Audi e-tron 1-2-3 tijdens de WEC op Spa-Francorchamps

De zon scheen volop in de Ardennen toen de Wereldkampioenen André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer en Marcel Fässler hun eerste overwinning van het seizoen boekte. Voor de ogen van zo’n 35.000 endurance race fans boekte Audi een 1-2-3’tje tijdens de WEC 6 uur van Spa-Francorchamps. In het laatste uur waren de drie Audi’s bezig aan dezelfde ronde, bij het vallen van de vlag was er een comfortabele 65 seconde voorsprong.

Er werd ook een overwinning geboekt in de LMP1 Privateer Class door nr12, de Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota van Neel Jani, Nick Heidfeld en Nicolas Prost, terwijl de overwinning in LMP2 ging naar de Pecom Racing Oreca Nissan van Nicolas Minassian, Pierre Kaffer en Luis Perez Companc.

De winnaars van de Audi R18 e-tron quattro aan het woord. Als eerste Marcel Fässler: “A tremendous weekend. After our puncture we had to recover as much time as possible. Everybody gave everything. The guys in the pits did a fantastic job too. That was a super nice day for all of us.“

André Lotterer: “What a race! The one-two-three win for Audi is fantastic. We had a lot of obstacles in the race. I didn’t have a good start but quickly managed to gain an advantage, but then we lost it again due to the safety car period and the puncture. After that, it was only full throttle for us. Marcel and Benoît drove brilliantly. We recovered the loss. It was one of the nicest victories because it was a hard-fought one. And I grew up in Belgium and won here for the first time.“

En tot slot Benoît Tréluyer: “The victory is nice but achieving it was pretty difficult. We lost a lot of time due to the safety car period and the puncture. Afterward, all of us gave everything and that paid off. Our Audi R18 e-tron quattro was perfect. It’s a great result for the whole team that did a fantastic job.”