A truly great rivalry in sports car racing has developed between Audi and Peugeot. It is carried on today in the Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta between the Audi R15 TDI and Peugeot HDiFAP. When Audi and Peugeot first met Audi had the advantage with its R10 TDI. Audi could see down the road that Peugeot would improve and they retaliated with the radical R15 TDI. In the last couple of years the Peugeot has found both speed and reliability. In their first meeting this year, at Sebring, the Peugeot was faster but Audi was victorious owing to superior race strategy. Peugeot was superior in every way at LeMans and won. Tonight the Peugeot was victorious in the Petit LeMans by being fast and lucky. The value of luck in racing can never be discounted.
