Diesel wins Le Mans
Submitted: Monday, Jul 03, 2006 at 06:19
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Wazza - (Vic)
It is old news now for some of you, but makes for interesting reading:
Interesting Facts about Audi’s historical Le Mans Victory
"Thanks to the economical Audi V12 TDI engine, the Audi drivers only had to pit for refuelling once every 14 laps. The winning car used only approximately 41 litres of Shell V-Power Diesel per 100 kilometres – for a race engine producing more than 650 hp and more than 1100 Newton metre torque and extremely low figure.
In the closing laps of the race the Audi drivers even completed as many as 16 laps on a single
tank of fuel. Tom Kristensen was the first driver to achieve this.
The V12 TDI engine’s gear-shift rev threshold is at the unusually low level of 5000 revolutions per minute for a race engine."
Wazza.
Reply By: Ray Bates - Monday, Jul 03, 2006 at 08:21
Monday, Jul 03, 2006 at 08:21
I can't remember what year it was but another nonconventional car to run in the Le Mans was a gas turbined Rover. This was when Rover was Rover. It was driven by it's
wheels but was not in the competition but it crossed the line first. Don't ask me any more but it's number was 00.
Pity that one of our TV stations didn't broacast the event
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