Race 1 Qualifying: 2nd (1:27.0327)
Race 1 Result: 4th
Race 2 Qualifying: 3rd (1:25.9328)
Race 2 Result: 2nd
Race 3 Qualifying: Cancelled (Cyclone Vaianu)
Race 3 Result: Cancelled (Cyclone Vaianu)
“Looking at the start of the season, we had a great start in Sydney, had lots of confidence, and then my struggles with the Grand Prix kind of carried into this weekend and Friday was really weak for us. So to come back in that last race (race two) with a rocket ship car and really probably be the fastest car was really confidence inspiring. I feel like I’m back at one with the car again finishing this weekend and going in to Ruapuna next weekend. So lots of learnings this weekend, just looking forward to taking that into another week of racing.”
“Ruapuna is a good opportunity for me and Marty to really get to work this week in the lead up and really figure it out, and to be honest, just learn what we have from Taupo and build on that. A new track is exciting. We’ve got four races now, adding one to the Friday after the weather cancelled Sunday here (in Taupo).”
“Plenty going to be going on and to be honest I’m just excited to be going racing. I mean, I feel like I’ve come alive more as the weekend goes on, so to be racing again next week, back to back weekends, I think is a real benefit for us.”
“For the team as a whole, awesome to be back up front of pit lane leading the Teams Championship again. To be honest, pit lane position probably cost me win on Saturday. It cost me a couple seconds in that first pit stop the way the Penrite car blocked our exit which doesn’t happen at the top of pit lane. Our race would have been very different from that, and truly, I think we probably would have won the race without that happening, it costs a few seconds at a key time. So nothing you can do, but to be back up front, it means we’ve had a great weekend as a team and we’ll keep striving to be better which is what we always want to be doing.”
Race 1 Qualifying: 4th (1:27.3182)
Race 1 Result: 2nd
Race 2 Qualifying: 2nd (1:25.8903)
Race 2 Result: 4th
Race 3 Qualifying: Cancelled (Cyclone Vaianu)
Race 3 Result: Cancelled (Cyclone Vaianu)
“What a Saturday we’ve had, what a race that first one was. Started fourth, got up to second in the first couple of laps, and then was able to get on Brodie’s rear bar and stay there for the majority of it, but couldn’t really do much, he was so fast. Towards the end there we had a really good race with Woody, pretty wild, stood my ground and got the elbows out and did some of the best defending I’ve done to hold on to second spot. Exciting racing and exciting result for us.”
“Second race of the day we started on the front row, great qualifying session and good to keep that kind of one lap speed consistency from Melbourne to the first two races in Taupo. Need to make sure we’re keeping that up to give ourselves the best starting position each race and best chance to be up there at the end fighting for wins.”
“We were fast in race two, but the longer race and the pit stops always mix it up, and always interesting to see who makes the soft tyre work better where we raced on the other compound earlier.”
“Came out just in front of Broc from my pit stop there towards the end but he was just fast for the final stint. A podium would’ve been nice, had some good battles there at the front all throughout the race and really promising again for us to have been top four in both qualifying sessions and both races this weekend.”
“Going in to Ruapuna next weekend feeling good, going to keep building on that consistency and pace we’ve had over the last three races in Taupo (Saturday) and Melbourne (Sunday) and keep pushing for poles and podiums, get that race win.”