Audi on front row at Silverstone

Rain showers made conditions in qualifying on Saturday afternoon difficult. Drizzling rain had already set in before the beginning of the 20-minute session. But when the two Audi drivers, Allan McNish and Timo Bernhard, were on what were their fastest laps up to that time, they encountered heavier rain in the last track sector so that they were unable to improve their times any more.

Due to the location of the team at the beginning of the pit lane the two Audi R18 TDI cars were not able to start their chase for times right at the beginning of the qualifying session. That proved to be crucial. After a strong first flying lap McNish was on course for setting the best time on his second lap before encountering rain in the last chicane before the start and finish. Consequently, neither the Scotsman nor his team-mate Timo Bernhard, who had to overtake several slower cars on the first two laps, was able to improve.

The squad around Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich looks toward to the fifth round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) with confidence nonetheless as all four Audi drivers commented positively about the handling of their Audi R18 TDI right from the beginning at Silverstone and are sure that the true potential of the Le Mans winning car will be shown in the race.

Audi.tv will air full-length live coverage of the 6-hour race on Sunday on the internet at http://microsites.audi.com/lemans/. Allan McNish is contesting the Silverstone race together with Tom Kristensen, Timo Bernhard and Marcel Fässler.

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