Andre Lotterer delivered home the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro to a famous and historic victory in the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours as the German manufacturer became the first in history to win the French race using hybrid technology and four-wheel drive.
Audi took all the honors, but were made to work hard for that victory by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota, who at one point, snatched the lead from their rivals only to fall by the wayside because of crashes.
Daytona 24 Hours runner-up Ryan Dalziel brought the Starworks HPD home a creditable seventh, enough to claim the LMP2 victory.
Giancarlo Fisichella took the flag in GTE Pro with a brilliant win for AF Corse after racing through from the back, following the Italian’s massive Porsche Curves shunt on Wednesday.
The battle for GTE Am honours raged right to the end, and it was only after the last stops when Pedro Lamy’s Larbre Corvette passed Anthony Pons’s IMSA Porsche 911 RSR with 17 minutes to go.