Second place for the 911 RSR at sweltering Texas race
Round seven of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC will be contested in Fuji/Japan on 15 October.
Comments on the race
Marco Ujhasi, Director GT Factory Motorsports: “This is a sensational result. Our number 92 racer took up the race as a backmarker and missed out on winning by a few seconds. That showed a strong team effort. Our systematic preparations for the race paid off. We’ve still obviously got a lot to do. We’ll keep up the hard work and we’re looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Michael Christensen (911 RSR #92): “That’s our best result of the season so far and I’m really thrilled about it. Everything came together perfectly today – the car, the strategy, and neither driver nor team made a single mistake. That gives us a lot of confidence for the rest of the season.”
Kévin Estre (911 RSR #92): “What a crazy race. Never in our wildest dreams did we expect to finish on second after such a difficult qualifying. We did our utmost today and didn’t make the slightest error. With a little luck, we could have won. Still, I’m happy with this result and proud of the team. Once again, the crew gave us great support.”
Richard Lietz (911 RSR #91): “Congratulations to my teammates in the number 92 racer. They went their own way with the setup, and that proved to be the right choice. I take my hat off to them! For us the race was very tough with a lot of setbacks. Still, we’ll learn from this and we’ll be back in the game at Fuji.”
Frédéric Makowiecki (911 RSR #91): “That was a really difficult race. I feel sorry for the team, because I was handed two drive-through penalties. The conditions today were very difficult. I tried to conserve the tyres as much as possible, but it didn’t help much. Somehow things didn’t run smoothly today.”
