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> Victory and lead of the standings for Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer
> Audi Sport Team Joest celebrates 16th race victory in the FIA WEC
> Debut win for Audi's most efficient LMP1 race car
Audi managed an opening round in the FIA World #endurance Championship (WEC) that was made to measure. Following a riveting battle with Porsche at #silverstone, the new #audi R18 won at its first fielding in a race. Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer (CH/D/F) secured pole position on Saturday and celebrated victory with a 46-second advantage on Sunday.
Audi put a clear mark on the season opener in the United Kingdom. Following grid positions one and two in qualifying, the two #audi driver squads were battling for the top spot from the first lap on. After the start, André Lotterer in the number "7" #audi R18 maintained the lead. Shorter pit stops by the competitors meant that the German lost a little ground and dropped to third place. When Benoît Tréluyer took over the cockpit, he battled his way back to the front at the race's mid-point that was marked by caution periods. Marcel Fässler drove the #audi R18 in the final stage and soon built an advantage of more than ten seconds. Like last year, the Swiss battled for victory at #silverstone with his compatriot Neel Jani – and again kept the upper hand. In the end, the driver trio of Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer celebrated its eleventh joint #wec victory with #audi and, as a result, remains the most successful driver squad in the #racing series' history.
"Sincere congratulations to our three drivers and to our whole team," said Head of #audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. "This team, not only at #silverstone but also in the weeks and months before, gave everything to make our most sophisticated and efficient race car to date a success." The #audi R18 diesel hybrid sports car uses 46 percent less fuel than Audi's first diesel-powered sports car, the 2006 R10 TDI.
The sister car with Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis (BR/F/GB) started the race from grid position two. Following the first pit stop, Oliver Jarvis in position two was the best #audi driver some of the time at his home round. Lucas di Grassi took over the cockpit, but was forced to retire on lap 70. A malfunction of the hybrid system put an early end to the race. Consequently, #audi, like the other two manufacturers in the LMP1 class, suffered a setback with one of its two race cars.
Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer are the first leaders of the standings at the beginning of the fifth FIA #wec season. The trio has scored 26 points in the United Kingdom. As a result, the #audi drivers will be traveling to Belgium in three weeks time with an eight-point advantage. On the circuit at Spa, the FIA #wec will be holding its second six-hour race on May 7 before the season's pinnacle #event in June – the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Race results
1 Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer (Audi R18) 194 laps
2 Dumas/Jani/Lieb (Porsche) +46.065s
3 Conway/Kobayashi/Sarrazin (Toyota) –1 lap
4 Imperatori/Kraihamer/Tuscher (Rebellion) –11 laps
5 Heidfeld/Piquet/Prost (Rebellion) –13 laps
6 Albuquerque/Gonzalez/Senna (Ligier-Nissan) –15 laps
7 Cumming/Dalziel/Derani (Ligier-Nissan) –15 laps
8 Berthon/Rast/Rusinov (Oreca-Nissan) –15 laps
9 Lapierre/Menezes/Richelmi (Alpine-Nissan) –16 laps
10 Kane/Leventis/Watts (Gibson-Nissan) –17 laps
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