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VALENCIA, SUNDAY: NICO, “SEVENTH PLACE IS THE MAXIMUM THAT WE COULD HAVE ACHIEVED AND WE GOT EVERYTHING OUT OF THE CAR.”

RACE NEWS // 26.06.2011

Nico finished the European Grand Prix in seventh place today in Valencia. Nico ran a three-stop strategy of used option/new option/used option/prime, stopping on lap 12, 30 and 45. “I’m happy with my seventh place today as that is the maximum that we could have achieved and we got everything out of the car. It was great to overtake Jenson at the start, and we made the right strategy choice to go for three stops.

The introduction of DRS was a positive for the race here in Valencia, and we saw some nice overtaking moves. Now we need to keep pushing for our two home races to close the gap to the fastest teams. I’m sure the whole team will work very hard before Silverstone, and I look forward to racing in front of so many people from the team and their families.”

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