James Thompson: “The title is all that counts”

James Thompson secured the FIA European Touring Car Cup title 2010 ahead of Michel Nykjær and Tomas Engström.
“I retained the title and this is all that counts. I came here with this goal in mind and I adopted a very conservative driving style to reach it,” said Thompson.

The finale weekend at Franciacorta in Italy started with good weather and sunshine, but ended with rain and slippery conditions for the two races.

“With this weather, it would have been easy to jeopardize the job done during the season by taking risks,” said Thompson.

Diesel SEAT-driver Nykjær won both races of the finale in a dominating fashion, something Thompson expected to happen.

“I knew that with all the ballast I had on my car it was impossible to beat Nykjær’s SEAT on the race distance and therefore I focused on finishing both races in the points,” said Thompson.