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Default Public prosecutor's office examines the death of Michele Alboreto

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The public prosecutor's office Cottbus seized the accident auto, with which the Italian running driver Michele Alboreto had an accident yesterday on the test oval of the Lausitzrings with Senftenberg. For unknown reasons the Le Mans prototype Audi R8 had also gotten over 300 km/h on a straight line of the test track belonging to the Lausitzring off the road. It is to have estimated itself several times.

The 44-jaehrige Alboreto was 1985 on Ferrari vice-world champion in the formula 1 and denied 194 Grand Prix, from which it won five. At the end of of 1994 withdrew itself native May countries from the formula the 1 and denied mainly sports car running. 1997 succeeded to it with the total victory at the 24 hours of Le Mans of one of largest successes of its career. Since 1999 belonged and were to Alboreto to the factory crew of Audi, in the previous year as Drittplatzierter in Le Mans taken part in the Audi Dreifachsieg. In March Alboreto with Audi won the twelve-hour running of Sebring.


On the long-distance course eight months ago ago of the inaugurated Eurospeedway Lausitz, 150 kilometers south of Berlin, Alboreto undertook on Wednesday test travels for preparation on running in Le Mans.

The test oval which is situated beside the Grand Prix course is because of 900 meters long straight lines a popular test track for Le Mans prototypes, because as in Le Mans high rates are attainable there. The misfortune place does not belong to the oval course, where in the late summer running is to be delivered to the American ChampCar series. Audi Sportchef Wolfgang Ullrich promised, one will do everything, in order to clear the accident up completely. Michele Alboreto leaves his Mrs. Nadia and two daughters.
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