Road Atlanta

Rinaldo Capello (Infineon Audi R8 #2)
�I want to congratulate Tom and I�m happy for him winning the title. I think I

did a very good race today: When I took over the car from Tom we were in

fifth position but ultimately claimed the victory. For me this is a nice finish of

another great season with Audi. I would like to dedicate this race to our

team coordinator who retires after this race. This victory is for Jürgen

Däwel.�

Tom Kristensen (Infineon Audi R8 #2)
�I�m so happy about my title, but it belongs as much to Dindo as it belongs

to me. Once again, he made our victory possible with his fantastic speed. I

want to thank everybody at Audi and the team for giving me the chance to

win the Le Mans 24 Hour race and the ALMS Championship in this

tremendous car.�

Frank Biela (Infineon Audi R8 #1)
�The race was even more tough after the long pit-stop, because then we

knew our championship hopes were finally gone. But at least we have tried

everything and took some risks while fighting for the title. But even without

an ALMS trophy we had a great year: We won Le Mans as well as several

races in North America and fought for the championship until the very last

round.�

Emanuele Pirro (Infineon Audi R8 #1)
�Of course you always want to win a race or a title. But today I�m really

happy with our season, because I think we can be proud of what we have

achieved: We claimed eight pole positions and won three races. Last year

we were lucky, this year sometimes we were a little unlucky.�

Johnny Herbert (ADT Champion Audi R8 #38)
�Twice we were unbelievably unlucky with caution periods. Having just

made scheduled pit-stops, on both occasions the full course yellows

enabled the #2 Audi to make their stops without losing much time. Stefan

and I duelled with Dindo and Tom for much of the race. It�s a shame that

we didn�t win this race.�

Stefan Johansson (ADT Champion Audi R8 #38)
�Normally I�d be satisfied with second place but not today. I�m gutted for the

Champion Racing team who deserved a victory after finishing second so

many times this season. I had sliced down Dindo�s lead from a minute to

less than 30 seconds before I made a late short stop for fuel in the closing

stages. The only thing we needed to do to the car during the race was

change a damaged nose section - apart from that it ran like clockwork and

never missed a beat.�

Ralf Jüttner, Technical Director Team Audi Sport North America
�Today the race could not have been more exciting. We had a tough fight

with Champion and I would have been pleased to see them win, but of

course I am more delighted that we could finish the season with a victory.

Frank and Emanuele had a lot of bad luck, but they fought their way back to

sixth position, which secured third and fourth places in the Driver's

championship ahead of Johnny Herbert. At the end of the race we did

everything right, both cars came to the finish with almost a dry tank.

Everyone in our team did a fantastic job througout the year. So many

victories and titles we won in the last three years has never been achieved

before. �

Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Sport
�The race was extremely exciting. Frank and Emanuele had a lot of bad luck

today - for them the race was almost over at mid-distance. Dindo and Tom

did a great job. Congratulations to both of them. I am proud of what we

have achieved: three times Le Mans winners, three times Sebring winners,

three times Road Atlanta winners and three times winner of the ALMS

Championship. I believe no one ever has achieved that before. I am very

proud of the entire team.�

1. Capello/Kristensen	Audi R8	394 laps
2. Herbert/Johansson	Audi R8	+ 59.972s
3. Angelelli/Lehto/Tinseau	Cadillac	-4 laps
4. Bernard/Collard/Taylor	Cadillac	-5 laps
5. Auberlen/Herta/Jeannette	Panoz	-14 laps
6. Biela/Pirro	Audi R8	-18 laps
7. Brabham/Magnussen/Donohue	Panoz	-22 laps
8. Field/Dayton/Duran	MG Lola	-28 laps
9. Fellows/O�Connell/Gavin	Chevrolet	-32 laps
10. Enge/Kox/Menu	Ferrari 550	-33 laps 2nd GTS