10/07/2011
Nick, 16th to 8th - not a bad result?
NH: We saw on Saturday that this would be a tough weekend but as usual I said ‘never give up.’ I had a good start, but the first few corners were incredibly tight and I was happy to get through them without any damage to the car.
You enjoy the challenge of working your way through the grid, don’t you?
NH: Yes, I do actually. Obviously I would like to qualify much higher to begin with - and we should be qualifying much higher - but it is an exciting challenge to work your way through the order like I did today.
Strategically, the race went well?
NH: The big question for the race was when to change from the intermediates to the slicks and we were one of the first to do this. It was a good call, however we didn’t get as much of an advantage as you can sometimes get from timing your stop well. After that it was an interesting race for me as I had to look after my tyres and at the same time I had to attack and also defend at different times, particularly with Michael and Adrian. Finding the balance between attacking, fighting and not killing the tyres was not only very satisfying, but it also worked out well for us with four valuable points.”
Credit: Lotus Renault GP (www.lotusrenaultgp.com)
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