“When I saw the weather [for race two], I thought to myself 'I'm so pleased that I'm not down in the middle of the grid now', because you just couldn't see anything. Especially around a street track, it was absolutely awful; it is actually really dangerous to have conditions like that.

“I was really pleased that I was up there at the front, and at least I could take control a little bit of my race. The worst thing is, though, when you're leading in the wet and don't know the conditions, it's easy to make a mistake because you've got nobody to follow. It's quite tough to lead in those circumstances.

“Nicola [Larini] was quick at the beginning, and so was Rickard [Rydell]. I could see that they were only two to three tenths off me the whole race until the end, so I just drove as fast as I could without making any mistakes.

“I can't say I controlled the race, because I had to drive really hard throughout, but towards the end I think Nicola must have used his tyres and also he had his mirrors full of Rickard. I think that gave me a little bit of a chance to pull away which was, I must say, very, very pleasing. To get eleven points from the weekend was sensational really.”

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