The FIA World Endurance Championship WEC season enters its second half with the race in São Paulo on September 1. What do you expect in Brazil?

The Autódromo José Carlos Pace is a driver’s track with great challenges. It has a lot on offer: fast and slow corners, some of which drop away or are slightly banked, you can’t see some of the corners so you approach ‘blind’. The same goes for the respective braking zones beforehand. It’s a real challenge to drive here. We drivers like this track a lot.”

Motorsport has a great tradition in Brazil and is extremely popular …

… that’s right. The people are incredibly enthusiastic, which makes every race here something special. The circuit at Interlagos is classic Autodrome, which was developed into a modern track. It has, however, retained its original character. Our Team Boss Reinhold Joest showed us last year how the circuit layout was when he was still driving. It was very impressive. We are delighted that we are guests here for a second time with the WEC. To be perfectly honest, I can hardly wait for the race weekend to begin.

Audi is still unbeaten in this WEC season. As a result, the target for Brazil is already set, isn’t it?

Last year we had to accept the first defeat of the season in São Paulo. A whole series of corners before uphill sections are taken at less than 120 km/h. At these points, the regulations restrict our Audi R18 e-tron quattro from using its hybrid system. This is a challenge. After our strong start to the season, I really hope that we will be at the front in Brazil as well. Toyota will of course be a strong rival again, but we will do everything possible to be victorious in Interlagos too. We travel to Brazil with the clear goal of winning this race also for Audi.

You accomplished a big task at the KMD Challenge Copenhagen on August 18 as part of your personal fitness preparations.

For the first time I wasn’t sitting on a bicycle for a marathon, but in fact assumed the role of runner in our team. It was great fun and was for a good cause, because our team ‘Who is number One’ with tri-athlete Allan Stehen Olesen and Brian Dåsbjerg from the Danish Sport Academy competed for a campaign about cancer illnesses. We want to improve the public’s perception of their health.

Source : Audi