Audi’s dreams came almost perfectly into reality in the 80th Le Mans 24 Hours race. Ideally the German factory team would have finished 1–2–3–4; they managed 1–2–3, a huge achievement after 24 hours of flat-out racing.
Lotterer, Benôit Tréluyer, and Marcel Fässler drove an almost flawless race, with just a bit of car-to-car contact and no mechanical failures in more than 3000 miles of competition. The #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid’s flywheel-charged electric part-time all-wheel-drive system worked without a hitch, and the rest of the car was as reliable as ever.
