escaped unscathed.
Tobias Moers, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-AMG GmbH: “I am really happy with this magnificent quadruple victory of our new Mercedes-AMG GT3 in this certainly unique 24-hour race. For me, the tension after these extreme racing conditions and the absolutely electrifying finale is now also coming off my shoulders. I am also proud of the fact that we have provided motorsport action at its best and a perfect show for all the fans. Many thanks to all our teams, drivers and those involved in this success.”
Jochen Bitzer, head of AMG Customer Sports: “First of all, we are all extremely happy with the clean sweep of the podium and the two further top six results. Last year, we had already set ourselves the goal of winning here with our new Mercedes-AMG GT3 in 2016. Now, we have delivered, and more than that. To achieve this, we have launched a new concept with the AMG Performance Teams and gone through an intense preparation. It all worked out. I am also happy for the fans who got to see a great race.” Maro Engel, AMG-Team BLACK FALCON and: “I am simply just overwhelmed. Many thanks to AMG, to the AMG-Team BLACK FALCON and to all my team-mates. This race was simply incredible and I am overjoyed.”
Christian Hohenadel, AMG-Team HTP Motorsport: “At the end of the day, we have lost the 24-hour race on the final lap, but basically, we are all winners, first and foremost Mercedes-AMG that has built a great car. My team has also won, because it has done an excellent job in preparing the Mercedes-AMG GT3. Coming second with such a small gap is hard, but all in all, we have realised our goals. It was an incredible race.”
Maximilian Götz, HARIBO Racing Team-AMG #88: “Third place was a goal, but we were up front for a long time, leading the race. Then, we incurred a time penalty of one minute and 32 seconds. When you take that into account, we certainly would have finished second and perhaps could have been in contention for victory. But that is the way it is and now, we are third. It was a thrilling finale. Congratulations to Mercedes-AMG for a great job.”
Dirk Müller, AMG-Team BLACK FALCON: “What an incredible race, I just can’t believe it. I am a little bit sad as we are in fourth place, a podium finish would have been the icing on the cake. Congratulations to our crew, but also to HTP Motorsport, who would have deserved victory, too. A great performance by all AMG teams. And now it is time to party.”
Sebastian Asch, MANN-FILTER Team ZAKSPEED: “I had to keep control of my nerves on the final lap as so many things can happen. We still made up one place during the final stint. Our plan with the pit stops worked out and we finished in sixth place. We lost time during the night, but were then able to keep up with the others again and made the best out of it.”
The positions at the finish:
1. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team BLACK FALCON, Adam Christodoulou, Maro Engel, Manuel Metzger, Bernd Schneider
2. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team HTP Motorsport, Christian Hohenadel, Marco Seefried, Christian Vietoris, Renger van der Zande
3. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / HARIBO Racing Team-AMG, Uwe Alzen, Lance David Arnold, Maximilian Götz, Jan Seyffarth
4. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team BLACK FALCON, Yelmer Buurman, Hubert Haupt, Dirk Müller, Maro Engel
6. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / MANN-FILTER Team ZAKSPEED, Sebastian Asch, Kenneth Heyer, Daniel Keilwitz, Luca Ludwig
DNF, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / BLACK FALCON Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Indy Dontje, Rob Huff, Gerwin Schuring
DNF, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team HTP Motorsport, Dominik Baumann, Maximilian Buhk, Thomas Jäger, Stefan Mücke
DNF, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / HARIBO Racing Team-AMG, Uwe Alzen, Lance David Arnold, Maximilian Götz, Jan Seyffarth
via : http://zumzumauto.blogspot.com/
Tobias Moers, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-AMG GmbH: “I am really happy with this magnificent quadruple victory of our new Mercedes-AMG GT3 in this certainly unique 24-hour race. For me, the tension after these extreme racing conditions and the absolutely electrifying finale is now also coming off my shoulders. I am also proud of the fact that we have provided motorsport action at its best and a perfect show for all the fans. Many thanks to all our teams, drivers and those involved in this success.”
Jochen Bitzer, head of AMG Customer Sports: “First of all, we are all extremely happy with the clean sweep of the podium and the two further top six results. Last year, we had already set ourselves the goal of winning here with our new Mercedes-AMG GT3 in 2016. Now, we have delivered, and more than that. To achieve this, we have launched a new concept with the AMG Performance Teams and gone through an intense preparation. It all worked out. I am also happy for the fans who got to see a great race.” Maro Engel, AMG-Team BLACK FALCON and: “I am simply just overwhelmed. Many thanks to AMG, to the AMG-Team BLACK FALCON and to all my team-mates. This race was simply incredible and I am overjoyed.”
Christian Hohenadel, AMG-Team HTP Motorsport: “At the end of the day, we have lost the 24-hour race on the final lap, but basically, we are all winners, first and foremost Mercedes-AMG that has built a great car. My team has also won, because it has done an excellent job in preparing the Mercedes-AMG GT3. Coming second with such a small gap is hard, but all in all, we have realised our goals. It was an incredible race.”
Maximilian Götz, HARIBO Racing Team-AMG #88: “Third place was a goal, but we were up front for a long time, leading the race. Then, we incurred a time penalty of one minute and 32 seconds. When you take that into account, we certainly would have finished second and perhaps could have been in contention for victory. But that is the way it is and now, we are third. It was a thrilling finale. Congratulations to Mercedes-AMG for a great job.”
Dirk Müller, AMG-Team BLACK FALCON: “What an incredible race, I just can’t believe it. I am a little bit sad as we are in fourth place, a podium finish would have been the icing on the cake. Congratulations to our crew, but also to HTP Motorsport, who would have deserved victory, too. A great performance by all AMG teams. And now it is time to party.”
Sebastian Asch, MANN-FILTER Team ZAKSPEED: “I had to keep control of my nerves on the final lap as so many things can happen. We still made up one place during the final stint. Our plan with the pit stops worked out and we finished in sixth place. We lost time during the night, but were then able to keep up with the others again and made the best out of it.”
The positions at the finish:
1. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team BLACK FALCON, Adam Christodoulou, Maro Engel, Manuel Metzger, Bernd Schneider
2. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team HTP Motorsport, Christian Hohenadel, Marco Seefried, Christian Vietoris, Renger van der Zande
3. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / HARIBO Racing Team-AMG, Uwe Alzen, Lance David Arnold, Maximilian Götz, Jan Seyffarth
4. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team BLACK FALCON, Yelmer Buurman, Hubert Haupt, Dirk Müller, Maro Engel
6. place, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / MANN-FILTER Team ZAKSPEED, Sebastian Asch, Kenneth Heyer, Daniel Keilwitz, Luca Ludwig
DNF, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / BLACK FALCON Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Indy Dontje, Rob Huff, Gerwin Schuring
DNF, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AMG-Team HTP Motorsport, Dominik Baumann, Maximilian Buhk, Thomas Jäger, Stefan Mücke
DNF, Mercedes-AMG GT3 / HARIBO Racing Team-AMG, Uwe Alzen, Lance David Arnold, Maximilian Götz, Jan Seyffarth
via : http://zumzumauto.blogspot.com/
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