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Thursday, October 26, 2000 Test Day 08:45 - 09:15 Test Session 1 11:45 - 12:15 Test Session 2 Friday, October 27, 2000 10:05 - 11:05 Practice - Prototype/GTS/GT 14:55 - 15:15 Qualifying - Prototype Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:25 - 10:25 Practice - Prototype/GTS/GT 14:55 - 15:15 Qualifying - Prototype Sunday, October 29, 2000 8:00 - 8:30 Warm up - Prototype/GTS/GT 12:00 - 14:45 Grand Prix of Las Vegas |
| Las Vegas 23 October, 2000 |
| The American Le |
Mans Series |
(ALMS) enters |
the final |
spurt: 14 |
days after |
securing the |
manufacturers´ title |
with |
| a double |
victory at |
Laguna Seca, |
Audi prepares |
to tackle |
the |
penultimate round |
of the |
ALMS in |
the casino |
city |
of |
| Las Vegas. |
For Team |
Audi Sport |
North America, |
who has |
also clinched |
the team |
title, the |
round in |
the US |
state |
of Nevada is not only about another race victory. Audi is also eager to tie up the drivers´ championship. |
| "It |
would |
be |
wonderful |
if |
we |
manage |
this. |
If |
not, |
we |
have |
to |
wait |
until |
New |
Year´s |
Eve |
for |
the |
title |
decision," |
| explains Head of Audi |
Sport, Dr Wolfgang |
Ullrich. The final |
round of the |
American Le Mans |
Series will be |
played |
out on 31 December in Adelaide, Australia. |
| BMW |
pilots, |
Joerg |
Mueller |
and |
JJ |
Lehto, |
are |
the |
only |
competitors |
who |
could |
threaten |
Audi´s |
chance |
for |
the |
| driver´s trophy. |
Should |
current |
points´ |
leader |
Allan |
McNish |
take |
first |
or |
second |
in |
Las |
Vegas, |
then |
theoretically |
only team mate Rinaldo Capello is in a position to fight for the title at the final round in Adelaide. |
| McNish is optimistic |
heading to the |
Las Vegas race: |
"As opposed |
to BMW and |
Panoz, this circuit |
is new |
territory |
for us - but to date the Audi R8 has always worked perfectly." |
| In |
Las |
Vegas, |
the |
Audi |
pilots |
are |
anticipating |
circuit |
conditions |
similar |
to |
the |
Texas |
round |
held |
in |
early |
| September. The race is |
contested over a part |
of the oval |
combined with a twisting, |
narrow infield section. |
"When |
| setting up the car, it all depends on finding the |
best compromise between the oval and the twisty infield |
section," |
explains team director Reinhold Joest. "We faced this task in Dallas and it worked well." |
| Audi |
already |
has |
a |
dream |
season |
to |
look |
back |
on: |
Seven |
victories |
from |
ten |
ALMS |
rounds |
for |
the |
Team |
Audi |
| Sport North |
America, five |
of |
which were |
double victories. |
To |
date, the |
R8 has |
set |
pole no |
less than |
eight |
times. |
| With |
a |
triple |
victory |
at |
the |
Le |
Mans |
24 |
Hour |
race |
and |
capturing |
the |
ALMS |
manufacturer |
and |
team |
championships, just one thing is missing - the drivers´ championship. |
| Radio Le Mans Web Friday, October 27 14:00 - 15:30 Eastern ALMS Final Round Qualifying Saturday, October 28 14:00 - 15:30 Eastern ALMS Final Round Qualyfing Sunday, October 29 10:30 - 15:30 Eastern The Race |
The Championship is getting in it's final phase and the fights getting harder |