production yet CAMS still honour their victory based on a future homologation run - Strip them I say!

I agree with you entirely. However what I wanted to point out it is hard to compare Bathurst and a purpose built Commodore coupe with Le Mans and the mighty R15.

Good write up on the race.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/13/l...u-must-finish/