In
http://trussers.blogspot.com/2012/10...es-clever.html Paul Truswell explains how, with a clever strategy decision of Howden Haynes, the #2 Audi was able to finish on the lead lap, even though the car was slower than the #1 Audi and the Toyota.
In the interviews after the race, the crew of the #2 Audi explained that they suffered from tyre pickup in the beginning and from oversteer because of a damaged nose at the end of the race.