Porteiro: “I want the independents title”

Felix Porteiro has no regrets after loosing his works drive at BMW Team Italy-Spain. The Spaniard moved to the privateer team Proteam shortly ahead of the 2009 season. While many expected the Spaniard to perform well, the results of the first two races speak for themselves: four wins out of four in the independents championship.

“Valmiro Presenzini created a team that feels more like a family than any other team I’ve been in, the people are very friendly and it feels like a big family, which makes our job easier,” said Porteiro.

“The only thing that makes Proteam different from a works team is the budget, but they have the same ability of a manufacturer supported structure. I would really love to see what they’d be able to do with the same budget as Roal, as with half the budget compared to BMW Team Italy-Spain they can field such a competitive car.”

When asked if he hopes to leave Proteam at the end of this year to be a works driver again, Porteiro showed how good he feels in the Tuscany-based team:

“To be honest, I would love to have both. I’d be glad if Proteam became a works team, BMW would be perfect but I’m sure that other manufacturers would be happy to have Presenzini’s team in. I believe they’re ready for the challenge.”

Read the entire interview here!