AUDI thinks despite victory in Sebring about retreat
Mo 19 Mär, 22:00 clock
(sid) the Ingolstädter automobile company AUDI has the nose despite the respected victory in consequence at the 12 hours of Sebring/Florida fully of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). At the edge of success when old and most important sports car running there were Americas behind the window blinds giant annoyance around the classification of the ungeschlagenen Diesel sports car R10 TDI.
“We will analyze and will evaluate a running and its process exactly. Only then we decide together with the executive committee whether we continue, said our commitment in the ALMS” AUDI sport boss Wolfgang Ullrich the sport news service (sid): “The two categories LMP1 and LMP2 together-moved very close by short term changes of rule. We feared that, and does not correspond to our opinion after the spirit of the original regulation.”
Smaller tank, earlier stops
The R10, which remained ungeschlagen also with its ninth running employment, had to go for the first time with a ten per cent to smaller tank (81 instead of 90 litres) to the start. Therefore the AUDI pilots up to five rounds came in former times to refueling to the box as the competition of Honda and Porsche into the smaller LMP2-Kategorie, which are reserved actually private teams. Besides the sports cars may be easier in the smaller class 150kg.
Background of the disputed classification is the desire of the supervisors to arrange the long-distance running up to the conclusion open. Since AUDI does not have king class” into the LMP1 “serious opponents, one fears rather boring running at the point on the part of the organizer without the artificial interference.
Honda briefly before the sensation
The R10 was in Sebring indeed the fastest car in the entire field, Marco Werner (Ermatingen) drove thereby also a round record (1: 46.634 minutes). But the fastest car from the LMP2-Klasse, the work Porsche R-S Spyder of the American Penske team, was only four thousandth customers more slowly.
Without the large technical problems of the competition AUDI would have the 55. Edition of the long-distance classical author probably not won. Honda and Porsche had lain in the meantime several times in guidance, by transmission and electronics problems had been however back-thrown again and again.
The Japanese stood for the first Sebring victory of Honda with their running debut with the new Acura even before a sensation - in the history of running delivered since 1952. But the new sports car stood for 80 minutes before running for six rounds in the box, and so the Japanese had to finally give themselves with second total rank contently.
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