“For me, today was fantastic - for the team and everybody," the Italian enthused, "I have to say thank you to the team because we took the right decision for the settings on the car. We improved it from Barcelona, we knew what to do and we did the job. We won and it's perfect like this! I am very pleased with everyone because we understood what to do to improve the car and to improve me, and I am very, very happy."
The victory means that Pantano will start eighth in the sprint race on Sunday but, with his dominant pace, another win is a real possibility - just as it was when he took victory at Monza in similar circumstances two seasons ago.
"I am sure it is possible to score points tomorrow, and we will try to do our best," he said, "It is not difficult to pass, so we will try to score the maximum that we can.”
Villa brought the second Racing Engineering home in the points, running initially in sixth after a good start, but dropping for eighth after being delayed on his exit from the pits in order to avoid colliding with Pastor Maldonado. Back in sixth as the safety car pulled in, he ran wide on cold tyres and was passed by Sebastien Buemi and Adam Carroll.
Determined not to give up, he immediately began to pressure Carroll and, on the last lap, his hard work was rewarded as he dived past the FMS car to finish seventh, securing second place on the sprint race grid.
Pantano's win moved him into a commanding eight-point championship lead, while Racing Engineering leads the teams' championship by six points.
“First of all, I think everyone did a fantastic job, as both cars finished the race once again, which is quite incredible compared to some of the other teams," d'Orleans Borbon commented, "However, most importantly, Giorgio took our first win of the season and Javi once again scored points for the team. We are the only team to get both drivers in the points today, so I couldn't be more happy.
![Feature race podium in Turkey - Romain Grosjean, Giorgio Pantano, Andi Zuber [pic credit: GP2 Series]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/437631.jpg)
