Tuesday, 24th June 2008

Technical problems mask a weekend that could have seen Senna extend his championship advantage.

Soldiering on, despite a significant drop in top speed, Senna would eventually secure two hard fought points in fifth place to keep the gap down to Giorgio Pantano to seven points.

“It didn't take too long before dry tyres came into their own and after that I made rapid progress. It was difficult, but I'm usually very quick in tricky conditions and once the race settled down I was fairly confident that a podium finish was achievable.

“Unfortunately, the gear selector then began to play up and I also lost full throttle. Fifth is obviously a good result, because I started a long way back and overtaking is supposed to be impossible at Magny-Cours, but it is also frustrating because a podium result was within my grasp and it was taken away for reasons beyond my control.”

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