This weekend Audi Sport will be facing new challenges on several fronts. Concurrently, the second-half of the DTM season will kick-off at the Nürburgring, and at the same time the American Le Mans Series will be entering its crucial phase at the seventh round of the ten race championship at Road America (USA).

Dindo Capello and Allan McNish have a 39-point lead before the race in Wisconsin, making it possible for the two Audi drivers to make a decisive early step towards clinching the title there.

However, the race is not the toughest challenge for Audi. ALMS organisers are attempting to stop the revolutionary Audi R10 TDI prototype's winning streak by allowing competitors to benefit from even more new concessions.

As a result, Audi Sport is in serious discussions regarding the future involvement of Audi in the ALMS following these regulation changes made by the American Le Mans Series organisers - IMSA.

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) have allowed the LMP1 Lola's raced by the Dyson team to compete with 65 kilogrammes less than the Audi R10 TDI at Road America on 20th August, PLUS they have been granted a five-litre larger fuel tank following the race at Mosport.

Audi Sport engineers have calculated with computer simulation that ten kilogrammes at Road America is worth at least two-tenths-of-a-second per lap.

Despite being deeply disappointed about the random decisions of the IMSA organisation, the Audi Sport North America team will do everything possible to achieve a good result at Road America.

"To us, the recent regulation changes made by IMSA appear to have been made at random and are unjustified. A year ago hardly anybody could believe that it would be possible to win a race with a diesel powered sportscar. We demonstrated that it is feasible and thanks to "Vorsprung durch Technik' we produced the world's most state-of-the-art LM P1. We cannot accept that our life will now be made artificially difficult. Audi, the manufacturer, which has supported and promoted the ALMS for years and helped to make it what it is today, will only continue its American Le Mans Series programme if there are again stable and consistent rules, like at Le Mans, which also contribute towards justifying manufacturer's involvement and expenditure," said Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Motorsport.

The predecessor of the R10 TDI, the R8, was in a class of its own at Road America and remained unbeaten at every race there between 2002 and 2005. Last year's winners Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro are only two-points behind third placed driver Andy Wallace (Dyson Lola) in the overall standings. Dindo Capello won in 2002 at Road America, while the circuit in Wisconsin is new territory for Allan McNish.

The race starts Sunday, 20th August at 2 PM (local time) and runs over the classic distance of 2:45 hours.

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