Photo : Arnaud CORNILLEAU - ACO/Nikon

Audi has had an outstanding year on the major international long distance event calendar with victories at Bathurst (Australia), Nürburgring (Germany), Spa-Francorchamps and Zolder (Belgium), and of course the 24 Hours of Le Mans .

These victories were collected by the Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Le Mans) and the Audi R8 LMS (winner of four races) having covered a total distance of 17,767 kilometres, which corresponds to approximately 44% of the diameter of the Earth at the equator.

The Audi R18 e-tron quattro was the first prototype hybrid to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoit Tréluyer (5151 km traveled). Besides this eleventh Sarthe success of the marque, the R18 has been dominant in the FIA World Endurance Championship ​​since its first race at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps WEC, taking the manufacturers title for Audi, and the drivers title for Fässler-Lotterer-Tréluyer.

The Audi R8 LMS: 84 hours and four wins. German GT was as impressive as its "big sister" of Le Mans, with victories in the 12 Hours of Bathurst (Christer Jöns-Christopher Mies-Darryl O’Young, 1 677 km), and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring (Marc Basseng-Christopher Haase-Frank Stippler-Markus Winkelhock, 3,933 km), Spa (Andrea Piccini-René Rast-Frank Stippler, 3 565 km) and Zolder (Marco Bonanomi-Anthony Kumpen-Edward Sandström-Laurens Vanthoor, 3,440 km)..

Jean-Philippe Doret
(According to press information Audi Motorsport)

Photo: CIRCUIT OF 24 HOURS (LE MANS, SARTHE) 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, FINISH, June 17, 2012. The Audi R18 e-tron quattro R18 takes the chequered flag, with the victory of Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer Benoit Tréluyer (#1) and the second placed Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish (#2).