Audi's Mike Rockenfeller has admitted that the German manufacturer was simply outperformed by Peugeot in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours.
Rockenfeller ran at the front of the race in the opening stint, but his #2 car was an early retirement when Lucas Luhr crashed out in the Porsche Curves.
Having watched the rest of the race from the sidelines, he conceded that Peugeot did a better job than Audi this year.
"It's really a shame for us but what can you say, first of all congratulations to Peugeot - I think they did a really good job," Rockenfeller told AUTOSPORT. "They were better, that's for sure. We were not and you have to accept and respect that.
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