Björn Wirdheim

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Björn's comments on Day 3: "The weather conditions during the race were even worse than at the previous race at Suzuka. We started in wet conditions but had to switch to dry tyres as soon as we possibly could. We ran the remainder of the race on dry tyres but half way through it started raining again. It was probably the most difficult race I've ever driven due to the weather, we had to stay out on slicks in the rain hoping that it would stop before it became impossible to continue. Some drivers switched back to rain tyres again and when t... » Read more

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Björn's comments: "I got a fantastic start and went from my 11th starting position into 3rd before the first corner. We weren't quick enough to keep up with the leaders during the first couple of laps and I was struggling with the car early on. But throughout the stint the balance improved and when Benoit got his drive through penalty I was able to take the lead and comfortably maintain it throughout the first stint," "It turned into a difficult race as our radio system failed just before the start of the race so my engineer wasn't able to ... » Read more