Quotes after the race at Mosport

Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): "By prematurely clinching the drivers’ title in the American Le Mans Series with the R10 TDI, Audi has yet again demonstrated ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ on the race track. Bringing new technology in to a racing series and immediately clinching the title, is a tremendous achievement. It also shows how quickly the team has got used to the diesel engine. Congratulations to the team of Audi Sport North America and of course to Dindo (Capello) and Allan (McNish), who withstood enormous pressure from the Dyson Lolas at Mosport and have earned the title!”

Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #2): "I managed to get past the Dyson on the straight when he was slowed in traffic but I collected a lot of ‘pick-up’ on the tires by going ‘off line’ to overtake which caused me to immediately run wide in Turn 1 and I lost the lead. Once I had overtaken him for a second time I managed to pull away. Allan drove a great second part of the race which was good because Guy Smith was driving very fast. Having finished second in the ALMS championship in 2000 and 2002, I’m very proud to have finally won the Drivers’ title and that it was decided in such a close race which required us to push hard from start to finish.”


Allan McNish (Audi R10 TDI #2): "I had a good race with Butch [Leitzinger]  after I took over from Dindo, but I ran wide due to ‘pick up’ and he slipped ahead but almost immediately I had the opportunity to re-take the lead. The Dyson Lolas were quicker than us today and we had to rely on good pit and race strategy. I’m very pleased to have wrapped up the Drivers’ title in such a hard race and ultimately a victory.  Audi’s diesel sportscar made history when Dindo, Tom [Kristensen] and I won at Sebring, Frank [Biela], Emanuele [Pirro] and Marco [Werner] made history by winning Le Mans and now Dindo and I have made history by winning an international championship with a diesel which makes me proud. I’m also very happy for Dindo who missed out on the ALMS title with me in 2000.”