Nicolas Lapierre: “It’s good to start the season this way”

Nicolas, congratulations on this pole position. How do you feel after this performance?

I had two clean laps, the car was great, well balanced. We had anticipated a little that the conditions were going to be a little cooler than what we have had so far. It was a good lap and we are happy with this pole. We are a little surprised at the gap with Toyota, but good for us. Sebring is a completely different circuit to the others and it's great to start the season like this. 

With the Toyotas only fourth and seventh, isn't that a great move for the race?

The Toyotas have more power, so they should be a little better than us in traffic. I hope that we can keep pole position at the start (against second-placed Glickenhaus. Editor's note), because we can be very well in race pace and they shouldn't end up in front of us. We will try to push hard to stay ahead.

Tell us about this pole position…

On the first lap I was a little confident, because we know there can be red flags here. So we had to be clean then increase the pace and find the limits of the car. It was great, on a really nice circuit for the drivers. It was a good time.

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