Audi takes one-two-three at Le Mans � with new distance record
Audi celebrated a remarkable one-two-three podium lock out in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Mike Rockenfeller won the world痴 toughest long-distance race. A multi-plate carbon clutch from ZF Sachs Race Engineering is used in their further developed Audi R15 TDI. Their team mates Marcel F舖sler/Andr� Lotterer/Beno羡 Treluyer were second, third were Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish.
The legendary motorsport marathon developed early into a challenging test for man and machine, during which the later winner Audi fought tooth and nail while lapping at a rapid pace with defending champion Peugeot � also equipped with clutch technology from Schweinfurt. The result was a new absolute distance record for the 24-hour race on the Sarthe, which clearly exceeded the old record by 75 kilometres previously set on a much quicker circuit version from 1971.
It was not only in the fight for overall victory that teams relied on ZF Sachs Race Engineering products but also in the other categories for example in the Porsche 997 GT3 RSR. Winner in the LMGT2 class was the Porsche team Felbermayr with Marc Lieb/Richard Lietz/Wolf Henzler at the wheel.
Results, 24 Hours of Le Mans (F), 12.06�13.06.2010:
1 Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Mike Rockenfeller, Audi R15 TDI, 397 laps, ZF Sachs
2 Marcel F舖sler/Andr� Lotterer/Beno羡 Treluyer, Audi R15 TDI, 396 laps, ZF Sachs
3 Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish, Audi R15 TDI, 394 laps, ZF Sachs
4 Soheil Ayari/Didier Andr�/Andy Meyrick, Oreca-Aim, 369 laps
5 Nick Leventis/Danny Watts/Jonny Kane, HPD-ARX, 367 laps
6 Adrian Fernandez/Stefan M�cke/Harold Primat, Lola-Aston Martin, 365 laps
7 Matthieu Lahaye/Guillaume Moreau/Jan Charouz, Pescarolo-Judd, 361 laps
8 Thomas Erdos/Mike Newton/Andy Wallace, Lola-HPD, 358 laps
9 Jacques Nicolet/Richard Hein/Jean-Fran輟is Yvon, 341 laps
10 Karim Ojjeh/Tim Greaves/Gary Chalandon, Ginetta-Zytek, 341 laps
Formula 1: podium place for Fernando Alonso
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso clinched a podium position at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Spaniard whose vehicle is equipped with dampers from ZF Sachs Race Engineering finished in third place. In the drivers championship Alonso is ranking in fourth place.
Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg, who started into the race from grid position ten, won the team-internal duel against record world champion Michael Schumacher and with a sixth-place finish secured eight more important championship points. Michael Schumacher ended up in eleventh place. The two Germans rely on damper technology from Schweinfurt in their cars as well.
The Swiss Sebastien Buemi in the STR-Ferrari scored four championship points in eighth place. For Buemi, whose car is fitted with a clutch and dampers from ZF Sachs, this was the best result of the season so far.
Results, Canadian GP (CDN), FIA Formula 1 World Championship, round 8, 12.06.�13.06.2010:
1 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 1h 33m 53.456s
2 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, + 2.254s
3 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, + 9.214s, ZF Sachs
4 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, + 37.817s
5 Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, + 39.291s
6 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes-Benz, + 56.084s, ZF Sachs
7 Robert Kubica, Renault, + 57.300s
8 S饕astien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso, - 1 lap, ZF Sachs
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India-Mercedes, - 1 lap
10 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes, - 1 lap
Drivers championship:
1 Lewis Hamilton, 109 points; 2 Jenson Button, 106; 3 Mark Webber, 103; 4 Fernando Alonso, 94; 5 Sebastian Vettel, 90; 6 Nico Rosberg, 74; 7 Robert Kubica, 73; 8 Felipe Massa, 67; 9 Michael Schumacher, 34; 10 Adrian Sutil, 23.
Constructors championship:
1 McLaren-Mercedes, 215 points; 2 Red Bull Renault, 193; 3 Ferrari, 161; 4 Mercedes, 108; 5 Renault, 79; 6 Force-India-Mercedes, 35; 7 STR-Ferrari and Williams-Cosworth, 8 each; 9 Sauber-Ferrari, 1.
