Audi creates history at Sebring 12 Hour

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Motorsport history was created last weekend at Sebring in the USA as Audi became the first manufacturer to win a major international motor race with a diesel-fuelled car.

Making its world race debut the new Audi R10 of Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish won the 12-hour race at Sebring, with Kristensen becoming the first driver to win America's most famous endurance race for the fourth time.

The Lola B05/40 AER of Jon Field, Liz Halliday and Clint Field won the LMP2 class with second overall, ahead of the GT1-winning Corvette C6 of Jan Magnussen Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.

Australian Jason Bright co-driving the Aston Martin DB9 with Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin finished fourth overall and second in GT1.

Fellow Aussie David Brabham won the GT2 class after he and co-drivers Scot Maxwell and Champ Car star Sebastian Bourdais drove their Panoz Esperante
GTLM to ninth overall.

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