{"id":7347,"date":"2009-03-22T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T09:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=7347"},"modified":"2024-02-11T18:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T18:55:39","slug":"audi-win-the-12-hours-of-sebring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/audi-win-the-12-hours-of-sebring\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi win The 12 Hours of Sebring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p>Only 22 seconds ahead of Peugeot, the Audi R15 TDI defeated its competition in its debut race. Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish achieved a historic victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring with the new diesel-powered sports car. The Audi drivers completed 383 laps beating the previous distance record by an impressive 13 laps.<\/p>\n<p>Alms said &#8221;One slip up, one extra minute in the pits and the story might be different. McNish crossed the finish line 22.279 seconds ahead of Peugeot&#8217;s Franck Montagny in an epic battle between sports car racing&#8217;s two diesel powers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Risi Competizione won in GT2 for the second time in three years, this time much easier than the team&#8217;s epic 2007 victory which it won in class by a race-record 0.202 seconds. Mika Salo took the checkered flag in Risi&#8217;s Ferrari F430 GT that he drove with Pierre Kaffer and Jaime Melo by two laps. All these victors and the rest of the field can be found in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/gallery\/119513\/2004\/1.html\">2009 Sebring Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 22 seconds ahead of Peugeot, the Audi R15 TDI defeated its competition in its debut race. Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish achieved a historic victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring with the new diesel-powered sports car. 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