C'mon guys, this is getting ridiculous.
Audi was never once a second slower than Toyota. Actually, yes, they were, when they were making their pit stops and out laps!
Let's look at the data again, shall we? At the 6 Hours of São Paulo, Lucas di Grassi set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:23.070. Lapierre came 2nd with a 1:23.419. Obviously not a second faster there... very simple. Here's the full PDF, by the way...
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...e-after-6h.pdf
At Bahrain, the fastest lap of the race was set by Lapierre: a 1:47.128. Just a hair behind him was the fastest Audi, piloted by Tom Kristensen, a 1:47.140. Not even a tenth of a second faster there.
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...e-after-6h.pdf
At Fuji: Nakajima (1:28.088) vs. Lotterer (1:28.391).
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...e-after-6h.pdf
At Shanghai: Lapierre (1:48.815) vs. Lotterer (1:28.924).
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...e-after-6h.pdf
Finally, Silverstone: Lapierre was fastest with a 1:44.059, then Nakajima, then Lotterer, the first of the Audis, with a 1:44.520. The Toyotas obviously had a bit of an edge last year, but we don't know, it's been months since we saw the two face off against each other so how can we possibly make educated guesses about such things.
http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...e-after-6h.pdf
Obviously, there was never a case of Audi being 1 second slower by the end of each race which both Toyota and Audi raced in. You can debate it till you're blue in the face but I say case closed.