What the LMP1 drivers said after the 6 Hours of Mexico
Thoughts and reflections from the LMP1 drivers after the 6 Hours of Mexico Presented by AT&T on Sunday 3rd September.
Brendon Hartley – Porsche LMP Team, No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid - 1st
“It was an awesome race by the Porsche team and, as I said after qualifying, the first time we turned a wheel the car felt incredible and we just did small tweaks. Porsche really made our life as drivers easy and it was a pretty smooth race.
“It is great for the championship and Timo (Bernhard) and Earl (Bamber) and the rest of the team have been great all weekend, so we are very happy to be extending the lead (in the title standings).
Earl Bamber – Porsche LMP Team, No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid - 1st
“As soon as the car rolled of the plane this week it has been great. The guys in the team did a lot of hard work especially with the high altitude. It is a true credit to the Porsche team and Brendon did a fantastic stint to hand the car over to me. It was a shame the No.1 car got a drive through penalty. We had to change a fuel-flow meter and we lost about 10 or 12 seconds with that. But apart from this it was all pretty smooth sailing.”
Timo Bernhard – Porsche LMP Team, No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid - 1st
“First of all it was a fantastic day for Porsche. Brendon did a perfect opening stint and Earl took over and did a great job too.
“We have four races left which is 100 points, plus the four points for pole, so the championship is far from over and we know that Toyota can come back strong. So for sure we will keep on concentrating but tonight we will enjoy this fabulous weekend."
Nick Tandy – Porsche LMP Team No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid - 2nd
“For us it was a great start to the race with the first couple of hours and we built a nice comfortable lead as a team had planned. But unfortunately we got penalised for speeding in the pit lane and I had to press the pit speed limit button three times on the pit lane entry. We will have to look into that but in the end it wouldn’t have changed the result.”
Anthony Davidson – Toyota Gazoo Racing No.8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID - 3rd
“We were actually strong in sector one all weekend and as you have heard Porsche hit the ground running from the start and we were the complete opposite. We were struggling for grip in the corners. We clearly didn’t have the same grip levels as Porsche, especially in sector two.
“I struggled and wasn’t happy at all and so we decided to hand back over to Seb (Buemi) who out of the three of us found it more to his liking and he did a really good job today. We did what we could do but really it was damage limitation.”