Valencia driver comments

Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller went victorious from the World Touring Car Championship rounds at Valencia. There were alot of action during both races and the entire field was closely packed together. Here are comments from the top drivers.

Nicola Larini – 3rd in Race 1, 4th in Race 2

“It’s been a good weekend. Both the races were tough, but the second especially. I got hit by Terting which meant I lost three seconds and contact with the lead group. In Race 2 I was getting bigger and bigger in Rangoni’s mirror but couldn’t pass him event though my car was getting better and better on each lap.”

Dirk Müller – 11th in Race 1, 7th in Race 2

“Due to the yellow flag in qualifying I suffered and couldn’t do a fast lap which would have given me the possibility to be higher on the grid. Starting from 22nd was a nightmare. I managed to finish 11th in Race 1 because I got a brilliant lap and managed to pass everybody. I have to say that I didn’t like the racing that happened. There was lots of pushing and the back of my car is covered with marks. In Race 2 I couldn’t shift properly into 5th from lap 2 onwards and that meant it was difficult to compete. I did manage to get 2 points from Race 2 and 22nd to 11th in Race 1 is not too bad!”

Andy Priaulx – DNF in Race 1, 8th in Race 2

“Regarding the incident in Race 1, I thought that I had passed Tarquini and turned into the corner. He didn’t want to go onto the grass and I don’t blame him. He can’t blame me for what happened either, it certainly wasn’t intentional. I’m on a huge high at the moment from the 2nd race. I was driving my heart out. I scored one point which I think could be a very important one and I don’t have too much weight going into Macau. I feel really positive going into Macau now, I feel ‘racey’!”

Gabriele Tarquini – DNF in Race 1, DNS in Race 2

“In Race 1 Priaulx came in very hard at the first corner. I continued and had a good pace on the next few laps. I caught Coronel and overtook him which meant I had a chance to finish 8th. Then with 2 laps remaining Coronel hit me and I went out. The car was damaged and that’s why I hit Rydell on the straight before crashed hard into the wall and the car was simply destroyed. There was no chance of making it for Race 2. I feel so bad.”

Rickard Rydell – 23rd in Race 1, 20th in Race 2

“These were not the results I wanted. I suffered from bad luck in qualifying due to the yellow flag coming out. In Race 1 the car was good. I passed a group of cars on the inside but then Gabriele (Tarquini) went into me and my suspension broke on the straight. As a consequence of that the car just wasn’t right for Race 2. The only good element from this is that I have little weight for Macau.”