SEAT over the moon with results

Having dominated the first weekend of the season, SEAT could only be glad of what they have achieved. The drivers were enthusiastic about the Léon’s performance. Yvan Muller is surprised with the pace the SEATs have shown:“It’s been a very positive weekend, especially because we have been much faster than expected. There are four of us SEAT drivers leading the overall standings and that’s good, but it’s a long season.”

Tarquini won race 2, and because of the rain they were able to repeat the 1-2-3-4 obtained during the first race: “What happened is fantastic since placing four cars on the top positions of both races was inconceivable. It’s an exceptional result. The rain possibly helped us in the second race, but our performance today has been very good”.

Rydell was surprised as well with the good pace the yellow cars have shown throughout the weekend: “What happened is incredible because we thought that the BMW would be faster than us. The good qualifying job of the whole team and the good conditions, rain of the second race included, were the key”.

Gené didn’t expect to score more than two third places, but eventually obtained 14 points and now believes he can fight for the championship, just like his team mates: “I came to Brazil thinking to score six and six points and I’m leaving with fourteen. Therefore it is a superb result and both podiums make me leave Curitiba in high spirits. It’s what I had dreamed of before the start of the season. I hope that the next races, such as Mexico, where I won last year, will be favorable. It seems obvious that SEAT has five drivers who are able to fight again for the championship”.

The limitations imposed to the SEATs don’t seem to have hurt the performances of the Spanish cars so far, which is something the World Champions were worried about. The team are in high spirits and are heading off to Puebla with strong hopes to win again.