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Audi Sport Team Joest

— · 2012-2016

44Events Entered
17Overall Wins
34Podiums
16Class Wins
6Poles
23Fastest Laps

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Audi Sport Team Joest in the WEC

Audi Sport Team Joest has made 89 car starts across 40 WEC races between 2012 and 2016. Every start came in LMP1.

The team won 17 races outright and finished on the overall podium 54 times. The first victory came at the 2012 Spa-Francorchamps round in Le Mans Prototype 1. The most recent came at the 2016 Bahrain round. Its most successful venue is Spa-Francorchamps, with 4 class wins. It was a classified finisher in 84 of 89 starts.

At Le Mans, the team contested 4 editions with 12 car starts. It won the race outright 3 times.

Its most frequent drivers are Marcel Fässler (44 events), André Lotterer (44 events) and Benoit Tréluyer (43 events). The team raced the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, Audi R18 and Audi R18 Ultra.

The 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans is not in the archive yet, so it is not counted in these totals.

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How many WEC races has Audi Sport Team Joest won?

Audi Sport Team Joest has won 17 FIA WEC races outright, from 89 car starts between 2012 and 2016. The 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans is not included.

Has Audi Sport Team Joest won Le Mans?

Yes. Audi Sport Team Joest has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright 3 times in the WEC era, from 4 appearances. The 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans is not included.

Which WEC classes has Audi Sport Team Joest raced in?

LMP1 (86 starts, 2012 to 2016).

Which drivers and cars has Audi Sport Team Joest used?

Its most frequent drivers are Marcel Fässler (44 events), André Lotterer (44 events) and Benoit Tréluyer (43 events). The team raced the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, Audi R18 and Audi R18 Ultra.

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Manufacturers · 5 min read

Which team has the most WEC wins?

Toyota Gazoo Racing heads the WEC team win list with 39 overall victories. Toyota's factory squad has 53 in all once its 14 wins as [Toyota Racing](/teams/toyota-racing), the name it used from 2012 to 2015 and again in 2026, are added to its [Toyota Gazoo Racing](/teams/toyota-gazoo-racing) total. [Audi Sport Team Joest](/teams/audi-sport-team-joest) won 17, all between 2012 and 2016.

Events · 4 min read

What is the longest WEC race that isn't Le Mans?

The longest WEC race outside the [24 Hours of Le Mans](/answers/who-has-won-le-mans-hypercar-era) was the championship's first race, the [12 Hours of Sebring in March 2012](/events/2012-r01-sebring), where the winning No. 2 Audi covered 325 laps. Since then the longest format has been the [Qatar 1812km](/circuits/losail), which opened the 2024 and 2025 seasons and took the winners about ten hours each time. Next come the eight-hour races: the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the 2021 8 Hours of Portimão and the 1000 Miles of Sebring. Almost every other WEC race has lasted six hours or less.

Circuits · 3 min read

What is the history of the 6 Hours of Spa?

The [6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps](/circuits/spa-francorchamps) has been on the WEC calendar in every season from 2012 to 2026, and WEC Engine's archive holds 15 WEC races at Spa. Toyota has won 8 of them, Audi 4, Porsche 1, Ferrari 1 and BMW 1. It is the traditional last round before [Le Mans](/answers/who-has-won-le-mans-hypercar-era). [BMW M Team WRT](/teams/bmw-m-team-wrt) won in 2026 for BMW's first overall WEC win.