Aug 16, 2008
At the fourth round of the Le Mans Series at the Nürburgring, the Audi youngsters Alexandre Prémat (26) and Mike Rockenfeller (25) won the qualifying duel against their more seasoned team-mates Dindo Capello and Allan McNish for the first time. The Frenchman Alexandre Prémat was 49 thousandths of a second quicker than the Italian Dindo Capello in the qualifying for the 1000-kilometre race at the Nürburgring.
The two Audi R10 TDI cars of Audi Sport Team Joest will start from positions four and five at 12:05 on Sunday, but were hindered from displaying their full potential in Saturday’s qualifying. Prémat and Capello were the first drivers to go out on the track. Because a car stopped behind them in the pit lane, causing a traffic jam, they started their timed laps precisely at the time when cars were still leaving the pit lane. Both Audi drivers got stuck in dense traffic and lost about seven tenths of a second behind slower cars. In addition, Capello, while braking, was struggling with locking front wheels on his Audi R10 TDI.
Before the 1000-kilometre race at the Nürburgring, Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller are heading the standings with the same points score as the Peugeot drivers Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian. At the first three races of the Le Mans Series they finished in second place each time.
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