24h Le Mans – Race Facts (Hour 9)
Audi Sport Team Joest’s three Audi R15 TDI prototypes were running in third, fourth and fifth positions in the Le Mans 24-hour race at midnight.
Benoît Treluyer touched a deflector in the chicane before start-finish line damaging the front splitter. Due to the nose-change the number 8 R15 TDI, now driven by Marcel Fässler, dropped again behind the number 9 "sister” car (Timo Bernhard). Allan McNish (#7) passed the #007 Lola-Aston Martin moving him to fifth position.
Positions after 9 hours: 1 Peugeot #2; 2 Peugeot #4; 3 Audi R15 TDI #9; 4 Audi R15 TDI #8; 5 Peugeot #1; 5 Audi R15 TDI #7; 7 Aston Martin #007; 8 Aston Martin #009; 9 Audi R10 TDI #15; 10 Lola #13
Time Facts
23:17 #7 pit stop: diesel
23:28 #9 pit stop: diesel, tires, Rockenfeller out, Bernhard in
23:29 #7 McNish overtakes Aston Martin #007
23:39 #8 pit stop: diesel, tires, change of front bonnet,
Treluyer out, Fässler in
23:59 #7 pit stop: diesel
