Audi Clinches the 2006 ALMS Title as the R10 Remains Undefeated

Another championship performance by Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello has delivered just that. The two Audi factory drivers clinched the American Le Mans Series' LMP1 championship with a victory Sunday at the Grand Prix of Mosport, their sixth of the season.

The title is the first for Capello and second for McNish. With Sunday's 2.794-second win over Dyson Racing's Chris Dyson and Guy Smith, the Capello-McNish pairing leads Dyson's James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger by 49 points, the amount available for winning the final two Series rounds. So even if Weaver and Leitzinger win at Petit Le Mans and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – and McNish and Capello score none – the Audi drivers would win the tiebreaker by having more victories than their rivals.

"I had a lot of success before – wins at Le Mans, at Sebring, at Petit Le Mans – but never the championship," said Capello, who watched McNish win the Series title in 2000 as his teammate. "Now to get that, it is really special. When I started with Allan he didn't have a lot of experience in North America, and we both grew together. Now six years later we are still here and winning races. That says a lot because you can lose competitiveness and lose patience, but we're still here and now we have this championship."

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Lexus - 9/4/2006 11:54:24 PM

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Wow! that really awesome how Audi has been winning many major races. Although I am a Lexus Fan, I have to give Audi credit for winning the races that they are in.

Lexus

chewy - 9/5/2006 1:38:37 AM

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Yes. FSI that has now been copied by most manufacturers originated on the R8. The R10 will lead into a generation of some very advanced TDIs.

"This engine will form the base from which the next generation of Audi TDI engines will do everything a little better than they do already today.” "For Audi, motorsport is more than a simple marketing instrument. The technology transfer between motorsport and production is very important to us. Last weekend’s Le Mans race is the latest proof.”

Go to June 21st

http://www.audiworld.com/news/06/2006archive.html

AUDIMAN4 - 9/5/2006 3:44:06 AM

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GO AUDI! It is clear that Audi utilizes the most advanced diesel technology. Maybe one day, we'll see those engines.

DarkOneForce - 9/5/2006 5:55:34 AM

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Congrats to Audi.
Hope one day they'll come to F1 too.

sewingmachine - 9/5/2006 6:35:45 AM

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their unstoppable. didnt they kill the competion i think in the dtm with their awd but was told that they had to stop using because they were winning all the time. correct me if im wrong.

Mark - 9/5/2006 7:33:01 AM

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It is an amazing feat to do this with their diesel powered race cars. Congrats Audi.

Hose - 9/5/2006 8:37:05 AM

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sewingmachine... Yes! Audi even had to run one year with a 200 pound weight penalty, and they still destroyed the field!... one of the best stories in motorsports.

Audi has a long history of superior racing performance. Its Quatro AWD has been declared by one magazine as, "... the #1 innovation in modern racing...."

AlexTx - 9/5/2006 10:55:12 AM

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sewingmachine: Quattro is illegal in DTM; these are RWD cars with V8 in the back. Quattro has been banned from DTM since the mid to late 90's because Audi was winning too much.

PlanoA4 - 9/5/2006 12:10:47 PM

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AlexTx- You are correct about DTM. The original quattro is what cause BMW to flee the series to begin with.