Source: Audi Motorsport Press Office
Audi Sport Team Joest clearly set the pace at the official tests of the Le Mans Series (LMS) at Le Castellet (Southern France). At the end of the first test day both Audi R10 TDI cars had a commanding lead in the sportscar field.
Allan McNish set the fastest time. The Scot was the only driver on Sunday to break the barrier of 1.40 minutes.
For Audi Sport Team Joest, the test at Le Castellet served as the rollout for the racing cars fielded in the Le Mans Series that starts with the 1,000-kilometre race at Barcelona (Spain) on 6 April. The two newly prepared Audi R10 TDI cars reeled off a total of 162 laps (almost 1,000 kilometres) without any major problems.
All four LMS drivers, Dindo Capello, Allan McNish, Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller, participated in the test. With 1m 39.705s, McNish on soft tyres clearly set the day's best time. Prémat in the "sister car" set the quickest time on a slightly harder tyre compound with 1m 40.777s. The Frenchman was at the wheel of an R10 TDI for the first time after more than six months and drove some additional laps at night in darkness.
All four Audi drivers completed different programmes and were obviously impressed with the 2008-spec Audi R10 TDI. For the 2008 season, the diesel-powered sportscar was subjected to further development in certain details including optimised aerodynamics, lower weight and a revised engine.
The quickest times on Sunday:
1 Audi R10 TDI #1 1m 39.705s
2 Audi R10 TDI #2 1m 40.777s
3 Courage-Oreca-Judd #5 1m 42.631s
4 Creation-AIM #14 1m 43.285s
5 Pescarolo-Judd #16 1m 43.473s
6 Lola-Aston Martin #10 1m 43.598s
photo:Audi Motorsport
Audi Sport Team Joest clearly set the pace at the official tests of the Le Mans Series (LMS) at Le Castellet (Southern France). At the end of the first test day both Audi R10 TDI cars had a commanding lead in the sportscar field.
Allan McNish set the fastest time. The Scot was the only driver on Sunday to break the barrier of 1.40 minutes.
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For Audi Sport Team Joest, the test at Le Castellet served as the rollout for the racing cars fielded in the Le Mans Series that starts with the 1,000-kilometre race at Barcelona (Spain) on 6 April. The two newly prepared Audi R10 TDI cars reeled off a total of 162 laps (almost 1,000 kilometres) without any major problems.
All four LMS drivers, Dindo Capello, Allan McNish, Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller, participated in the test. With 1m 39.705s, McNish on soft tyres clearly set the day's best time. Prémat in the "sister car" set the quickest time on a slightly harder tyre compound with 1m 40.777s. The Frenchman was at the wheel of an R10 TDI for the first time after more than six months and drove some additional laps at night in darkness.
All four Audi drivers completed different programmes and were obviously impressed with the 2008-spec Audi R10 TDI. For the 2008 season, the diesel-powered sportscar was subjected to further development in certain details including optimised aerodynamics, lower weight and a revised engine.
The quickest times on Sunday:
1 Audi R10 TDI #1 1m 39.705s
2 Audi R10 TDI #2 1m 40.777s
3 Courage-Oreca-Judd #5 1m 42.631s
4 Creation-AIM #14 1m 43.285s
5 Pescarolo-Judd #16 1m 43.473s
6 Lola-Aston Martin #10 1m 43.598s
photo:Audi Motorsport