| Adenau, July 7, 2000 |
| The |
winners |
of |
this |
year´s |
Le |
Mans |
24 |
Hour |
race |
come |
to |
Germany. |
At |
the |
| fourth round |
of |
the |
American |
Le |
Mans |
Series |
(ALMS), |
held |
on |
the |
9th |
of |
July |
| at |
the |
Nürburgring, |
the |
winners |
of |
the |
French |
classic, |
Frank |
Biela/Emanuele |
| Pirro |
and |
Allan |
McNish/Rinaldo |
Capello |
will |
drive |
two |
Audi |
R8s. |
After |
the |
| triumph at |
Le |
Mans, |
where |
the |
Audi |
Sport |
Team |
Joest |
secured |
the |
first |
three |
places, the hunt for the leading BMW team now begins in the ALMS. |
| Team director Reinhold Joest shows optimism: |
"Of course we can't rest on |
our |
| laurels |
after |
Le |
Mans. |
Our |
preparation |
for |
the |
Nürburgring |
round |
was |
| successful, |
and |
on |
Friday |
before |
the |
race |
we |
will |
test |
there |
again |
to |
try |
out |
several set-ups specifically for this circuit." |
| For |
the |
first |
time |
since |
the |
season-opening |
round |
of |
the |
American |
Le |
Mans |
| Series |
at |
Sebring |
in |
March |
where |
Audi |
celebrated |
a |
double |
victory, |
the |
pilots |
| tackle |
an |
ALMS |
race |
with |
the |
new |
generation |
R8. |
In |
the |
previous |
rounds |
at |
| Charlotte and |
Silverstone, modified |
vehicles |
from last |
year |
were raced |
in |
order |
not to disrupt preparations for Le Mans. |
| Le |
Mans |
winner |
Frank |
Biela |
is |
looking |
forward |
to |
the |
race. |
The |
Rhinelander |
| regards the Nuerburgring as his home track. "Although I am totally familiar with |
| the `Ring |
from |
my many |
races |
there, |
this will |
be |
a |
premiere for |
me. |
I´ve |
never |
competed here in a sportscar." |
| With the only |
guest appearance |
of the ALMS |
in Germany, |
the legendary |
1000 |
| kilometer race |
on |
the |
Nuerburgring |
celebrates a |
renaissance. |
In |
the |
seventies |
it was one of Germany´s most important motorsport events. |
Nuerburgring schedule Saturday, 8 July 08.30 - 09.30 hrs Free practice 12.30 - 13.30 hrs Free practice 15.55 - 16.15 hrs Qualifying Sunday, 9 July 08.30 - 08.50 hrs Warm-up 12.15 hrs Start |
