Team-mate Justin Wilson received a standing ovation from the team when he returned to the pits at the end of the season-opening event at Homestead as, after thousands of man hours that had gone into preparation for the team's IRL debut, a 15th place finish was like a victory of sorts for the eight-time championship winning team. The Briton was able to gain valuable experience during the 200-lap event and is hoping to continue to build on that this weekend.
I don't know much about the track except what I learned from watching the DVD of last year's race, he said, It's going to be a new track for us but, from what I have been told, it is similar to Homestead, but not quite as difficult. We are going to try to build on what we learned at Homestead. I thought the McDonald's car was good in the race, but we are hoping to maybe qualify a fraction better. My aim is to finish in the top ten with a view to getting stronger throughout the season.
I think we have made some gains already, but the big gains are going to come once we get to Indianapolis and beyond. This process takes some time and we are only heading into our second IndyCar Series oval race, so we have to be patient. Hopefully, we will pick up some points in this race that we missed out on in Long Beach.
