1. February, Kimmo Liimatainen and took the Rosberg Audi, the scepter of the long-time team boss Arno Zensen, who is retiring. Only two months later, Rene Rasts team boss by the Coronavirus is faced epidemic of a sudden with the biggest challenge of his career. “That’s pretty uncool,” says the 41-year-old Finn in conversation with ‘Motorsport-Total.com’. “But if I get through this now, then I’ve already got a pretty tough exam behind me.”
How to deal with this personally? “I’ve been trying to see the positive, because it now uses nothing, around zuheulen. We do what we can to make it better, even if we can’t influence much.”
Currently, no one can say when the DTM season 2020 really is started. And if there is less or in the worst case, not the race, the Audi factory budget Rosberg is reduced squad. For this reason, Liimatainen on 1 had to. April sign up for the 20 employees in short-time work, initially for two months.
Liimatainen: support by Zensen and Rosberg
The former racing driver, but, as before, to the office daily, in order to keep the Store Running. “The one month or another,” one could survive such a Shutdown yet “,” is his assessment. In this case, I’m him, but also because of his lack of experience is difficult: “a Rookie, and relatively new in this Position.”
Whether he had the basis of a lot of contact to the predecessor, the is to as a consultant at the Rosberg Audi active? “Yes, I can ask him anytime if I have questions,” says Liimatainen. “This is great for me that this Transition is not running, but in the current Situation the helps to a limited extent only, because it has given so little never.”
censuses have him as a team leader in the crisis, yet role model: “This is because of the way he has the Team. He was never frantic and always remained calm. This certainly has something to do with his life experience, because Arno has a lot to go through with it.” In addition, Liimatainen is in close contact with team owner Keke Rosberg whose son Nico Rosberg.
“it is Important, that it was going to continue”
But as the team was ready for the start of the season, is responding to the uncertain future? “At the moment the mood is still quite good,” says Liimatainen, who works since 20 years the team of Keke Rosberg in Neustadt on the wine road. “You know how the other ticks. We try to motivate each other and all know that the Situation is difficult.”
This is true, but not only for Motorsport, but for the whole life. “The employees know that I’m doing everything so that there’s more”, he sees the team behind. How important it is that the DTM in July, as indicated by the revised calendar provided, to start the season? “In General, it is important that it go on at all. Whether this is July or August, we’ll see,” says Liimatainen.
This article was written by Sven Haidinger
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