Mid-Ohio
ALMS, 30th June 2002
Race
Backmarker tags the Champion Audi - finishes 10th
Audi
Sport Press, 30th June: LEXINGTON, Ohio – Johnny Herbert
and Stefan Johansson with the 2001-spec R8 of Audi customer
team Champion were unlucky at Mid-Ohio: The duo were temporarily
second between the two works Audis. Just before half distance,
however, Johnny Herbert was touched by a lapped GT car and ended
up in the gravel. This incident and the following repairs of
a damaged rear suspension made him lose nine laps and the lead
in the overall classification of the ALMS to Tom Kristensen,
who finished 2nd in a 1-2 for the works cars.
Johnny
Herbert (ADT Champion Audi R8 #38):
"I
passed a Porsche heading into turn five and he turned in on
me causing me to spin into the gravel. The car was pretty
damaged and also had a puncture. That put us some laps down
even though the Champion team was able to make very quick
repairs allowing us to finish competitively."
Stefan
Johansson (ADT Champion Audi R8 #38):
"For
me it was a quiet weekend, I didn’t get many laps. We have
given Johnny the maximum laps because of the point situation
in the championship. The Champion guys did a great job getting
the car back out as we were turning competitive laps after
the repair."
Race
results:
1.
Pirro/Biela (Infineon Audi R8) 111 laps
2. Capello/Kristensen (Infineon Audi R8) + 6.248s
3. Magnussen/Brabham (Panoz) + 24.955s
4. Herta/Auberlen (Panoz) + 40.230s
5. Weaver/Dyson/Leitzinger (R&S-Lincoln) - 2 laps
6. Fellows/O´Connell (Chevrolet) - 5 laps
7. Pilgrim/Collins (Chevrolet) - 6 laps
8. Duno/Maxwell (Panoz-Mugen) - 7 laps
9. Neuhaus/Field (Lola-Judd) - 8 laps
10. Herbert/Johansson (Audi R8) - 9 laps
Qualifying
Champion Audi on second row
Champion
Racing, 29th June: LEXINGTON, Ohio – Fighting persistent
understeer, American Le Mans Series LMP-900 championship leaders
ADT/Champion Audi qualified fourth for Sunday's 2hr 45min race
at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course.
Two
practice sessions, the second interrupted by three black flags,
were held on Saturday morning, with qualifying held at mid-afternoon.
The weather has been sunny and hot, with race day likely to
be even hotter. With rain and clouds during the first two days
of race week followed by progressively warmer days, the changable
conditions have contributed to difficulties in achieving optimum
setup for the twisting 2.258-mile roadcourse.
Sunday's
race gets underway at 2pm EST.
Top
10 starters:
1
Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 LMP 900 1m14.169s
2 Jan Magnussen/David Brabham Panoz LMP-1 LMP 900 1m14.841s
3 Bryan Herta/Bill Auberlen Panoz LMP-1 LMP 900 1m15.084s
4 Johnny Herbert/Stefan Johansson Audi R8 LMP 900 1m15.179s
5 Rinaldo Capello/Tom Kristensen Audi R8 LMP 900 1m16.453s
6 Jon Field/Clint Field Lola EX257-AER MG LMP 675 1m16.559s
7 Weaver/Dyson/Leitzinger Riley & Scott MkIIIA-Lincoln LMP 900
1m17.275
8 Didier de Radigues/John Graham Panoz LMP07-Mugen LMP 900 1m18.988s
9 Joel Field/Mark Neuhaus Lola B2K40-Judd LMP 900 1m20.399s
10 Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS
1m22.066sm Kri
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