William Cody's official press release:
"Today's race was very difficult and we certainly didn't have the best car for the race. Furthermore, our day was hindered by the fact this was my first time at the Oschersleben circuit. So, without any setup data to work with, we managed to find something in the Forem Lotus Elise to work for the race. Starting with a clean slate and only 5 or 6 laps under my belt I was able to qualify 7th.

My team director and I pondered over the tire selection. As Spec Elise is so well known for the frantic starts, I was thinking a soft compound would be best to get out of the pack and into a top position in the early going. However, the nature of the circuit is very tight and it would likely wear the fronts down at a considerable rate. With mediums on, I was hoping to make it unscathed at least through the first turn.

I had a sensational start and was able to move up two positions in the first corner. I was forced to take some agressive lines to defend my position but was able to pull a gap. I was lucky to inherit P2 on lap 5 and was maintaining a good pace. In my mirrors I could see Gary Miller and John Dixon battle for P3 and was counting on them to slow oneanother down or crash out.

Despite my efforts to preserve the tyres, in the later stages we started experiencing graining on the rears and the car deeloped some unpredictable oversteer. To finish P4 in a car that was only as good as P7 or worse is a good result for the team. We'll take some data back from this track and the others and hopefully we'll be even more competitive in the next race."