Mattias Ekström (Audi Sport Team Abt / Audi A4 DTM #5)
1st in “Super Pole“, 1m 34.039s
“My Audi A4 DTM was brilliant, I was just a little too cautious at the start of
my Super Pole lap. After being fastest in free practice and qualifying, I tried
to do the best possible job. It would have been unfair not to give the team
the pole position after the good work they had done. That’s why I am really
happy that it worked.“
Martin Tomczyk (Audi Sport Team Abt / Audi A4 DTM #6)
4th in “Super Pole“, 1m 34.621s
“Once again I recorded my fastest time of the weekend on the Super Pole
lap. I lost time during Friday’s tests, so I had to do the qualifying setup this
morning. I was not convinced it would work, but in the end I once more
recorded a good time.”
Tom Kristensen (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline / Audi A4 DTM #12)
5th in “Super Pole“, 1m 34.677s
”Of course I’d expected more after yesterday’s best time. On Friday, the car
was simply fantastic. I believe I wanted a little bit too much in qualifying. I
had to control an oversteer on my Super Pole lap, which cost time.”
Christian Abt (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline / Audi A4 DTM #11)
10th in “Super Pole“, 1m 35.097s
“It was my aim to take part in the Super Pole which I achieved. In the first
sector I was a little too cautious, I simply did not want to make any
mistake. I must still work on my qualifying performance. Yesterday, I was
fast with the race setup, therefore I look forward to tomorrow.“
Frank Biela (Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest / Audi A4 DTM #45)
15th, 1m 35.306s
“There are no ifs and buts in DTM: My result is simply bad, things have to
get better. I did not correctly heat up the first set of tyres. With the second
set, we tried different tyre pressure, which did not work. The third set was
okay, but unfortunately I made a mistake.“
Emanuele Pirro (Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest / Audi A4 DTM #44)
16th, 1m 35.404s
“The weekend has been very disappointing for me so far. I simply can’t
find any grip. I feel really sorry for the team that works so hard. I fear, at the
moment we lack experience. We have still a lot of work to do.“
Hans-Jürgen Abt (Team Director Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline)
“We had all four cars in the Super Pole, and took the first pole position of
the year for Audi – this has been a great performance from our team. I am
totally happy. Now we will also try to do a good race. We were very strong
here from the beginning and have got a good race setup. Now we just
need the necessary amount of luck.“
Ralf Jüttner (Technical Director Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest)
“I am pleased for Audi, for our team, however, qualifying was
disappointing. We simply do not manage to use the grip of the new tyres.
We hoped to get at least one car into Super Pole. Unfortunately, now we
stand there where we’ve been also at Hockenheim. And there everybody
could see what can happen when you start so far from the back.
Nevertheless we will attempt to make the best from this situation.“
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport)
“I am very pleased for the Audi squad, as we managed to be at the front as
eraly as the second race. In Qualifying we’ve seen once again how close
things are in DTM. That’s why we are even more more satisfied with the
result of the Qualifying and the Super Pole. Mattias was strong the whole
day. He made it a bit exciting in the first sector, nevertheless he still
managed to do a fabulous lap.“
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