Audi dismisses hybrid failure rumour

Audi has dismissed reports that the hybrid system in the winning R18 e-tron quattro was not working for a large proportion of the Le Mans 24 Hours earlier this month. The German manufacturer has confirmed that there were problems with the energy-retrieval system on the winning R18 shared by Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler. But Audi Sport boss Wolfgang Ullrich has explained that these were overcome by rebooting the electronics on two occasions before the system was put into what is called 'safety mode' in the closing stages.

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