Rinaldo Capello (#1)
“The car was very good and Tom did a great job in the first two stints. I
just brought the car home without taking any risks. With last year’s finale
at Adelaide I have won four races in a row - that is really something
special.”
Tom Kristensen (#1)
“We have been quickest in all free practices and in qualifying. So I think,
we deserved this victory. My only mishap was the stop-and-go-penalty. I
accept things like that, but the drivers have to be aware of each other
and understand how to behave in traffic.”
Frank Biela (#2)
“Our curse could finally stop. We all have the problem to go through the
traffic. What happened to me, however, was really strange. I did not try to
brake into the corner on the very last moment, but passed him more or
less on the straight then he turned in. The collision cost us a lot of time.
For that, the second place is okay.”
Emanuele Pirro (#2)
“For sure this was not one of our best races. When we lost one lap, the
situation looked pretty bad. The only chance to catch second place was
to save fuel and to do one less stop. At least the strategy worked.”
Stefan Johansson (#7)
“Of course we are happy to be on the podium for the first time, but we
are also a little bit disappointed. I thought for a moment we would be
able to finish second but we misjugded the pitstops a little bit. That's the
way it goes. “
Guy Smith (#7)
“It's nice to be on the poduim and I'm very grateful that the Audi is such a
good car. We were pretty good, just lost the second place on strategy.
We were not far away from becoming second. “
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Sport
“It was very tight until the end for Emanuele. We took the risk to calculate
lap times which allowed him to finish the race without another pit stop.
That’s how he passed the Johansson car again. The calculation was
quite complicated, but it was worth the risk.”
Reinhold Joest, Team Director Audi Sport North America
“Thanks to our pit strategy we were able to bring car number two back to
second position. To reach the finish line with the very last drop of fuel is
a great thing. It was an interesting and challenging race.”
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