“Pantiatici’s starting tactics did not allow me to overtake him on the first corner, which was perhaps the only chance I had to be able to control the race. In any case, it would have been difficult to hold the advantage with the set-up I had later in the wet conditions. I must be quite content with my first podium in the first season racing this engine class and thank the Boutsen Energy team and our new Austrian co-operation partner PHI Premium Oil for giving me the enormous support I have.”

“Unfortunately, the damage to the car from Norbert’s crash was not able to be repaired in such a short time so therefore we could not participate in the following one-hour endurance race as planned together. With his limited experience in this kind of car, Norbert was already on the way to being very fast and we would have had a genuine chance for victory.”