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Originally posted by Fab
-Third (news) : Paul Collins won withour any discussion the "how many laps" contest, with a gap of 1 lap (!!! applause !!!). I feel very humiliated to be so far 
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Again posting about this in the wrong thread, 'cos the right one is closed...
I heard on speed TV that Audi were going for the outright distance record. That was my rationale for choosing 376, as I didn't think they'd be able to touch the Jaguars or 917s records (pre Mulsanne chicanes).
FWIW, in 1993 the Peugeot went 375 laps, but the track was shorter - 13.600 km vs 13.880 today. So their distance was 5100 km. Audi went 5205 km in this race. In fact all three of their cars broke the distance record (post-Mulsanne chicanes).
I don't think it has the cache of saying they broke the all-time distance record (for marketing purposes), because how's a punter to know about Mulsanne? But quite an accomplishment nonetheless.
to Audi.