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“I put myself in a less than ideal situation when I ran long trying to pass the Porsche,” he admitted. “It was clear that we had the pace, and we went longer than everyone else to give ourselves time to see what they were doing with tires.
“It was quite a calm race until then, so we opted to go with four [new] tires, so we knew the Porsches would cycle ahead of us but we’d expect to be in better shape at the end, which we were. We had the pace, but Matt and Mathieu drove brilliantly, and the Acura was really fast, and the mistake was on me.
“When you got close, you just had to make a move because you could lose so much in traffic. Luckily, I found the TC-off button and spun the car around. I apologised to the guys right away and did promised to do my best to get back, and when I saw them battling I was able to get there. “I just drove it as fast as I could, and I almost got past the #10 [WTR Acura] and he mustered me a little bit. That was the chance I could have had to go for the win, but I’m still proud to finish in a podium position.
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