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2013 24 Hours of Le Mans: Manthey Porsche
The 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans was an automobile endurance race held on 22nd & 23rd of June 2013 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans. It was the 81st edition of the motor race as well as the 90th anniversay of the first running. The race has been organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). It was the third race of the FIA WEC 2013 season.
The race was won by Dane Tom Kristensen, Briton Allan McNish and Frenchman Loïc Duval, of Audi Sport Team Joest, driving an Audi R18 e-tron quattro. The victory marked Audi's twelfth win in fourteen years, as well as Kristensen extending his own record for the most wins with nine. OAK Racing's Morgan-Nissan won the LMP2 category, while Porsche AG Team Manthey secured the LMGTE Pro class and IMSA Performance Matmut led LMGTE Am.
The race was marred by a fatal accident in the first ten minutes when LMGTE Am driver Allan Simonsen crashed heavily into the barrier at Tertre Rouge. The impact was strong enough to crush part of the roof and rollcage of his Aston Martin Vantage. Simonsen was treated at the scene of the accident before being taken to the circuit's medical centre where he later died from his injuries.
[wikipedia]
2013 24 Hours of Le Mans: Manthey Porsche
The 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans was an automobile endurance race held on 22nd & 23rd of June 2013 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans. It was the 81st edition of the motor race as well as the 90th anniversay of the first running. The race has been organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). It was the third race of the FIA WEC 2013 season.
The race was won by Dane Tom Kristensen, Briton Allan McNish and Frenchman Loïc Duval, of Audi Sport Team Joest, driving an Audi R18 e-tron quattro. The victory marked Audi's twelfth win in fourteen years, as well as Kristensen extending his own record for the most wins with nine. OAK Racing's Morgan-Nissan won the LMP2 category, while Porsche AG Team Manthey secured the LMGTE Pro class and IMSA Performance Matmut led LMGTE Am.
The race was marred by a fatal accident in the first ten minutes when LMGTE Am driver Allan Simonsen crashed heavily into the barrier at Tertre Rouge. The impact was strong enough to crush part of the roof and rollcage of his Aston Martin Vantage. Simonsen was treated at the scene of the accident before being taken to the circuit's medical centre where he later died from his injuries.
[wikipedia]