We're proud to have won the Le Mans Series straight in our first year against such strong rivals.

The Audi R10 TDI, the all-conquering diesel powered sports racing car, has taken the champion's title in the European Le Mans series.

The road to the championship included the victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours and the early title win in the American Le Mans Series. However, overall victory was sealed at the 1000km race last weekend at Silverstone, when Audi Sport Team Joest took victory and fourth place, at the season's finalé.
 
A record-breaking  53,000 spectators watched Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) take the victory. For Alexandre Prémat (France) and Mike Rockenfeller (Germany) a fourth place was sufficient to seal the drivers' title in the LM P1 class. The LMS manufacturers' and team titles went to Audi as well. 

Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): "That was a placatory end of a difficult championship. We're proud to have won the Le Mans Series straight in our first year against such strong rivals. Maybe we dreamt that we'd be going home from here with race victory and the championship title but it was hard work. The whole team did a great job. The pit stops and the strategy were very good and the boys drove a constantly fast pace. We were at the level of our strongest rivals who took themselves out of the race due to accidents, and we made the maximum of the situation. Well done to the whole squad!"
 
Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): "First of all, congratulations to our team-mates Alex (Prémat) and ‘Rocky‘ on their well-deserved title win. For Allan (McNish) and me it was a nice end of the Le Mans Series. We were fast at the first four races as well but always had some kind of problems. After the accident with Stéphane Sarrazin, in which I feel - 101 per cent - that I was not at fault, I thought that this race was over for us as well. But we never gave up. Seasoned drivers, an experienced team and a great car make for a good combination to win a race which - just like Le Mans - seemed to have been lost already on paper. This race showed that people with a lot of will power and commitment can make the seemingly impossible possible. That's why Allan and I are proud to be part of this fantastic team. Audi won Le Mans, the ALMS and the LMS. Now I'm firmly keeping my fingers crossed for Audi to win the DTM title as well."
 
Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #1): "I believe that Dindo (Capello) and I deserve this victory, and so does everyone in the team - both the exploit at the finale and the champion's title. We fought hard this year. For Dindo and me things weren't always going as well as they should have. We had incidents when we were in the position to win races. I think 24 hours ago nobody would have expected Audi to win the race and the manufacturer's title and ‘Rocky‘ and Alex (Prémat) the drivers' title. Audi has had a clean sweep in sportscar racing this season: Le Mans, the American Le Mans Series and the now the Le Mans Series. A great year for Audi Sport."

Silverstone results
 
1 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) 195 laps in 5h 40m24.862s
2 Mücke/Charouz (Lola-Aston-Martin) - 2 laps
3 Dumas/Boullion (Pescarolo-Judd) - 4 laps
4 Prémat/Rockenfeller (Audi R10 TDI) - 4 laps
5 van Merksteijn/Verstappen (Porsche) - 4 laps
6 Campbell-Walter/Hall (Creation-Aim) - 4 laps
7 Primat/Tinseau (Pescarolo-Judd) - 5 laps
8 Ortelli/Ayari (Courage-Oreca-Judd) - 6 laps
9 Lienhard/Theys/Lammers (Porsche) - 8 laps
10 Amaral/Pla (Lola-AER) - 10 laps