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“I’m a bit banged up, sore, what you’d expect from a hit like that. It’s really unfortunate because this DHL Honda was a rocket here in the test just a week and a half ago. We came with a few different things in the car, but really we found that the real issue was just […]

“We had to work for it today. That was tough — to get that lap time out of the car. The engineering department did a great job making the right changes overnight. We found grip. That’s what it’s all about; we’ve been looking for it. It was rewarding today to be in the (Firestone) Fast […]

“What we’re missing is overall grip and compliance – it’s so important on a track like this. We’re not even on the same planet as the front runners right now when it comes to grip. You can just watch them through (Turns) 9 and 10 in front of the pits. You can watch all of […]

“This morning we were doing a simulation run for qualifying, and had a car come out in front of me in the middle of the corner. I just lost it, the rear end came around and we couldn’t keep it off the wall. Luckily the DHL crew got us back out before the end of […]

“I have a fever and all that stuff today – the shakes, the sweats, the whole thing – not feeling so great, but anytime you’re in the race car the adrenaline just pulls all that out of you. I feel like junk, but (Josef) Newgarden has plates in his shoulder and is out there, so […]

“There’s an accordion affect in qualifying sometimes. You get yourself into a gap, you make your home in that gap and then everybody’s just got to go. Bourdais, for some reason, went five seconds off the pace on that first lap. I have to understand why he did it; I’ve got to understand why it […]

“We left all we had in the DHL Honda on track today – it was on rails. Perfect qualifying run, just came up short. We have a great car – the crew has done a tremendous job putting together an incredible car. It’s great to start on the front row of the 100th Running of […]