After falling behind 2 cars in the first run he bounced back and hit hard to win the 2nd speed test of the season. Dado was phenomenal in the 2nd run leaving no doubt that he is still the man to beat.
What happened today is somehow similar to what happened in the first event. Tells us why is this happening, why is there this big difference between the first and second run?
Don’t forget that I started 11th in the first run and the track was very dirty and had no grip. In addition to this I was trying road tyres to see their performance. I was surprised with their performance to be honest. I have Bridgestone sponsoring so we tried this format. I am sure that if I stayed on road tyres in the last run I would have also won with a difference of around 2 or 3 seconds because they have amazing performance.
How did you see the performance of your fellow competitors?
Amazing to be honest. We have battles on all fronts and not just in the Proto Category. We are seeing fierce competition in Group N, amateur and BMW, and this is very good, although the number of participants has decreased and the number of spectators has decreased too. We are sorry for this to happen, but it is because of many reasons such as location which is very far away and some people are complaining because of the participation fees and the new regulations. Some people are complaining that ATCL will ban the podium finishers in both the amateur and pro categories to contest next year. I hope that they will change their minds on this because it will harm everybody and it doesn’t benefit anybody
Anyway the competition was amazing and I like to be under pressure so I can extract more and more out of myself.
This year we are seeing that you’re always traveling and driving and you are barely have time to rest. We have been following you all this week in the Red Bull CPD events; tell us from where you are getting this energy to continue.
Thank God to start with. As you are saying we have no time to rest but we are finding this small time to recover. Don’t forget I have a family and 2 kids and my wife. We knew earlier that we had 3 stressful months but again thank God we are being able to succeed in all our CPD events and we are winning all our races so far. Two or three Red Bull cans will always do the job.
2 or 3?
3!!!! (laughing)
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