Oh right, I never realised that contact with the leader was acceptable. In my mind that pass was made, if that 908 was racing for the lead then I suspect Gene wouldn't actually have been as aggressive. As it is the car has nothing to race for so he felt confident enough to put the car on the line.
As for Audi/Peugeot, I can't bring myself to support a French team and to me it always looked as if the cards were stacked against Audi. They've hustled for it more too, by limiting time in the pitlane (even though they pitted more).