This is such a relief for the team, ... They did a great job all day and this group really deserves it. Watkins Glen is a true drivers' track; everybody loves it. It is a lot of fun but it was a hard race. We ran strong all day, and this is a great feeling. |
This is such a relief for the team. This group really deserves it. I'm just overwhelmed. |
This morning went really well. We kind of messed up in the second session, with the wrong gears in the gearbox. I'm pretty happy with the car, we still ended up second quick. |
This race is so difficult, so hard to win. I can hardly believe we won it. But Chip gives us a great team and great equipment and there are going to be more wins this year. |
This whole week it was clicking, ... The pit stops were great. We got a bit of a lead there, but it was tough to pass. I'm just overwhelmed. |
We get on pretty good. But we've sort of been teammates for years. |
We had brake issues to start with, then a gearbox, then brakes again. Then we had some engine belts fall off three or four times. Yeah, and we couldn't select some gears. I thought, eventually, it was going to knock us off the lead, but the team seemed to have an answer every time. |
We had some strong cars throughout the year, but it seemed we were never able to piece it together, |
We went into the second stint on tires and somehow broke the front wing. I just couldn't turn right. |
We've found quite a few other things with the setup of our car over the first test. It's a big help. I think here you are always picking up speed. You are always finding little things, so I think it will be an advantage. |
You all know going into it that that's part of the deal, ... It's frustrating. Everybody goes quicker after a few laps. We weren't the quickest. |
You can see which teams are at the top and I think it's the two teams who had to work the hardest last year. |