Quotes after the race at the Nürburgring

Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): "Of course, we’d have wished for a slightly better result than places three and four at our home race. But the two Peugeots couldn’t be beaten here. The team and the drivers achieved the maximum and kept the title fight open. This means that we’ll be seeing a thrilling finale at Silverstone.”

Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): "That was a really tough weekend for us. My first stint in the race was terrible. I had no grip whatsoever. I can’t remember ever having fought so hard with the R10. The second stint was a bit better. But in the third stint I again had absolutely no feeling for the car. We need to find out what was wrong and solve the problem before Silverstone so that we can drive a great season finale there.”

Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #1): "We already had problems with our car in qualifying. Unfortunately, they continued in the race. The car was inconsistent. Dindo (Capello) and I both had the same feeling. Still, we were able to move forwards up to third place at times.”

The results at the Nürburgring

1 Lamy/Sarrazin (Peugeot) 195 laps in 5h 44m58.174s
2 Gené/Minassian (Peugeot) + 16.161s
3 Prémat/Rockenfeller (Audi R10 TDI) - 1 lap
4 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) - 1 lap
5 Mücke/Charouz (Lola-Aston Martin) - 6 laps
6 Ortelli/Ayari/Duval (Courage-Oreca-Judd) - 7 laps
7 Verstappen/Bleekemolen (Porsche) - 7 laps
8 Campbell-Walter/Hall (Creation-Aim) - 8 laps
9 Ragues/Lahaye (Pescarolo-Judd) - 11 laps
10 Elgaard/Nielsen (Porsche) - 11 laps

Before the finale at Silverstone (Great Britain) on 14 September, Prémat and Rockenfeller are ranking only two points behind Championship leaders Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian in the LM P1 class standings. In the Manufacturers’ classification, Audi has a six-point gap to title defender Peugeot.

The two Audi R10 TDI cars of Audi Sport Team Joest fought a team-internal duel for third place during the whole race at the Nürburgring in front of 22,000 spectators (throughout the weekend). Positions changed several times before two punctures – caused by debris on the track – decided the outcome.

First, Alexandre Prémat lost third place due to an unscheduled tyre change. Three laps before race end Allan McNish had to pit once more as well – his right rear tyre was damaged. The pit stop caused the Scotsman to drop back to fourth place.