Davidson claims Silverstone success

Date published : 12 Sep 2010 - 21:00:51

Anthony Davidson was left savouring one of the finest drives of his career after claiming victory in the Autosport 1,000km of Silverstone.

Davidson and co-driver Nicolas Minassian cruised to the win in their Peugeot 908 HDi by 42 seconds from the non-works Oreca Peugeot of Stephane Sarrazin and Nicolas Lapierre, completing the distance in five hours and 11 minutes.

Their triumph was never in doubt after the pole-sitting Audi R15 TDI of Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen retired with a differential failure after the first half hour of the race.

A thrilled Davidson said: "Without a doubt this was my best win with Peugeot. I didn't put a wheel wrong.

"It's a little step to making up for the disappointment of Le Mans. We are overjoyed with what we have achieved."

A disappointed McNish, a previous three-time winner of the race, added: "Exiting a corner the car suddenly lost drive and I coasted to a stop.

"It's a problem we've not previously encountered and we won't know the cause until we've made a thorough inspection.

"It was a great shame as until then, it had been a fantastic Audi versus Peugeot duel."

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