Tough final qualifying session of 2020 for Civic Type R TCR drivers

"We knew in practice that it would not be easy to be near the front, but because 30kg was coming out of the car we thought that we would be at less of a disadvantage than two weeks ago. But our rivals did a very good job carrying more weight than us, so we will have to look at the data a bit more - especially because the fog this morning and the delays as a result made it quite difficult to check things between sessions. My Q2 lap was clean - I could perhaps have improved by a couple of tenths in the last sector, but the gap to the cars ahead was bigger than this. We did our best, but unfortunately it was not enough for a great result today."

"The day didn't start particularly well, as we decided to make some changes to the braking set-up. We knew we would lose the second practice session as a result, but we thought it was the best thing for our race weekend so we went ahead with it. In qualifying, I probably didn't maximise my potential and made some small errors in a couple of corners. But in the end our potential is what Nestor was able to show, and that's far away from what we expected, to be honest. It's a little bit concerning to be 1.7 seconds away from our direct rivals in the championship, so we're scratching our heads a bit. But that result is done, so let's try to fight tomorrow with the weapons we have and see what we can do."

"A disappointing day for our guys, and definitely not the result we expected. We saw two weeks ago that the track characteristics do not suit our car, and that's been reaffirmed today. The weather conditions haven't helped either as it means there has been next to no time to go over the data between sessions. Today's results put Esteban 31 points behind, but tomorrow will be another day with 75 points still available. It won't be easy with Esteban's starting position, but it's not over. We should highlight the efforts of the ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport crew, who were able to prepare Esteban's car in time for qualifying when at one stage it was not looking so good. The mechanics did a brilliant effort to get everything together, so well done to them."

"We hoped the compensation weight reduction for this round might bring the Honda Civic Type R TCR into play a bit more this weekend, but so far it seems this wasn't to be. Nestor did a great job to make it through to Q2, but even so there is quite a gap to the leaders. Based on that, the titles look a little bit harder for Esteban and ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport to achieve, but if there's one thing we know about this group it's that they never give up and will keep fighting until the final lap, so let's see what tomorrow brings."