Rinaldo Capello (Infineon Audi R8 #2)
„I had just gone onto qualifiers when the session was red flagged. We
made some suspension and damper changes, stiffening the car slightly,
and put on the qualifiers immediately after the break. Everything worked
well on my fastest lap.“
Johnny Herbert (Infineon Audi R8 #2)
„I went out first in our car when the track was still very dirty. I was sliding
around a lot. The car was also bottoming on the track in places. After that
we stiffened the suspension.“
Christian Pescatori (Infineon Audi R8 #2)
„The car was fast but difficult to drive – it was easy to make a mistake. Near
the end of the session I stopped early with a clutch failure. Tomorrow I
believe will be better for me and I am looking forward to getting more miles
in the car.“
Frank Biela (Infineon Audi R8 #1)
„The grip level was quite poor today, but this was the same for everyone.
We were able to achieve what we wanted: It was up to Tom to do a fast
qualifying lap. This worked very well. But mainly we worked for the race. We
tried many things, even high down-force for wet conditions.”
Tom Kristensen (Infineon Audi R8 #1)
„I had bad luck with the red flag, but I had a good opportunity at the start of
the second part of the session. I ran together with Dindo and we had an
almost clear lap. I don´t know who lost more in traffic at Arnage. Of course I
would have preferred to be faster, but we have another chance tomorrow.”
Emanuele Pirro (Infineon Audi R8 #1)
„It has been a good day, but the circuit was quite different from the
pre-practice. It is more slippery, more dirty. After the pre-practice we were
happy with the set-up. Now we have to do some more adjustments. I think
we can still improve the car a little.“
Michael Krumm (Infineon Audi R8 #3)
“That was good fun: The car had a great balance and the track got better
and better. Unfortunately I had a lot of traffic when I was out on qualifiers.
Tomorrow we will go for it again and try to get a perfect lap – perhaps we
can make it and get the Dome.”
Philipp Peter (Infineon Audi R8 #3)
“My times were okay – there’s no doubt that we are with the front runners.
It’s amazing out there – you must be concentrating for every single second.
It was good that I could do twelve laps in a row in the second part of the
session to get used to the special conditions. “
Marco Werner (Infineon Audi R8 #3)
“There was a lot of trouble out on the track during the second part of the
session. Unfortunately I was also a little part of it when I spun at the
chicane. With all the yellow flags I didn’t take any risks afterwards but
concentrated on consistant lap times, so I had some time to get used to
the darkness and the many cars on the circuit.“
Seiji Ara (Audi R8 #5)
„The car was not perfect tonight. We were using settings made from our
test at Paul Ricard but they did not work here so we reverted back to our
pre-test settings.“
Yannick Dalmas (Audi R8 #5)
„I was quite happy with the car until I spun near the end of the qualifying
session which surprised me. I’m confident we can improve tomorrow and
make sure of a good position on the starting grid for the race.“
Hiroki Katoh (Audi R8 #5)
„I set the fastest time despite a high fuel level in the car. It was a tough
session for us but we will make changes and improve for the race I am
certain.“
Reinhold Joest (Team Director Audi Sport Team Joest)
“So far we have experienced a dream start here at Le Mans. Our
competitors are very strong, which promises an exciting race. But as usual
we are very well prepared and left nothing to chance - now we only need
the famous little piece of luck.“
Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Sport)
„We were able to run through the scheduled programme we had with all
three cars. Car number three had a minor off without consequences, and
twenty minutes from the end, the clutch broke on car number two, which
however does not preoccupy us. Generally, we can be content with the
result.”
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