Mike Halder (1st): “I have to say huge thanks to my team, my mechanics and my sponsors who have given me the opportunity to join TCR Europe in such a short time. I had a good start and I was leading after Turn 1 so I could concentrate on my own pace. When I looked in the mirror and saw the Honda of Girolami behind me, I was able to control the gap so it was nearly the same throughout the race. We have no engineers, so I have to sort out the set-ups for both our cars and deal with the organisation, so I have to say this is probably the most important win in my career so far. I’m really proud to have won this race.”

Néstor Girolami (2nd): “I’m really happy with the result. Yesterday we had a lack of top speed because of the hot temperatures so today we decided to attack on the very first lap, from P7 to P4 pretty much immediately. Then I went for P3 and I thought maybe I could go for P2 but then Taoufik in the Audi had to serve a penalty, so I got P2 for free! I’d put a lot of stress on the front tyres at the beginning to overtake people, so at the end my pace wasn’t perfect but I want to congratulate Mike as he did an amazing job, he didn’t make any mistakes but from our side we recovered the speed that we showed on Friday, so that’s good.”

Teddy Clairet (3rd): “It was a hard race because I didn’t have the best rhythm. I knew that Andreas Bäckman and some of the other guys were faster behind me, but it was really fair with them, a good battle, so I want to thank them for that. I just tried to concentrate on myself, I didn’t want to make any mistakes and I wanted to give my all to finish on the podium. This was my first podium, so I’m very pleased; we worked a lot during the winter to improve our performance so I’m very happy with that. I must say thanks to my team and also to Peugeot Sport.”