Audi qualify 1-2-3

[Dapster]

Autosport said:

It's an all-Audi top-three for the first time since 2002. The #1 of Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler and the #3 of Gene/Jarvis/di Grassi complete the front three.

Hardly a surprise but they did it none the less.

http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/603

[MiniMan64]

So Audi versus themselves again then?

I hope Porsche are designing a quick car for next year

[struttob]

It will be quick of that there is no doubt (from the PH campsite in Bleu Nord)

[eps]

Probably Audi, but not necessarily so... Toyota may well be able to do 7 pitstops less than Audi, but run 4 to 5 seconds slower a lap... If Toyota can run well and perform quick slick stops they may well have a classic ,Tortoise scenario....

[Zed Ed]

Throw in rain, the unknown and a few gentleman drivers; it'll be an interesting race.

[THP150]

Audi have done the tortoise to great effect previously, so Toyota might just do it.

[E38Ross]

I really don't think it'll be that simple, Toyota will certainly have a chance.

I kind of want Audi to win though. Seems the ACO bend the rules to help stop Audi winning, though I can't confess to know what, just going by what someone told me!

Plus, Dr Wolfgang Ullrich is a legend!

[IainT]

eps said:

Probably Audi, but not necessarily so... Toyota may well be able to do 7 pitstops less than Audi, but run 4 to 5 seconds slower a lap... If Toyota can run well and perform quick slick stops they may well have a classic ,Tortoise scenario....

I think this is pretty much the only hope of a close inter-marque battle at the sharp end.

If it rains the Audi advantage is expected to be greater as their hybrid system gives them more usable power.

I hope ant Davidson has a better race than last year but I would like to see TK add to his win tally.

[mollytherocker]

Remember what happened to Peugeot a few years ago?

Anything can happen, and qualifying is only an indication of single lap speed

But they are the faves of course.

[Dapster]

mollytherocker said:

Remember what happened to Peugeot a few years ago?

Anything can happen, and qualifying is only an indication of single lap speed

But they are the faves of course.

Indeed - 2010. Peugeot qualified 1-2-3-4 and managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory handing Audi a 1-2-3 in the obsolete R15.

Love them or loather them, you have to be impressed at the total efficiency of the Audi set up - throw in a bit of rain as is forecast and Audi are the favorites. They have so much experience and the best mix of grey hairs and yoofs in their drivers.

[RobGT81]

If it stays changeable and damp with laptimes above 3:30 then Toyota are just as quick, sometimes quicker than Audi.