Simonsen. The No92 Porsche then took the lead from the No97 Aston Martin and the other 911, No91 which finished in front of the English car giving the German make a double. The AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italias, which were among the favourites, were never in a position to pose a threat to the leaders: it was the same story for the previously dominant works Corvettes, while the Vipers showed great promise for a car that made its debut a just one year ago. In the LM GTE Am class, the IMSA Performance Matmut team, which hadn’ t had much luck in recent years, was back in the winners’ circle with the No76 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR( Narac-Bourret-Vernay), its first victory since 2007! In second and third came the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italias, No55( Perazzini-Case-O’ Young) and No61( Gerber-Griffin-Cioci)
The 8 Star Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia.
which went some way to saving Ferrari’ s honour in the LM GTE category. Hollywood‘ A-lister’ Patrick Dempsey, who had been the centre of attention since the beginning of the Le Mans 24-Hours week, saw the flag in 30th place overall and fourth in the GTE Am category in the No77 Porsche he shared with Joe Foster and Patrick Long. After the third round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance
Championship Duval, Kristensen, McNish now lead the drivers’ classification, while Audi has consolidated its place at the head of the manufacturers’ title chase. The Porsche and Morgan-Nissan drivers and the respective makes now lead their championships as double points were awarded for this event. The next round will take place in Sao Paulo on 1st September 2013.
Team Audi in Le Mans town square. July 2013 35