It's been two weeks since the Audi and R18, to achieve victory in the 24 hours of Le Mans, but as the saying goes, never too late if that is good. So loving to the 24 hours of Le Mans and above all lovers of the data, here comes an extra number ration and more numbers on the 2011 edition. That Yes, I am not going to deceive. The data comes from Audi so logically focus on their participation but, fortunately, had kindly provide any pill extra. Along with the images, whether on video or in pictures, the best post-Le Mans that you might want a good fan.
You advance one, perhaps that has most impacted me. 4.838,295 Kilometres, 355 laps, the R18 Treluyer-Fassler-Lotterer Audi used in only nine games of tyre, one of them caused by a puncture. Without criticizing anyone (comparisons are odious and it's completely antagonistic categories), the difference in benefits is curious. A compound formula Pirelli can last 30 laps (average 5 km circuit), at the earliest. A Michelin to Le Mans until 55 (circuit of 12 km.).
249.500 spectators witnessed the edition of 2011.Audi R18 TDI # 2 won by a margin of exactly 13,854 seconds over the second classified. This distance is equivalent to 763 m. The winner ran 355 laps, 4.838,295 miles, with a speed average was 201,266 km/h.La victory of 2011 represents the eleventh victory for Audi at Le Mans that placed second in the absolute winners after 16 victories of Porsche. Audi won a hat-trick: pole position, fastest lap in race and victory.The highest speed achieved by a TDI R18 Audi in the race along the Hunaudieres straight was 336,4 km/h.Continuer of the Audi R8 (2000) and the Audi R10 TDI (2006), the Audi TDI R18 is the third LMP1 prototype of the mark to win the 24 hours of Le Mans in their first participation. It would be the fourth if to take into account that the Audi R15 + was more than a revision of the R15.The victorious Audi TDI R18 stopped in boxes 31 times.The winning trio completed the distance total of the race with only nine games of Michelin tyres. One of these changes, caused by a slow puncture.Benoit Treluyer completed the longest relay with the same set of tyres five rounds (54 laps).V6 TDI of 3.7 liters consumed an average of only 37.08 liters per 100 kilometers.The number of chassis of Audi TDI R18 winner is R18-106. The mechanics of Audi Sport Team christened the car with the nickname of "red Warrior".This was the 20th victory at Le Mans to Michelin, the 14th consecutive.Only 28 of 56 cars that took out reached the goal.This was the 28th victory at Le Mans for a German manufacturer of automobiles and the 28th for a closed vehicle. A car powered by a diesel engine won for the sixth time.Benoit Treluyer is only the fifth driver in the history of Le Mans to win the race from the pole position (not occurred since 1963) and the Audi TDI R18 is only the seventh car to win from the pole. It is the sixth time that a car with the dorsal number "2" WINS.Marcel Fassler is the first Swiss ever to win the race.The lead changed hands a total of 46 times during the race. Audi remained head 355 turns 261.Nine drivers of Audi who took the start in 2011 now have at least one victory in Le Mans. A total of 14 pilots have won at Le Mans with Audi to date: Seiji Ara (1), Timo Bernhard (1), Frank Biela (5), Dindo Capello (2), Romain Dumas (1), Marcel Fassler (1), Tom Kristensen (6), JJ Lehto (1), Andre Lotterer (1), Allan McNish (1), Emanuele Pirro (5), Mike Rockenfeller (1), Benoit Treluyer (1) and Marco Werner (3).For Reinhold Joest this was the 12th victory in the 24 hours of Le Mans, eight of them with Audi. If you include the victories of Dauer Racing (1994) and Bentley (2003), in which the team was also involved, Joest Racing adds 14 victories at Le Mans.
