McNish and Capello win Petit Le Mans
Allan McNish and Dindo Capello won Petit Le Mans for Audi on Saturday by less than one second from the lead Penske Porsche RS Spyder
Capello took advantage of a caution in the final hour of the event to close up on Romain Dumas, who had a 30-second lead in his Porsche before that.
"If the yellow had not come out, I don't think I could have caught him," said Capello, who sealed a second consecutive LMP1 title with McNish by taking victory.
"His pace was so strong that it didn't let me relax. I only realised when I crossed the line that Romain was the closest car to me."
McNish had suffered a scare at the three-hour mark when he was caught up in an incident with several other cars, and the Scot lost a lap when he was forced to come in for a nose change.
The second Audi also hit trouble, but Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr lost nearly one hour while repairs were carried out following a collision with a GT1 car.
Dumas and Timo Bernhard took the LMP2 drivers' title with their class victory with Patrick Long, and Dumas admitted that Audi were probably due some luck after a difficult season in America.
"We won Mosport with luck and today the luck was on the other side," said Dumas. "Unfortunately the safety car came out and took away our gap, but I tried to keep the pressure on Dindo. It was a great race."
Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Max Papis took the GT1 victory, while their main rivals - the second works Corvette and the Lista Doran Maserati - were both caught up in incidents.
"The traffic was suicidal at some points today," said Gavin, who sealed the GT1 title with Beretta. "Fortunately everyone in the No.4 car kept it on the road."
Flying Lizard Motorsports took the GT2 victory, and the class title battle will go down to the wire after Jaime Melo, Mika Salo and Johnny Mowlem could only finish sixth due to electrical problems.
Pos Drivers Car Time 1. Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI 9h19:00.0 2. Bernhard/Dumas/Long Porsche RS Spyder +0.923 3. Dyson/Smith Porsche RS Spyder +8 laps 4. Mucke/Watts/Charouz Zytek 07S/2 +11 laps 5. Campbell-Walter/Primat/Tinseau Creation CA 07/Judd +17 laps 6. Leitzinger/Wallace/Lally Porsche RS Spyder +22 laps 7. Maassen/Briscoe/Collard Porsche RS Spyder +24 laps 8. Brabham/Johansson/Kerr Acura ARX-01a +29 laps 9. Beretta/Gavin/Papis Corvette C6.R +30 laps 10. van Overbeek/Bergmeister/Lieb Porsche 911 GT3 RSR +41 laps 11. Henzler/Liddell Porsche 911 GT3 RSR +43 laps 12. Bach/Devlin/Matos Lola B07/46-Mazda +44 laps 13. Kelleners/Milner/Rahal Porsche 911 GT3 RSR +44 laps 14. Pickett/Graf/Gidley Lola B06/14-AER +48 laps 15. Pappas/Borcheller/Basseng Porsche 911 GT3 RSR +52 laps 16. Long/Law/Neiman Porsche 911 GT3 RSR +53 laps 17. Luhr/Werner Audi R10 TDI +64 laps 18. Salo/Melo/Mowlem Ferrari F430 GT +64 laps 19. Theys/Lienhart/Bertolini Maserati MC12 +80 laps 20. Lewis/McMurry/Willman Creation CA06H-Judd +90 laps 21. Auberlen/Hand/Kimber-Smith Panoz Esperante +92 laps 22. Chilton/Manning Zytek 07S +106 laps 23. Turner/Jonsson/Krohn Ferrari F430 GT +115 laps 24. Dumbreck/Muller Ferrari F430 GT +271 laps 25. Robertson/Robertson/Luyendyk Jr Panoz Esperante +288 laps 26. Fernandez/Diaz Lola B06/43-Acura +307 laps 27. C.Field/J.Field/Berry Lola B06/10-AER +334 laps 28. Herta/Kanaan/Meira Acura ARX-01a +344 laps 29. Tafel/Farnbacher/Nielsen Porsche 911 GT3 RSR +366 laps 30. O'Connell/Magnussen/Fellows Corvette C6.R +379 laps
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