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Post by Saturdaynight on Oct 24, 2005 11:14:36 GMT -5
Welcome Gentlement! We saw some exciting racing today! Rocha, congratulations for taking the win today!
Rocha - I'm sure this win means everythignto you. You'v tied up the drivers title with Vincenzi with one race to go? Were you ever a bit nervouse this week about the outcome of this race?
Vincenzi - It would have been nice to take a four points leand going into Australia but with things tied up how are you feeling about the next race?
Finlay - you came in third today and having beaten Glavnille to the finish you've forced a three way tie going into the final race of the season! You put a great drive today! Did you think it was going to be this tought to take third here in Japan?
Rocha - I'm sorry we didn't mention this in the last race, but BMW Arrows won the Constructors title recently! I'm sure you msut be exstatic about this. What are your thoughts?
Vincenzi - at one point in the race, you were down to four tenths of a seconds behind Rocha and then started to fall back a bit. What do you think attributed to this?
Finlay - Well you've assured yourself fifth on the drivers title this season! I'm sure you have a lot to say about 2005! So Please, what do you have to say about it?
Finlay - And what about todays race in particular?
Vincenzi - Your final thoughts for todays race?
Rocha - Victory once again! Tell us about it?
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Post by Viper on Oct 24, 2005 11:34:21 GMT -5
It indeed would have been good, and me and the team worked very hard to acomplish it, but unfortunately, it was not enough. The next GP at Australia will be probably the most dificult so far. The pressure is all on to winning the race, since there's really no other way to win the Driver's championship other then that. As I feared, the b-spec car was much better, but still not up to par with the Arrows, so we need to see what can be done for the next race and try to win there.
I was able to keep a good pace during the race, apart from the first few laps. At the start, the car was reacting very poorly and I was struggling with some understeer problems. After that the car became better, but still not enough to catch Rocha, who also started to ride faster in the closing laps of the race.
Well, today's race was not I was expecting. Another strong finish for the team as always, but the car just did not deliver what it should have. If I had won, getting a second place at Australia would've been enough to win the title, but now I'll have to win there and Australia is actually a dificult track. We'll have to work harder for the next race and see what we can do to get a better car. Fortunately, I have raced at Melbourne many times, so I know the circuit pretty well which should help once the phase of setup comes. Audi has shown to be strong at street-like circuit in the past though, like Monaco, so hopefully we are set for a victory there and win the title.
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Post by Mαττ on Oct 24, 2005 21:25:25 GMT -5
well to be honest, third was the aim. i realise we dont have the pace to challenge the two guys sitting to my right , but i made glanville a target and im happy to say i was able to beat him in a very enjoyable fight! it was 100% committment out there. its been a season of two halves really. we were nowhere near competitive enough in the opening races, up until spain actually, but then we did some testing and i was able to get alot more comfortable in the car, and we had some new developments for canada and onward which worked! the balance of the car has been much improved and its allowed us to bounce back into the fray. the last race is australia, i hope very much to end my time with porsche on a high note. we'll be doing alot of testing to try and close the gap to audi and arrows. well it was a good fight with glanville, very enjoyable. couldn't do much about the pace of rocha or vincenzi though. hope to be here again in melbourne
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Post by Lex on Oct 25, 2005 8:24:00 GMT -5
WSRC: Rocha, I'm sure this win means everything to you. You've tied up the drivers title with Vincenzi with one race to go? Were you ever a bit nervouse this week about the outcome of this race? HR: Of course I was! You never expect to win a race after finishing the previous one like 20 seconds behind. This victory was everything I needed if I didn't want to hope Vincenzi isn't second on Melbourne. The championship, now more than ever, is still open.
WSRC: Rocha, I'm sorry we didn't mention this in the last race, but BMW Arrows won the Constructors title recently! I'm sure you msut be exstatic about this. What are your thoughts? HR: Well, after Arrows' domination on mid-season, courtesy of Mr. Glanville, I was confident we'd be in a confortable position on the end of the year. Of course, it still feels great to be a driver of the champion team.
WSRC: Rocha, victory once again! Tell us about it? HR: All I needed! It feels great to have won here. My teammate and me still have a big chance of taking the crown on Melbourne, so I have nothing to complain about. It has been a good season for both of us. We've won the Constructors' Championship, and this is the max a team can ever dream of.
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Post by Viper on Oct 26, 2005 15:36:15 GMT -5
Well, well, well...Bring on australia
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Post by Viper on Oct 27, 2005 8:51:52 GMT -5
For the first time, I want it to rain at Melbourne BTW, can we get a thread for the australian GP?
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Post by Mαττ on Oct 27, 2005 8:53:08 GMT -5
its been raining here on and off for the past week or so, so its very possible.
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