We were quickest every session we were out there and we really deserved this one. The car was working fine all weekend, with absolutely no problems at all so we didn't really change anything on it because it was so good from the beginning. The Michelin tires were also so consistent and were as good on lap one as they were at the end. We just had to keep it on the track and keep looking in the mirrors so we didn't hit anything.
There weren't many incidents today, with prototypes for example, and I thought there would be a lot more. We kept waiting for something to happen to us like it has at all the other races it was all going too well!
After the pit stop, Melo returned to the action third in class, but used the
Ferrari's greater speed to pick up second from the #45 after some fourteen laps. From that moment on, he took set about closing the gap to the leader, edging closer and closer every lap.
He regained the lead on lap 96, out-pacing the Farnbacher Loles car into turn one and holding the lead through to the finish.
I knew we had a good car, right from early this week and everything worked really well for us today, he said. I had a great battle with both the #45 and the #87 so I'm really happy to be here on the top of the podium today. We fought for the win, and got it in a great way with no trouble and no accidents.
It's an amazing result, after what's happened to us this year. We have shown we are very competitive at every race, but could not finish at the top. Finally we have done it. We knew we had a very balanced car and we just waited for things to come to us. I can't tell you how happy I am that it did.
