Le Mans: The Audi R10 TDI remains unbeaten in the Le Mans 24 Hour race: in its third attempt, the diesel sportscar won the French endurance classic yet again. After the incredible thrill of the 76th edition of the race, Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish triumphed at the wheel of the number 2 car. The "sister" car with Lucas Luhr, Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller achieved fourth place. Last year’s winners Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner finished sixth in one of the most exciting Le Mans races in history.
 
Audi youngster strong on street race debut
 
JTCC: At the first ever street race in Sweden, Simon Reinberth experienced a successful weekend. On the demanding circuit in Gothenborg, the youngster who is supported by DTM champion Mattias Ekström finished in fourth and sixth positions in the two races. More than 30,000 fans witnessed the races on the short 1,650 kilometre track.
 
Results and points
 
Le Mans (F), 14/15 June, Le Mans 24 Hour race
1 Capello/Kristensen/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) 381 laps
2 Gene/Minassian/Villeneuve (Peugeot) + 4m31.094s
3 Montagny/Klien/Zonta (Peugeot) 379 laps
4 Luhr/Premat/Rockenfeller (Audi R10 TDI) 374 laps
5 Lamy/Sarrazin/Wurz (Peugeot) 368 laps
6 Biela/Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) 367 laps
 
Gothenborg (S), 14 June, Swedish Junior Touring Car Championship (JTCC) round 7
1 Alexander Graff (Volkswagen) 14 laps in 13m04.513s
2 Joakim Forsell (MG) + 0.035s
3 Kevin Engmann (MG) + 1.511s
4 Simon Reinberth (Audi A3) + 13.098s
5 Andreas Ekström (Peugeot) + 14.760s
Gothenborg (S), 14 June, Swedish Junior Touring Car Championship (JTCC) round 8
1 Kevin Engman (MG) 14 laps in 13m08.985s
2 Alexander Graff (Volkswagen) + 0.348s
3 Andreas Ekström (Peugeot) + 4.771s
4 Joakim Forsell (MG) + 5.179s
5 Marcus Fluch (Volkswagen) + 7.083s
6 Simon Reinberth (Audi A3) + 8.328s
Next race: Sturup Raceway (S), 29 June
Positions after 8 of 18 rounds: 1 Graff, 59 points; 2 Fluch, 33; 3 Ekström, 31; 4 Engman, 29; 5 Kristoffersson, 23; ... 11 Reinberth, 16.
 
Coming up in the next two weeks
 
44th birthday of Audi driver Dindo Capello (Tuesday) ... Press conference before the DTM round at the Norisring in Nuremberg (23 June) ... Fifth round of the DTM at the Norisring (29 June) ... Ninth and tenth rounds of the Swedish Junior Touring Car Championship at the Sturup Raceway (29 June) ... Fifth and sixth rounds of the Italian Superstars Touring Car Series at Valencia (29 June)