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Monza 2007: Home joy for Pantano.

Luca Filippi (ITA) Super Nova International, Giorgio Pantano (ITA) Campos Grand Prix, Timo Glock (GER) iSport International, Italian GP2, Monza, 7-9th, September, 2007
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Monza 2007: Home joy for Pantano.

Saturday, 8th September 2007

Giorgio Pantano thunders to home win.

“That race showed the whole way of the season. It was up and down and after the start when I had to go through the gravel, I was P20 after the first lap. I couldn't believe it,” said Glock.

“It was bad luck, but in the end we decided to pit under safety car, and when we went out the safety car came in so we didn't win anything and just lost more time than anything. The only luck we had was with the second safety car, but before that for two laps I thought about finding the exit of the track, driving the car to Germany and having a beer at home. I couldn't believe it.

“Lucas was second and on the way to scoring more points and take the championship lead again. And after two laps I thought, OK we have to fight back as hard as we can, like the whole year, and it's what I did.

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“I was P9 after the second safety car and then I was only behind Senna and all these guys who were fighting hard. I stayed behind and waited for the mistakes and overtook them after.

"At the end I was P4 and with the luck at the end in the last couple of laps when Lucas had a problem with his car, I opened the gap in the championship again.

"I think it's maybe a bit equal now. We had six races without a point and now he's had the bad luck. It's good for us and our championship challenge.”

Further down the order Bruno Senna ran home fourth with Karun Chanhok a magnificent fifth, ahead of Javier Villa, Sebastien Buemi and Ricardo Risatti who will start tomorrow's race from pole.

The extra point for fastest lap meanwhile went to Pantano, to top off a perfect day for the Italian.
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