CART: Andretti arrives in Germany for practice
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
September 15, 2001Michael Andretti, No. 39 Motorola/Honda-Reynard
"The EuroSpeedway is quite different, I really don't know what to compare it to at this point. We were really just trying to get an overall feel for the track and for our race set-up this afternoon. This new speedway package, the Euro wing, is a bit diff erent than what we see at a speedway like Michigan but it is similar in the fact that you still can't get that close to guys. It is really too early to tell how the wing is going to affect us when we are out on the race track, racing. I feel like it's a d ecent race car and we'll be starting in a good position."
Re: Travel to Germany: "It's been a really long day today. We've been up for almost 30 hours and I have to tell you I'm extremely tired. These have been the toughest last few days that I can ever remember; it's really been hard. In fact, it's hard to explain to people that have been in Germany and not been home. It's been a very emotional time for everyone."
Time: 36.267 seconds/ 200. 811 mph
Position: 19th
Kim Green, General Manager
"It was certainly a relief to see the rain stop this afternoon, it's been a very difficult week for everyone. Once we got on the track this afternoon, we had an oil leak on the primary car in the early part of the session and switched to the back-up car. I think that the primary car was actually a touch better than the back-up car, with a little bit more balance. In fact, I don't think we ever found that balance on the back-up car. We're going to go to the garage and track down the oil leak on the prima ry car and most likely revert to the primary car for the race. I think we'll be in pretty good shape for tomorrow, we had a comfortable top-ten car when we went out this afternoon now we just have to do a few things tonight and we'll be in good shape for the race."
Text provided by Jana Griffith
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