Esteban Guerrieri: “It has been a very positive weekend”

Esteban Guerrieri was upbeat after the second round of the FIA TCR World Tour in Spain, with the GOAT Racing Honda driver scoring well despite carrying the highest compensation weight of 40 kilos.

“The weekend went from less to more and, all-in-all, very positive,” Guerrieri told TouringCarTimes.

“With the 40 kilos we are carrying we started on Friday and I saw things a bit uphill.”

Guerrieri praised his team to continuously working hard to improve the car throughout the weekend.

“We also improved on our speed, also changing the turbo because it had a little problem. We did good teamwork and I’m very happy with all the effort for this weekend,” said Guerrieri.

“The qualifying was complicated as we were lacking general speed. We had some good laps and I was able to position myself well for the three races, and I found a progressively improved car through the races, until this last Race 3, where I had a very good car.”

While the Cyan Racing drivers dominated the weekend, Guerrieri is only seven points adrift in the championship after Valencia.

“We are one step behind the Lynk & Cos, as we had 40 kilos and they had 30 and 20, and they were faster than us. But we were able to fight and score good points, and now we go to Monza with 0 kilos,” said Guerrieri.

The Argentinian driver also stated that his Honda Civic Type R TCR FL5 has proven to be more competitive than he initially expected this season.

“The Honda is more competitive than we initially expected and we are finding performance, both in quali and in the races,” said Guerrieri.

“In Mexico we scored the pole position and here it was difficult against the Lynk & Cos, but we improved through the weekend.

“We used all the info from last year and we have worked bit by bit with it. I’m also happy with the level of the championship, with a high driving standard. People are aggressive but within limits and without creating complicated situations.”

Guerrieri joined the GOAT Racing team this year, managed by former world touring car race winner Pepe Oriola who the Argentinian believes brings a lot to the team.

“I know Pepe from many years and the truth is that him, as a driver, knows all the details,” said Guerrieri.

“When we have the briefings, he always brings an extra to the table about where the problems can originate or how to improve things, with a lot of attention to the details, and I’m very happy about how we are working together.”