Alain Menu aims for podium in Brazil

Legendary touring car racer Alain Menu is aiming for being on the podium in the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Curitiba this weekend.
“My personal goal is to be on the podium in Curitiba, I think it’s an achievable goal,” said Menu.

The Chevrolet team were fast in qualifying last year in Brazil, but Menu fears that the weather could play a big role this year. Rain is forecasted for the weekend.

“Last year we were second-fastest in Q1 there and Curitiba is a circuit I like, although changing weather conditions are sometime an issue,” said Menu.

Menu finished tenth in the championship after being involved in a lot of incidents in the races. The biggest hope for Menu this season is to be able to stay clear from the incidents.

“My biggest hope, though, is to be able to go unscathed through the first corner, contrarily to last year! In truth, my biggest wish for 2010 is to have more fair-play on the track and not live again what I had to endure in 2009, when in 12 out of 24 races I fell victim of other competitors,” said Menu.

The winter testing of the Chevrolet team has made Menu optimistic ahead of the season start.

“I am reasonably optimistic ahead of this 2010 season. Last week’s test in Valencia has definitely convinced me that we have made good progress with the Cruze during the winter and that the car is now in a position to be consistently competitive throughout the season and on all types of tracks,” said Menu.