TAKUMA ON RACING AT PIR FOR THE FIRST TIME
The Grand Prix of Portland will be Takuma Sato’s first race here. He and his fellow competitors will participate in an open test on Thursday before the official weekend gets started on Friday.
“Going to a new event is always interesting and exciting. On the technical side, we will get the data from the engineers and information on the characteristics and discuss the setup to prepare for the event. Personally, I think the area is one of the most beautiful. The Portland track looks like it has a great history of races. I’ve never been there but I am excited to go.”
TAKUMA ON ROAD COURSE PERFORMANCE
Takuma’s best finish of the season is third place on the Iowa Speedway short oval but his fourth-place finish at Road America was equally impressive. He has been on target for other strong finishes on road and street courses but a variety of challenges have presented themselves. He is cautiously optimistic of a competitive weekend in Portland.
“It’s a bit too early to say how competitive we will be but we will try to make the most of it. We have been competitive at some of the road courses, and at some, we were not as much and we’re not sure why, but in recent road course races we have been competitive so hopefully we can find a good balance at the test on Thursday to go into the official weekend.”
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
