The Head of Audi Motorsport about the successful racing weekend with victories in the WEC at Spa, the DTM at Hockenheim and the world premiere of the Audi Sport TT Cup.

Following the victories in the WEC at Spa and in the DTM at Hockenheim would it be fair to call this a perfect weekend for Audi Sport?

This has been a unique weekend for Audi Sport. Three races in our two main programs, WEC and DTM, falling on a single weekend is special in itself and being able to win all three of them is something that even formally can’t be topped. This is even more significant when it’s the first race weekend of a championship like the DTM and the second important race before Le Mans in the WEC. It shows the squad that the hard work it did over the winter went in the right direction. These victories are a sweet reward. I’d like to sincerely thank everyone at Audi Sport and the teams that have made this possible.
 
How great was the strain in the past weeks?

It really was absolutely at the stress limit. But everyone consistently gave 100 percent. Together, we managed to do things that we might not have thought to be possible at all. But in the end they were possible – that speaks for this team. These victories are tremendous motivation for everyone because in racing it’s about being in front, and we are in front, both in the WEC and the DTM, after this weekend.
 
Spa was an important ‘dress rehearsal’ for the Le Mans 24 Hours. With regard to the next few weeks, what’s your feeling?

There’s still a lot of work to be done for Le Mans. After Silverstone and Spa, we’ve still got a few items that we need to and want to improve. And we don’t have a lot of time left. This means we’re continuing to move on full-speed, starting on Monday. We still need to check off a few things on our list to have the cars at Le Mans that will be in contention for victory, that work impeccably, that provide the drivers with the kind of handling that makes them feel comfortable in the car for a longer period of time and that are capable of delivering consistently high performance. And of course we’ve still got a huge amount of work to do with respect to spare parts supply and preparation of the Le Mans cars.
 
At Hockenheim, the Audi Sport TT Cup celebrated a much-noted premiere – was this a success as well?

I take my hat off to what’s been achieved there in such a short time. The Audi Sport TT Cup immediately showed on its first weekend that it’s got incredible potential. All the cars worked superbly. The drivers are thrilled by the TT. Racing with these cars is fun. I also believe that the selection of the drivers for the cup has been very successful – we could see that in the races. In the Audi Sport TT Cup, we’ve got a good very good base for promoting young talent within the Volkswagen Group and within Audi.