Sebring 12 Hours: Audi takes 1-2 victory

Kristensen, McNish and Capello win 12 Hours of Sebring for Audi. Leading from the front the nr2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 TDI of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Dindo Capello won the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 10th victory in the event for Audi and the third win the trio of drivers have won together . It was also a 1-2 for Audi as the nr3 car of Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Loic Duval came home in second place four laps behind their teammates.

The Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX 03b-Honda of Vicente Potolicchio, Ryan Dalziel and Stephane Sarrazin finished 3rd overall and first in LMP2, a great result for the American team on home soil.

A great battle in the GT class saw OLivier Beretta in the nr71 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia battling with the nr56 BMW or Joey Hand for the overall GT victory. The lead changed three times on the last two laps with Hand getting the better run into the final corner and taking the GT win as Beretta struggled with a puncture. The nr71 Ferrari still took the chequered flag as the winner of the LMGTE Pro class.

The nr88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 of Christian Ried, Paolo Ruberti and Gianluca Roda took the first LMGTE Am win in FIA WEC.

Photo : JEAN MICHEL LE MEUR – DPPI Media

Fonte: http://www.lemans.org/