ADT/CHAMPION AUDI R8 TEAM PREPARES FOR THE 12 HOURS

The ADT/Champion Audi R8 racing team arrived at Sebring the Saturday prior to the 12 Hours, for the team's scheduled IMSA Technical Inspection on Saturday morning March 9th. The crew then spent the remainder of the weekend setting up our paddock areas and doing final checks on the race car in preparation for the first of three testing days on Monday the 11th.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday saw a total of five testing sessions, during which the drivers familiarized themselves with the new car and repaved track, and worked on setting up the ADT/Champion Audi R8 for Qualifying on Thursday. Andy Wallace had previously driven the new R8 (chassis 505) during the Michelin Tests in February after driving Champion's 2000-spec throughout the 2001 ALMS season. Stefan Johansson was getting his first taste of the heavily revised 2001-spec Audi R8 after driving his own 2000-spec R8 in 2001, and Jan Lammers got his first-ever experience behind the wheel of an Audi R8 during the test days.

1 - (#1)   Biela/ Kristinsen/ Pirro Audi R8 Audi Sport North America 1:48.029

2 - (#2)   Capello/ Herbert/ Pescatori Audi R8 Audi Sport North America 1:48.744

3 - (#11) Knight/ Hawkins/ Kane MG Lola EX257 KnightHawk Racing 1:50.543

4 - (#50) Magnussen/ Brabham/ van de Poele Panoz LMP01 Panoz Motor Sports 1:50.617

5 - (#38) Wallace/ Lammers/ Johansson Audi R8 ADT/Champion Racing 1:50.797