Kristensen/McNish to spearhead the squad
Audi Sport Team Joest therefore banks on proven drivers: the eight-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen (Denmark) and Allan McNish (Scotland) will form a team in the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and contest all three races together.
Dindo Capello (Italy), who with a track record of 29 overall victories is the most successful driver of the American Le Mans Series, will also contest all three rounds. At Silverstone, the Italian will race with Timo Bernhard (Germany), at Road Atlanta with Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish, and with Romain Dumas (France) at the Zhuhai finale. In addition, Marcel Fässler (Switzerland), André Lotterer (Germany) and Benoît Treluyer (France) will compete at Road Atlanta.
No changes to Le Mans driver line-up
"Because there’s only a make and team but no driver classification we’re using the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup as an opportunity to integrate the drivers who haven’t competed for us very often, even better with our team," explains Dr. Ullrich. "Our aim is to compete at Le Mans in 2011 with the same drivers as this year."
Familiar terrain and new territory
The first two races of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup are familiar terrain for Audi: In 2008, Dindo Capello and Allan McNish triumphed with the Audi R10 TDI at Silverstone. Meanwhile Audi has won the "Petit Le Mans" race at Road Atlanta nine consecutive times, from 2000 to 2008. Audi Sport Team Joest will only enter new territory at Zhuhai (China).
The Le Mans winners will be joined on their tour of the world by their proven partners Bosch, Dow, Mahle, Michelin and TAG-Heuer.
The Audi driver teams in the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
1000 Kilometres Silverstone (GB), Sep 12
#7 Tom Kristensen (DK)/Allan McNish (GB)
#8 Timo Bernhard (D)/Dindo Capello (I)
Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta (USA), Oct 02
#7 Dindo Capello (I)/Tom Kristensen (DK)/Allan McNish (GB)
#9 Marcel Fässler (CH)/André Lotterer (D)/Benoît Treluyer (F)
6 Hours of Zhuhai (CN), Nov 07
#7 Tom Kristensen (DK)/Allan McNish (GB)
#8 Dindo Capello (I)/Romain Dumas (F)
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