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"Le Mans Wrap-Up The 90th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is now in the history books. This year&amp;#039;s race was an example of heartbreak, overwhelming emotion, attrition and the power to overcome all those challenges to get to the finish line. Records were broken, but spirits weren&amp;#039;t, despite grueling conditions and tragedy early in the race. The 90th anniversary 24 Hours of Le Mans is one that won&amp;#039;t soon be forgotten. LMP1 In the top class of LMP1, the factory teams of Audi and Toyota engaged in battle from the green flag until the checker flag, 24 hours later. While the Audi team took the top three spots on the grid at the start, the Toyota TS030 Hybrid teams quickly moved up the grid to split the top 5 positions. Early on it was apparent that the Audi cars were having to pit every 10 laps versus 12 laps for the Toyota team. While the Audis displayed outright speed, the Toyota team made up time with Audi in the pits. This ebb and flow continued until night fell at Le mans; that&amp;#039;s when the defending 2012 overall winner Audi team suffered mechanical problems in the no.1 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro driven by Lotterer, F\u00E4ssler and Tr\u00E9luyer. The car spent nearly 45 minutes in the garage to repair an alternator issue, costing the team 11 laps. At nearly the same time the no.1 Audi pulled in, the no.3 Audi R18 e-tron quattro suffered a puncture near the Dunlop curves and Oliver Jarvis had to limp the damaged car back around nearly a full lap into the pits. This allowed the no.8 (Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin) and no.7 (Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima) Toyota TS030 Hybrids to move up into the second and third positions behind the no.2 Audi e-tron quattro of Duval, Kristensen and McNish.  Rain fell in the overnight hours, and the Toyota team&amp;#039;s tire strategy proved best, as they reduced the gap to the front-running Audi to under two minutes. These positions settled in and remained constant until the closing hour of the race when heavy rain fell on the track and the third place no.7 Toyota went off. This moved the no.3 Audi R18 e-tron quattro into third place. Buemi in the no.8 Toyota tried his best to catch the no.2 Audi, but to no avail. The no.2 Audi Sport R18 e-tron quattro team of Loic Duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish emerged victorious, claiming Audi&amp;#039;s 12th overall victory in 15 attempts. The win was a record 9th victory for the Dane, Tom Kristensen and 3rd victory for Allan McNish. LMP2 The no.35 (Baguette/Gonzalez/Plowman) and no.24 (Pla/Heinemeier Hanson/Brundle) Oak Racing Morgan-Nissans displayed reliability and consistency during the entire race and finished in first and second place at the end of the 24 hours. Third place was held by the no. 26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 03-Nissan (Rusinov/Martin/Conway).  LM GTE Pro LM GTE Pro saw a battle of factory backed racing cars with the no.99 (Bell/Makowiecki/Senna) and no.97 (Dumbreck/Mucke/Turner) Aston Martin Vantage V8 cars going toe to toe with the brand new no.92 (Lieb/Lietz/Dumas) and no.91 (Bergmeister/Pilet/Bernhard) Porsche AG 911 RSR teams. While the no.99 Aston was the front runner in the class for most of the race, Makowiecki had an accident which retired the car. The no.92 Porsche eventually took the lead from the no.97 Aston, and the no.91 Porsche moved up into second position late in the race giving the Porsche factory team a 1-2 finish in the debut of the new 991 based 911 RSR. LM GTE Am The no.76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche team (Narac/Bourret/Verney) took the overall victory in GTE Am, marking their first class win since 2007. The no.55 (Perazzini/Case/O&amp;#039;Young) and no.61 (Gerber/Griffin/Cioci) AF Corse Ferraris finished second and third in class respectively. The American team of Patrick Dempsey, Patrick Long and Joe Foster finished fourth in their no.77 Porsche.  The 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans also saw a tragic accident during the opening stages of the race where Aston Martin driver and GTE Am class pole-sitter, Allan Simonsen, succumbed to injuries suffered when his car went off-track near Tetre Rouge. The loss of Simonsen weighed heavily during the race, and Audi driver Tom Kristensen was in tears when he dedicated his 9th win to his Danish countryman. Allan Simonsen was a great driver, and will be remembered by all. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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