“Tafel ran a different strategy than we did. They did not change tyres at their pit stop, and got out ahead of us out of the pits. They had some good luck today with the yellows, and it worked well for their strategy. Congratulations to them on their second win this year. Once again, the Lizard the team did a great job, the pit stop was fast and seamless. I wish we had been able to pull out a win here, but finishing second was still great and once again we had two of our cars on the podium."
Team principal Neiman admitted that the battle between his two leading cars was turning into a interesting one in the early stages of the season, and said he was looking forward to seeing how the battle between the
Ferrari and Porsche teams develops next time out at Salt Lake City.
"We're seeing an interesting intrasquad battle shaping up between the #45 and the #46 Porsches, which will add to the complexity for the Lizards, but also help push us to a new level of performance,” he said. “And there are other new factors at play this year. In addition to Risi Competizione, we have two new Ferrari competitors in Tafel Racing and Corsa. And, when bad luck causes a championship team like Risi Competizione to get behind at the beginning of the season, they often take risks, a dynamic which could play a very important role in the championship.
"In a season where we anticipated another difficult battle between the Porsches and the Ferraris, the performance of the Porsches so far has demonstrated that it will indeed be a competitive year. The nature of Sebring and the two street courses so far hasn't really given us a chance to gauge the underlying pace of any of the cars, so in some ways we just don't know yet. So far, it has been really exciting racing, and we are looking forward to Salt Lake City where we can all let loose, so to speak. The Ferraris outpaced us there last year, so this will be the first time we'll be able to see how close the Porsches and the Ferraris actually are this year."
