Rinaldo Capello (#1)
“Tom told me about the shifting problems when I took over the car. It got even
worse after a while, so we had to pit again and work on the car. Often our team
makes miracles come true but this time they had no chance because we lost
too much time. But we will come back.”
Tom Kristensen (#1)
“The start was great. Good effort by David, who left me some space. It was very
close, but fair. From then on he took every chance to attack me and could pass
me. Nevertheless we had very good chances to win after I got back into the lead
after my pit stop. Then I struggled with sticking gears, especially third and
fourth, which cost us a lot of time.”
Frank Biela (#2)
“At the start I had to fight against Johnny Herbert, but I managed to secure third
position. At the beginning everything worked out fine but after the first safety car
period nothing was working anymore: I had heavy oversteer and collected a lot
of rubber from the track. I already thought, the race was over for us, so I’m even
more happy about our comeback and the second place.”
Emanuele Pirro (#2)
“Today I’m very happy with second place. We struggled with oversteer from the
very first lap, but we kept on fighting during the entire race. I would have done
nearly everything to get into the lead at the end but there was nothing I could
do.”
Johnny Herbert (#38)
“It was nice to make a competitive pass on the number two car. We are getting
to know each other and the car. Every time we make a suggestion the team
responds and the car responds to the change. We were able to keep pace with
the front of the pack and take advantage of their mistakes, while we didn’t make
any.”
Andy Wallace (#38)
“The end of the race was exciting. On the restart we went inside and everyone
was banging into each other, the Panoz just went in too far and spun. We had a
good battle going up until that point. I am happy with the progress of the team,
we need some more miles in the car to really get it handling and take the next
step.”
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Sport
“Together with last year’s Mosport event, this was the most exciting race of the
ALMS. Until the very last lap everything was possible, but taken all in all Panoz
was simply a little bit better today. After such a long time the team deserved this
victory. Now we know how tough the rest of the season will be, but that only
gives us more motivation.”
Reinhold Joest, Team Director Audi Sport North America
“A few days ago I read that Portland is supposed to have its own rules: Never
before has a series leader won this race. I guess today we fell victim to this
rule. But nevertheless this was a great weekend: The spectators saw a nice
show, Panoz gained some motivation - and we at Audi can also celebrate a
second and fifth place.”
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