Audi's Kristensen-McNish-Capello win Le Mans

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

LE MANS, France (AFP) — Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello, driving an Audi R10 TDI, overcame wet conditions and stiff opposition from the Peugeot stable to win the 76th Le Mans 24 Hour Race here on Sunday.

It was a record eighth win for Dane Kristensen, a third for Italian Capello and a second for Scotsman McNish after a previous win in 1998.

The victory was also the third consecutive one for the Audi R10 TDI and the German constructor's eighth overall in the endurance event.

The winning trio, who completed 381 circuits of the 13.63km course, seized the lead after 14 hours and refused to cede it, negotiating slick conditions to finish one lap ahead of a Peugeot 908 Hdi FAP driven by Jacques Villeneuve, the former Formula One world champion,...

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