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No reward for Germany

Germany did not score any points at the eighth round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Mexico City. In the chaotic starting phase of the sprint race, the team's driver, Michael Ammermüller from Pocking, was one of several victims of a collision. Despite another setback - the team's race engineer was injured - the race team from David Sears Motorsport repaired the serious damage in time for the main race, which, after the unscheduled exchange of a front wing, ended in 20th place. 

Michael Ammermüller commented, "I want to express my warmest thanks to the squad from David Sears Motorsport: they performed a superhuman feat today. After the accident, the sidepods, the rear wing, the rear suspension and even the gearbox housing had to be exchanged. The boys did an excellent job at all of this, even though Rob Creswell was unable to help. Of course I'm wishing him a speedy recovery. Afterwards, the team performed two excellent pit stops. It's all the more regrettable that all of this great work went unrewarded - it's a real pity.

Willi Weber added, "We're being pursued by bad luck. After the main race at Durban we've been the victims in a starting phase collision for the second time in a row. The circumstances this time were particularly disturbing, as every driver should actually know how a flying start works. And the penalties for such wrong behaviour should be clear either. So, our sprint was over before it began. Up to the main race the team worked very, very hard during the repair break, and the pit stops performed by David Sears Motorsport were very good as well. This makes it especially sad that, due to the wing change, there was no reward for all this hard labour."

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