Mehdi Bennani (1st): “Just as I said after FP1 and FP 2 yesterday, it was only practice and we know that practice doesn’t always mean that’s how things will end in Qualifying. Now I’m really happy because the team did a fantastic job and the Audi looks to be a great car here in Monza. I really felt confident in Q1 because we managed to do a proper time; I didn’t have any slipstream and we know that helps a lot here. I was trying to find something to have like a small slipstream, but I didn’t want to take any risks and maybe lose a proper lap. I’m really quite happy looking forward, because Qualifying is Qualifying and races are another story.”

Daniel Lloyd (2nd): “I’m really happy. The Audi has definitely got the pace this weekend and I think Bennani did his time without a tow, but to be P2 and so close plus a bit of a gap to P3 is a really, really good result especially when you consider the problems we had yesterday. We had a lot of issues and we changed the car in a huge way, so I was a little bit nervous going into Qualifying. There were a few things we hadn’t actually tried in testing, but everything worked just like we thought it would, so it was all about getting the car in the right position on the track and I managed to do that. I’m really happy with the whole session and fair play to the team for doing such a good job with the setup.”

Jimmy Clairet (3rd): “I’m very happy with the result because of the work we did, but I’m also a little disappointed because I made a few small mistakes on my lap in Q2. If I’d driven the same lap as I did in Q1 I think I would have been on pole. Still, I’m in a good pack for the start and so we will see what happens. We know that we have an advantage here because of our engine; the Peugeot engine is very good, plus we have no ballast for this round, so we have a good chance to do well here in Monza.”