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12 points keeps Germany in race

As the title defender, A1 Team Germany remains one of the five remaining candidates in the fight for the title in the 2007/2008 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport even after the difficult sixth race weekend in Australia. At the Eastern Creek circuit near Sydney driver Michael Ammermüller improved from two mid-field grid positions in the sprint race by three, and in the main race by five positions, thus collecting twelve valuable points. 

"That was definitely not our best weekend," said Michael Ammermüller. "I'm happy that we still managed to collect quite a few points and were able to keep our position on the heels of the front runners. In the sprint race when the rain set in the team asked me by radio whether I wanted to continue running on slicks. I did, and it paid off although the conditions were pretty difficult. In the main race, which began very well for us with a nice start, we consistently used wets. Unfortunately, the team's two stops were not as efficient as usual. Our biggest mistake, no doubt, was choosing used wets instead of new tyres for the second tyre change. They were simply too slow and probably cost us some places as well. Up to fourth gear, I was struggling with spinning wheels. We'll take this as a lesson for the future."

Willi Weber commented, "After two victorious weekends our expectations were high. All the more unfortunate is the fact that in Australia we forfeited many opportunities for good results as early as in qualifying. With his performances in the rain, Michael contained the damage. In terms of points and places, this was still our third-best of the six race weekends this season. Nevertheless, we could have achieved a lot more, as the favourites running in front of us in the standings had to settle for modest results in at least one race in Australia. So we could have clearly reduced our gap to the top this weekend, but didn't manage to do so. At least there are still four events to go in which we'll have to improve again. The championship is full of suspense, its outcome remains completely open."

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