 Interesting facts about this year's 24
The win by Audi was the teams 7th and further reinforced the career stats of two drivers.
Audi :
- 7th victory for Audi at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- Audi ties Jaguar for number of overall victories
Franck Biela (42 ans)
5th victory in 8 years of competition (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)
Emanuele Pirro (45 ans)
5th victory in 10 years of participation (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)
Fate of the cars:
LMP1
#002 Audi - Loses a wheel and goes off track at 8h02
#003 Audi - Crash into wall at 17h49
#005 Swiss Spirit (Lola / Audi FSI ) out with electrical problems at 23h56
#007 Peugeot out with engine problems at 13h26
#009 Creation (Judd) out with broken crankcase at 23h15
#013 Courage (AER) out with engine problems at 4h51
LMP2
Only the #31 Binnie Motorsport (Lola / Zytek) and #33 Barazi Epsilon (Zytek) survive.
GT1
#053 JLoc Lamborghini out with transmission problems at 16h56
#064 Corvette out with transmission problems at 17h45
GT2
#071 Seikel Porsche engine at 23h27
#080 Flying Lizard gearbox at 1h50
#081 LNT Panoz gearbox at 21h45
#083 GPC Sport Ferrari stoped on circuit at 12h05
#085 Spyker tranmission at 3h45
#086 Spyker engine at 22h22
#087 Scuderia Ecosse transmission at 10h16
#097 Risi Competizione water pump at 9h04
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