Sebring 12 Hours: Reactions of the other FIA WEC class winners

The winners of each class in the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championship event at the Sebring 12 hours give their reactions to the race and to thier success. FIA WEC LMP2 Class Winner Stephane Sarrazin (#44-P2 HPD ARX-03b Honda): “We were racing with the Level 5 car, it was a great race all the way through. But the last 2 hours we started getting quicker and quicker so we drove away. We didn’t test here, the engineers did a great job, putting the car on the track and starting to get fast. My teammates did a great job making the car fast. “

FIA WEC LM GTE Pro Winner Andrea Bertolini (#71-GT Ferrari F458 Italia): “It was a good start, one mission, one new challenge. We tried with Olivier and Marco, to do our maximum. I was 7 years with the Maserati, now we have something new todo again. We are at the end, it was really tough and really close. Like Olivier says, everyone wants to win, and not for fun, and it isn’t fun unless you win.”

FIA WEC LM GTE Am Winner Paolo Ruberti (#88-GTE-AM Porsche 911 RSR 997): “We are really happy to win the first FIA WEC and the 12 hours of Sebring. ITs like a dream. The car was perfect, we had a bit of trouble in the last hour. I did the last stint without the power steering. I kept the car on good pace with a good results. The ferrari is a little faster than us, but we were in fact in the best position. In this place we need to now finish all the races for a good results. “

Photo : SEBRING (FLORIDA, USA), SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, SEBRING 12 HOURS RACE 17th March 2012. The #44 Starworks Motorsport HPD took to the top step of the LMP2 podium, and 3rd overall.

Photo : JEAN MICHEL LE MEUR –

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