Quotes after the race

Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): "At Salt Lake City we saw again that the actual regulations are in favour of the lighter LM P2 cars. The difference in the lap times in qualifying was about that what we calculated in Ingolstadt with computer simulations. The drivers and the whole team gave everything and took another win in the LM P1 class. Now we are looking forward to Le Mans, where the regulations of the ACO are applied and the LM P1 class is what it was designed to be: the king class of the sports prototypes.”

Dindo Capello (Audi R10 TDI #1): "This is a great result for us. It was a big, big effort from Allan and myself and the entire #1 Audi crew. After the opening laps, we found ourselves in a position to win this race, something I could only have dreamt about last night after qualifying! We had the speed today and to be so close to an overall victory hurts, our smaller fuel tanks this year do not do us any favours. During my stint the Audi was awesome. I was a long time behind Emanuele, if I could have passed him, I maybe could have won.”

The results at Salt Lake City

1 Maassen/Briscoe (Porsche) 66 laps
2 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) + 9.932s
3 Bernhard/Dumas (Porsche) + 57.191s
4 Leitzinger/Wallace (Porsche) + 1m 28.563s
5 Smith/Dyson (Porsche) + 1m 50.637s
6 Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) + 1m 57.262s
7 Fernandez/Diaz (Acura/Honda) – 5 laps
8 Gavin/Beretta (Corvette) – 5 laps
9 Magnussen/O’Connell (Corvette) – 5 laps
10 Field/Field/Berry (Creation-Judd) – 6 laps

Emanuele Pirro, who started from eighth position on the grid, overtook seven cars with a perfect start to lead into the first corner. Dindo Capello, who was eighth in qualifying on Friday, started from the back of the grid when his team decided to change all four tyres after a spin late in qualifying. Capello also made a good start and worked his way through the field to claim second place behind Pirro after a full course yellow caution.

Emanuele Pirro pitted after 22 laps and handed over the leading Audi R10 TDI to co-driver Marco Werner. Dindo Capello inherited the lead but pitted himself shortly afterwards. Following the pit-stops of their competitors, Allan McNish led at the mid-way stage of the race. Both Audi R10 TDI sportscars made late stops for fuel and tyres. With a gap of only 9.9 seconds, Allan McNish finished second behind the leading LM P2 class Porsche. Together with Dindo Capello, he extended his championship lead in the LM P1 category. Marco Werner/Emanuele Pirro completed the 1-2 in the LM P1 class with sixth place overall.

The Audi R10 TDI is now heading for the 24 Hour Race in Le Mans (16 - 17 June). The next American Le Mans Series race is the sixth round on 7 July at Lime Rock.