2015 Le Mans 24 Hours podium

2015 Le Mans 24 Hours

Porsche et Audi: La Bagarre and La Bataille Fratricide fanned the flames of a contest that has smouldered all season. The stage was set for the big fight, the battle of the mighty VW Group siblings.

Tweeters and bloggers worldwide responded to the hashtag ‘#audi welcomes challenges’. The team from Ingolstadt had some challenges at Le Mans 2015, and of course the biggest of those came from the men from Stuttgart. At the end of a thrilling race, the Porsche team donned some new shirts to celebrate a great victory. On the back of these was printed ‘Challenge Accepted’.

In the end an accumulation of problems denied Audi victory for the first time in five years, while the Porsche driven by Formula 1 driver Nico Hülkenberg, Briton Nick Tandy and Kiwi Earl Bamber ran virtually trouble-free for 24 hours. “We knew this might be Silverstone and Spa twice over,” said Audi boss Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, “and so it was, but each of our cars had crucial problems, which is unusual for us.”

Race Results

Qualifying

Circuit - Le Mans

Country

France

Location

Le Mans, Pays de la Loire

Type

Temporary road course

Length

8.469 (Miles)

Record

Andre Lotterer (Audi R18 e-tron quattro), 3m17.475, 154.391 mph, Sports Cars, 2015

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