Sleight of hand: the Le Mans 24 Hours Review
Faced with new competition, Audi used some of the oldest tricks in the book to once again stamp their authority on the Le Mans 24 Hours. Glenn Freeman explains how the R10 came out on top
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Only Audi knew just what they were capable of ahead of this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, and the German squad will have taken a great deal of satisfaction from fooling a lot of people in France on Sunday.
This was billed as Audi's big test, as they finally had a full factory opponent to take on. Despite all of the hype surrounding Peugeot's return to Le Mans, it was the German national anthem that rang out after the race, as Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner repeated their victory from one year ago.
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