Saturday, 19th April 2008

Disappointing qualifying effort leaves Audi at the mercy of the LMP2 runners.

"I'm happy with the race set-up and I'm quite optimistic for the race. The gap between us and the pole sitter is really small."

It has been a mixed start to the year for Audi, comfortably one of the most dominating teams in the 10-year history of the Series.

Both cars failed to finish the opening race in Sebring and although the German pairing of Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner stormed to victory at St. Petersburg a fortnight ago, the team's current yo-yoing form is a far cry from their performance last year when the German outfit blitzed the LMP1 championship with a sweep of all 12 series rounds.

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However, Dave Maraj, Director of Audi, maintains that the team have taken a step forward.

"We went a second quicker than last year whereas the LM P2 cars were only 0.5s faster than last year. That means it is much more competitive this year. The position on the grid is not excellent, but I think that we can be competitive in the race. With a little bit of luck, we can be right there in the end."

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