| San Fransisco, July 20, 2001 Rinaldo Capello (#1) “On this circuit you have to concentrate every single second. When you make only a small mistake you pay for it immediately. The most difficult part? Everywhere. Especially the last part when we are in sixth gear and are going very fast.” Tom Kristensen (#1) “The circuit is quite impressive because it’s very technical. It was my first time today on this track and so I’m very happy that I was quick right from the beginning. At certain points on the circuit, it is very demanding and you have to take care that you stay on the track.” Frank Biela (#2) “There is simply not a single easy section to relax on this circuit. But if you want to stay on the safe side with your car, you can lose a lot of time. If you have to mention an easy part, it is the hairpin before start and finish. The other hairpin looks very simple. But it is definitely not.” Emanuele Pirro (#2) “The track was very slippery at the beginning but I don’t expect this to change so much. So we had similar conditions as we will find during the race. We did a few modifications and now we are much happier with the car.” Johnny Herbert (#38) "To me it is quite a historic track because we have Oulton Park back in England which is actually very similar to this. A lot of undulating corners, a lot of corners where you cannot see the middle of the corner nor the exit. That character is very nice, so I'm enjoying it a lot." Andy Wallace (#38) "I've only ever been here once in 1997. It's actually quite an interesting track to drive, mostly corners, even the straight is turning. It's going to be hard work physically I think but the Audi rides the bumps really well." |
| 1. Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen |
Audi R8 |
1:21.944 |
| 2. Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro |
Audi R8 |
1:22.317 |
| 3. Klaus Graf, Franck Lagorce |
Panoz LMP-1 |
1:24.220 |
| 4. David Brabham, Jan Magnussen |
Panoz LMP-1 |
1:24.253 |
| 5. Wayne Taylor, Max Angelelli |
Cadillac LMP 01 |
1:24.780 |
| 6. Christophe Tinseau, Emmanuel Collard |
Cadillac LMP 01 |
1:25.185 |
| 7. Jon Field, Dublin, Rick Sutherland |
Lola B2K-Judd |
1:26.221 |
| 8. Didier de Radigues, Milka Duno, |
Reynard 01Q-Judd |
1:27.809 |
| John Graham |
| 9. Terry Borcheller, Franz Konrad |
Saleen S7R |
1:32.091 |
| 10. Niclas Jonsson, Bill Auberlen |
BMW M3 GTR |
1:33.407 |
| 11. Hans Stuck, Boris Said |
BMW M3 GTR |
1:33.776 |
| 12. Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins |
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R |
1:33.979 |
| 13. JJ Lehto, Jorg Muller |
BMW M3 GTR |
1:34.578 |
| 14. Dirk Muller, Fredrik Ekblom |
BMW M3 GTR |
1:35.329 |
| 15. Lucas Luhr, Sascha Maassen |
Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
1:35.771 |
| 16. Kevin Buckler, Tyler McQuarrie |
Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
1:36.964 |
| 17. Jeff Altenburg, Shane Lewis, |
Dodge Viper GTS-R |
1:37.092 |
| Mike Silcox |
| 18. Randy Pobst, Christian Menzel |
Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
1:37.121 |
| 19. Tom Weickardt, Gene Martindale, |
Dodge Viper GTS-R |
1:37.942 |
| Dana Brewer |
| 20. Vic Rice, Robert Orcutt |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
1:41.171 |
| 21. Kye Wankum, Jeff Pabst |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
1:41.236 |
| 22. Phillip Collin, Tony Burgess |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
1:41.265 |
| 23. Randy Wars, Grady Willingham |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
1:47.741 |
| 24. Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell |
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R |
2:05.407 |
| 25. Johnny Herbert, Andy Wallace |
Audi R8 |
no speed |
| 26. Timo Bernhard, Johnny Mowlem |
Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
no speed |
