As forecast, the Audi-Peugeot duel achieved a rare intensity that has left its mark on the 77th Le Mans 24 Hours. The 2009 event lived up to its promise and was a fantastically exciting one that combined all the necessary ingredients to provide an exceptional race.
First of all, there was the outstanding quality of the field cheered on by a crowd electrified by the Battle of the Titans: then there were the challengers who never gave up, ready to take advantage of the tiniest slip-up by the big teams – all part of the glorious uncertainty
of sport! Finally, Peugeot won the race hands down, and the popular celebrations triggered
by this victory were totally in keeping with the incredible attraction that the Le Mans 24-Hours event excercises on an increasingly diversified public. Over 200 000 spectators attended the 2009 race drawn not only by the speed, but also by the magnetism and the tradition of an event that each year consolidates its position as the greatest endurance race in the world. Read all about in this annual!