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Qualifying
Stuttgart. In the sixth round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship no car other than a
With this race on the challenging 4.549 km long circuit at the foot of Mount Fuji the championship enters its critical phase and
Round six of eight will start on Sunday at 11:00 hrs local time (04:00 hrs CEST). The TV channel Eurosport will broadcast the entire race and the podium ceremony live. Live feed, timing and more is available at the FIA WEC App. Live features such as on-board cameras, timing and GPS tracking are also available in the
Fritz Enzinger, Vice President LMP1: “The sixth pole position in the sixth race, plus having P2 for the sixth time as well – you cannot ask for more in qualifying. Tomorrow we want to get both crews onto the podium. It is our target to extend the lead in the manufacturers’ championship and improve the situation in the drivers’ standings. For the race some unpredictable factors will come into play. First, because of the weather, and second, because Audi has become stronger. Excitement is guaranteed.”
Andreas Seidl, Team Principal: “It is great we have managed to continue our string of successes in qualifying, especially because Audi was very fast here, which we had expected after they had been good in the practice sessions. We have continuously improved our cars and all our drivers again showed excellent performances. For tomorrow we expect very close racing. It is going to be a real challenge for us – not only because of the competition, but also due to the weather. For the first part of the race at least rain is predicted.”
Alexander Hitzinger, Technical Director: “As expected, Audi came closer. One of the reasons is that aerodynamical downforce counts less on this particular circuit, which means that tyre management plays a bigger role.”
Drivers
Timo Bernhard (34, Germany): “We are very happy with our pole position. Mark did a super lap and mine was also good. I lost a little bit of time in sector one. It wasn’t much, but the competition is very close here. The sister car, as well as the Audi, was very strong.”
Mark Webber (39, Australien): “P1 and P2 is another great team result. Normally qualifying has been a very strong point for us, but today we had a lot of pressure from the number 7 Audi. It was a big effort from us today. Timo did a very good lap and it was great to see Marc getting the sister car on the front row in the very last minute.“
Drivers
Romain Dumas (37, France): “P2 was the maximum we could achieve today. My lap was good, so I cannot complain. Perhaps I lost a little bit when braking into turn one, as the brakes were colder than expected.”
Marc Lieb (35, Germany): “We wanted to save tyres for the race, that’s why I took the used ones from Romain first. But the competition was too strong. In the end I had only one lap left with a new set of tyres and that had to be perfect. I managed to improve, but had a lot of traffic, otherwise I could have gone faster.”
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