Press Conference Quotes for Round 7

Daniel Keilwitz – nr101 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06R GT3 – 1st Place
“The race was very good for me. I had a good start at the beginning, then the safety came out for four laps and after the restart, the safety car made it easier for me. I could drive at the front and the time was ticking by. After the restart, I kept control of the first position, made an early pitstop, and Christian did a great job and was very fast at the end. I’m really happy that we’ve won a second race this year. The tyres were okay, because of the safety car, I didn’t push too hard on the tyres. Otherwise they were really good.”

Christian Hohenadel – nr101 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06R GT3 – 1st Place
 “The temperature in the car isnt’ as cool as I’d wish. The race was okay for me; I got my stint in a leading position. I tried my best to stay in the front. Finally we made it. Very happy with this result, but although we have a good lead, there are 5 races left, and a lot can happen in 5 races. We have to stay very concentrated, and we might make it. We’ll see after this event.”

Joakim Lambotte – nr16 Graff Racing Corvette Z06R GT3 – 2nd Place
 “For sure, we’d prefer to be in the first position, but we’ve made a great job with qualifying. They made a small gap at the restart and I couldn’t come back on them: I pushed very hard, but the car was quite hard to drive. So, I’m very happy to be on the podium. We made an early pitstop as well. IT was a bit boring, having four laps behind the safety car, but I enjoyed the race a lot, even if the temperature in the car is horrible, it’s way too hot. I enjoyed this race.”

Mike Parisy  – nr16 Graff Racing Corvette Z06R GT3 – 2nd Place
“I tried to push very hard at the beginning of the race. It was very difficult because I had a lot of over-steer. I tried to keep contact with the leader, but I was having difficulties, so I just tried to keep hold of second place and the points for the championship. It’s not a very good position for us; we’re second, they’re leaders of the championship, but the championship is long, so we’ve got to keep contact and the fighting. The tyres were wearing out near the end so I didn’t take the kerbs during the end of the race, so my rhythm slowed a bit.”

Gilles Vannelet – nr11 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R – 3rd Place
 “I’m very happy to be here, because Hexis have a party tonight. Since the beginning of the season, we haven’t been able to find a good setup with this car. In Silverstone we had a lot of understeer; in Brno first race with understeer in the rain, and it was catastrophic. After Brno, we worked with Michelin and the team was convinced that the car was understeering, but we lost a lot of time. Antoine helped us this weekend, because he’s a young, fast, experienced driver. He helped us this weekend to be on the podium. ”

Antoine Leclerc - nr11 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R – 3rd Place
“First, I want to thank Gilles and the team, Mühlner Motorsport, who did a fantastic job. Gilled did a good job.  Afterwards, he gave me a very good car. The start of my stint was good, but the car was very difficult at the end. There was a lot of understeering. Behind me there was Marco Holzer, who was very close and putting a lot of pressure on me. I was pushing very, very hard too.”

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