Quotes follow:
Eric van de Poele: “We had an understeer, but overall the car was consistent. I had two close calls. A Ferrari spun in front of me in the second chicane and we touched; that is why the front bodywork is broken a bit in the middle. Then three or four laps after that an Aston Martin spun in front of me. I thought, Oh, why me and why again? but we were still OK. A little understeer, but OK. “
Fredy Lienhard: “The car was fine during my stint, but I was being very defensive. I could have gone a little faster as the fuel level came down, but I didn t want to push it. When I came up on somebody who I thought didn t care if he had contact or not, I backed off and didn t push it. I really didn t want to have any problems. What s a few tenths of a second in a five-hour race? It s not worth it. My job was to give Didier the car in good shape.
“The pace of the race was very fast. The winner s average was over 200 kilometers per hour. “
Didier Theys: “I had a problem with the first set of tires I had; there was no grip in the front. At the end of that stint the balance started to be OK, and when I came in for new tires that set was fine. During the last stint the car had a little bit of understeer, but it was OK.
“The team did a wonderful job to make a reliable car here despite the travel problems coming from Sebring. Maybe we should ship the car to Valencia [Spain, the site of the next LMS race May 4-6] by boat too. Maybe not working on the car between races is a way to cut down on the expenses of racing!
“Seriously though, every session the car improved. Our race today was trouble-free. It was understeering quite a bit, but we re all very happy. “
Markus Hotz (team owner): “This is an important day for our team. Everyone did a great job, and I m very proud of my entire crew and our drivers. We had no real troubles, and it was a great day for all of us! ”
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