Radio Le Mans interviews, Graham Tyler and Bob Constanduras

Post race snippets

Allan McNish

“Very very pleased. Extremely proud. We did it with our backs against the wall. A magic moment. I hope the next one isn’t 10 years down the line.”

Mike Rockenfeller

Unbelieveable! Really happy for those 3 guys. A great day for Audi and we need to celebrate.”

Dindo Capello

“Next to last year this is the bestLe Mans ever!”

Dr Wolfgang Ullrich

“Delighted. A really great race. For a long time Le Mans not seen such a great race. At the end the team were concentrating on the right things and using our technology. We’re going to celebrate now.”

Marc Gene

“Was very difficult. Had to do something different to Audi so when they were on intermediates we were on slicks and when they were on slicks we were on wets hoping that the weather would go our way.”

George Howard-Chapell, Aston Martin

“An epic battle. Great fun. Great to have the Corvette boys here and thrilled that all three of our cars came home.”

David Richards

“A wonderful day for Aston Martin – especially in the Gulf colours. Not an easy race. Very different conditions for the drivers. A great team effort.”

Henri Pescarolo

“Of course a nice race. Everybody thought there were two categories [petrol and diesel] and we won ours. Next year I hope we’re on the podium. I will try to continue.”

Jeroen Beekemolen

“It’s incredible. My co-drivers did a brilliant job and the team did a great job.”

Jos Verstappen

“It’s fantastic – especially with the great car we have. It’s very fast and very well prepared.”

Mika Salo

“Everything worked well and no problems.”

Jaime Melo

“Finally after a long time! I’m so happy. Thank you to the whole team.”

Gianmaria Bruni

“Brilliant! We did a fantastic job and the car was fantastic.”

Fabio Babini

“A very good job by BMW and me and my co-drivers. A very good result for the conditions.”

Ron Fellows

“A great race. We wouldn’t have expected anything less. Another great race with Prodrive but of course we’re disappointed. We were better prepared than last year but still second best.”

David Brabham

“A faultless race. Unbelievable. We knew the Corvette would be strong. We had a faultless race and that’s what you have to do to beat them.”

Darren Turner

“Always a really close competition with Corvette. We got lucky about 3 hours in and made a break for it. With about 2 hours to go it was time to conserve it. A great result for Aston Martin.”

Antonio Garcia

“The first time you win such a race is amazing. Like a sprint race but longer. We got everything including rain. David and Darren did a great job and finally we managed to do it.”

Franky Cheng

“It’s fantastic! Just great to be here and thanks to the team for giving me the opportunity.”

Oliver Gavin

“We had an alternator and then a floor problem and lost those 3 laps. Aston Martin did very well. When they have a faultless race it’s difficult.”

Olivier Beretta

“It’s racing and everything for us. Nice to be third but we didn’t have luck.”

Max Papis

“We tried really hard. We tried every tyre out there and did everything we could. We never gave up but it wasn’t our day.”