Aurélien Comte, 1st: “The car was incredible. I had a good start and was up to P4. I focussed on my driving and was careful with the tyres; I had a very good race and took the lead. The victory is for my wife, as it’s been a difficult week for my family, so for me I’m happy with the good result. Thanks so much to SP Compétition and CUPRA who had done a great job together. I really enjoyed fighting with the drivers who were in front of me; these guys were very clean in terms of fights.”
Néstor Girolami, 2nd: “Before coming to Monza, we knew this track was probably the worst for the weight and carrying the 30kg was a challenge, so I’m super-glad that we managed to be in the top ten in qualifying. I knew having a good launch was important, I put on the new tyres, but then after two laps the kilos started to feel more and more, I defended my position with Thed, and we had a very clean race. In the end, when Aurélien was on my bumper, I tried my best, but he made a good move.”
Thed Björk, 3rd: “I was going forward all the time, fighting, fighting, but then Norbi arrived at the end, and I also had to look in the mirror. Fighting with two cars is not so easy. At T1 at the start, we came down three-wide into the corner and we didn’t look at the braking point, we just looked at each other. I’ve never braked that late ever. It was a nice race, I’m very happy to be third again, it was not easy.”
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