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Race reactions - Nurburgring.

Laurent Aiello - Team Abt Sportsline
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Race reactions - Nurburgring.

Sunday, 17th August 2003

"It is quite a while ago already that we last scored such a result. It feels a little bit like the first victory of my career. It probably looked easily from the outside, but it wasn't..." - Laurent Aiello.


Laurent Aiello [Hasseröder Abt-Audi]:

"It is quite a while ago already that we last scored such a result. It feels a little bit like the first victory of my career. It probably looked easily from the outside, but it wasn't. My car was very consistent and moreover, my pit crew has been working perfectly. We had a perfect strategy. I am overjoyed. I have had the chance of scoring good results for a few races already, but then, many things went wrong. Today, everything was perfect."


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Christijan Albers [ExpressService AMG-Mercedes]:

"I'm satisfied with second place, but not with my performance. With this car and with our team a better result was possible. Our team pushed me throughout the weekend and I learned a lot."


Bernd Schneider [Vodafone AMG-Mercedes]:

"After starting sixth on the grid, this was the best possible result. I had a good battle with Christijan, but once he had passed me I couldn't fight back because of my tyres. Laurent Aiello's win is well deserved, I think that he still had some reserves. We have to keep an eye on the Audis from now on. When they are in front with three cars, the championship situation can still change."


Mattias Ekström [PlayStation 2 Red Bull Abt-Audi]:

"My car was perfect all weekend, I felt well in every session. Unfortunately, I couldn't quite keep the pace of the front-runners after the first pit stop and I lost some positions. Admittedly, after the second stop, I recovered quite well and I was even close to Bernd Schneider. But I would have needed some more laps to start an attack. That's what it is like in the DTM: when you are lacking only one percent, you are already fourth."


Marcel Fässler [AMG-Mercedes]:

"My start wasn't bad, however, I was not able to push today. At least I scored four points. I suffered from a light flu this weekend, but this is no excuse."


Jean Alesi [AMG-Mercedes]:

"I was not happy with my car's set-up today. I did my best and got the maximum out of the car."

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