Q:
Was there anything you could do with the car? Was there anything you could change with a setting like that?
KR:
Not really, no. The exhaust broke and it changes all the settings and you burn a big hole on the side of the car. In the last few laps it almost stopped a few times, so I think a few more laps and we would not have finished the race. Luckily the car was strong enough and it lasted, so even with the broken exhaust we were still fast enough and we had enough gap to third place, so we were able to keep second place.
Q:
Even after you lost the lead to Felipe you managed to match him on times…
KR:
Yeah, I don't know if he was at full speed or not. For sure we could have gone much, much faster without the problem, but like I said, luckily enough we were fast enough in the first place so that even with the problems we could still match the other people's speed and get a good second place. It is a bit disappointing, but a good result for the team. We were a bit unlucky, but still a good place to finish.
Q:
You needed the points..?
KR:
Yeah, it is not ideal but for the team it is good. It is a long championship and we have been in worse positions, so we will see what we can do.
Q:
Jarno, how important is this podium to you and the team?
JT:
It's important for many reasons. It's important for the team, for the motivation, for the fact that we wanted to pay tribute to Ove Andersson, who did great things for
Toyota Motorsport in general. It's a shame that we lost him, that he couldn't see us, cheering us up on the podium, but anyway, it was great for the team [and] for me as well.
