Rinaldo Capello (Infineon Audi R8 #2)
“I completly disagree with the second stop-and-go. I am sure I did not
overtake under a yellow flag. But we won and the victory is very satisfying. I
pushed until the end because the car was perfect. Our mechanics did a
great job enabling us to take the lead twice thanks to their fast pit stops.”
Tom Kristensen (Infineon Audi R8 #2)
“To win with Dindo on my birthday was great and he gave me a nice present
after the race by doing donuts for me in Turn 5. I am very proud of the crew,
they worked very well at the pit stops. Dindo drove perfectly in the end and I
had a great fight with Emanuele in the beginning.”
Frank Biela (Infineon Audi R8 #1)
“We were having a good race. Despite of a slight understeer the
performance of the car was really good. Unfortunately we got a puncture.
During a caution period, somebody threw many stones on the track. I think
this cut the tire and cost us the race.”
Emanuele Pirro (Infineon Audi R8 #1)
“I was very happy about my race. Everything was looking very good. We had
bad luck. We were quicker, I passed Tom two times on the track. We did not
deserve to be second – but this is racing.”
Johnny Herbert (ADT Champion Audi R8 #38)
“It went okay today. We had some trouble getting by the Panoz in the
opening laps and that put us behind. Later on we encountered traffic
problems and Stefan's off hurt a little bit more. We should have been closer
to the front.”
Stefan Johansson (ADT Champion Audi R8 #38)
“I made a mistake going into turn eight. My foot slid off the brake and onto
the throttle. The next thing I know I was in the gravel. After that we were
turning consistant laps times and I am happy to be third.”
Ralf Jüttner, Technical Director Team Audi Sport North America
“What a hot race! The fight between Tom and Emanuele in the beginning
was really racing at its best. Later, the caution periods tore the race in
pieces. Dindo was lucky that his two stop-and-go penalties did not cost him
more. Frank and Emanuele were unlucky with their puncture, I think
otherwise it would have been their race. When the tire was going down,
fortunately we were able to realize the loss of pressure immediately thanks
to our monitoring system. This 1-2 victory is a dream result. I am proud of
the team and really happy because Road America is a very demanding race
track.”
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Sport
“Most of the race we did lap times which usually are only possible in
qualifying. Today our drivers obviously had a lot of fun during the race and
our cars were the only ones which could go that speed for longer than four
hours. Especially Emanule and Tom were fighting a tight battle in the
beginning of the race, but I was never seriously worried. I know them both
very well and I know how professional they are. Although there were a few
tight situations, but only with other cars. The team did a great job and
showed once more that they are able to find the right setup for our Audi R8
for each race track.”
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