WTCC Monza - Qualifying : They said...

Augusto FARFUS – pole position: “We were not expecting this weekend to be our best. We were hoping we’d get into Q2 but slipstream really pays a lot. I had a clean lap with no mistakes and thanks to the slipstream from Priaulx ahead I got a great lap time. It doesn’t really show the performance of the BMW as we don’t have the quickest top speed so it’s going to be very hard to keep the place tomorrow in the race.”

Rob HUFF – 2nd fastest: “Three times we have been second now so we really need to move up a step. The team have not been here with the Cruze before so they did a great job to work on set up and get the car up to speed quickly. All three of us were struggling but we are much happier with the cars now. We worked well together in qualifying and it was good to get a tow. I want to thank Chevrolet and RML.”

Andy PRIAULX – 3rd fastest: “It was great to get a team strategy and make it work. I had a fairly good first lap, and improved on second but then the SEAT cars had problems ahead. At the end my tyres were past their best but I am really happy with the car. I had almost the perfect slipstream but we’ll see tomorrow how good the car really is.”

Norbert MICHELISZ – fastest Rookie: “This has been the most difficult weekend in WTCC so far for me. We had problems in the Lesmos and Parabolica earlier in the weekend as we just didn’t have a good balance but the team made some changes. We had a good tow in Q1 but in Q2 we didn’t get a really clear clean lap as there was carnage in the Lesmos and then Monteiro didn’t give me much space as he tried to drop to the back of the field so I think we could have been P5.”

Darryl O’YOUNG – fastest Independent: “It’s good to be on top. We had a lot of work to do this weekend as we didn’t run in Thursday’s testing but the team have done a great job to really fine tune the car and get it up to speed. I am really happy. P8 in the race would be good but the Independents are all really close so it’s going to be tough. Hopefully I can get a gap and open up a lead in the Independent’s class.”