Max Angelelli
Max Angelelli
Massimiliano Angelelliis an Italian race car driver...
cars closer crash fight saw
Because we are getting closer to the end of the season, it didn't make sense to take any risks, especially when I had cars around me. We had to think about the championship. When I saw the No. 01 crash in the wall, it made no sense for me to fight with anyone.
bring cars catch conditions crashes gap guys rather road strategy traffic yellow
I'm pretty disappointed the GT cars won't be out there. We need to have those guys on the road course. I'd rather have a lot a lot of traffic than no traffic. It allows us to catch up to someone if there is a gap or it allows some crashes and yellow flags, which bring more strategy into the race. It's all about conditions and situations.
add bit car curious difficult extra quite race rules testing
The testing went quite well with the new rules that add this extra weight. It makes the car a bit more difficult and challenging for us. Because it was just testing, I'm curious to see how the car is and things are during the race with everyone out there.
good great head run strategy team
We had great team strategy and a really good run to make it to the head of the pack. Unfortunately now it is over for us.
avoid bill ending finally five front good happy harder kept laps last obviously pushed pushing race session start telling
Obviously I'm very happy to start the race on the front row. I think I had a good qualifying session and I really pushed hard, especially in the last five laps when Bill Riley was telling me to push harder to avoid ending up in the back. I just kept pushing and pushing and finally got a good lap together. And it was my best. I don't think I could have done any better than that.
car eight engine guys hours morning since sleep stayed time took yesterday
Basically, I got eight hours of sleep, but the guys stayed up since yesterday and never slept. They're incredible. I think it took 12 hours to completely redo the car. I think we started the engine for the first time at eight o'clock this morning and in the warm-up, everything was fantastic. I have to say that today's car was even better than yesterday's.
close press season
Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard.
against almost chance class difference pulled rule since
It's unbelievable.on the straight, the Porsches just pulled away from us. It's almost like we're not even in the same class with the difference now in power. Since the rule change, we have no chance against them.
america corners definitely easy good nice perfect push race rest rewarded rewarding rooms track
It's a very nice place, nice facility. It doesn't look like it's in America. We have rest rooms in the pits, which is pretty unusual. It's definitely challenging, but it's also very rewarding to the driver. If you push to go, you are rewarded with a good lap. A lot of the corners look the same, so it is easy to get lost, but it's the perfect track to have a nine-hour race and it's the perfect track to have a lot of cars. There is a lot of runoff and it's very wide. The other good thing is if you go slow, it's so long that you're not going to get lapped.
brought car entire far good hard job race starting tough wayne work yesterday
We had a tough race yesterday in the rain. Wayne did a good job starting so far in the back and brought the car back in a good position. I had to work very hard from there for the entire race, but we got a good result.
fight last liked mexico nascar order win year
I like the track. I've never been on the NASCAR layout, but most of it is what we used last year and I know I liked that. I'm going there because I want to win the race. We need to win in order to keep the championship fight open. I am going to Mexico with that goal.
aspects clean happy hope worked
I'm really happy with the set-up (of the car). We worked on different aspects in each session. I hope it will be a clean race.
basically compared drivers easier hopefully solid teams won
I'm really optimistic. We know we have a good, solid package. It will hopefully be easier for us compared to other teams because we've already won the race, so we know basically how to do it. However, there's a new challenge, a new year, a lot more drivers and a lot more teams.
bigger black hard hit moved pushed race saw sure understand win
All I saw was this black thing, and I couldn't understand what it was. When I hit it, I thought it should have been bigger because it was big hit. It moved the car, and the steering wheel. I had nothing at the end, and I'm sure Scott pushed it just as hard as me. This race was really tough, but it was for the championship and this was a win we really, really wanted.