28.03.2004 "I'm so happy with this great result in my very first touring car race" POST RACE REACTION FROM THE AUTODELTA ALFA ROMEO DRIVERS AT MONZA
Augusto FARFUS
"I'm so happy with this great result in my very first touring car race.
We did a very good job during the winter and worked a lot, from the first test
to this race here in Monza.
"At the beginning, I was a bit afraid, because touring cars are completely
different from single-seaters. But it was a very good weekend for me. I had a
good fight and even though I had a couple of problems during the first race. I
did my best to keep the lead, and I managed to do that! The second race was
great fun as well, and I could overtake some cars by slipstreaming.
"But of course the championship is going to be very long, and this is only just
the start. I hope I'll score some more wins during the course of the season."
Gabriele TARQUINI
"I've really not been well this weekend. I was down with high fever
last night and I'm still quite ill. Having said that, the races were short, so
it wasn't a problem physically.
"The clash with Fabrizio was due to a misunderstanding. He was passing me on the
left in the Ascari and we touched right in the middle of the corner."
Fabrizio GIOVANARDI
"I had a very good, very clean first race, but then there was the
incident with Gabriele in the second race. Obviously, he's to blame for that,
but I agree that it's been a misunderstanding.
"He couldn't have done something like that deliberately. The Alfas and the BMWs
were really strong, as we expected, but we also saw the SEATs put in a tough
struggle during the first two or three laps."
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