I hope the fans enjoyed that, because I certainly did - I had a big smile on my face. I was passing people inside, outside, everywhere in the opening laps. 
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Quotes from articles mentioning Franck Perera
I hope the fans enjoyed that, because I certainly did - I had a big smile on my face. I was passing people inside, outside, everywhere in the opening laps.
was said
in Autosport
I had one more lap of heat in my tyres ... I think that was crucial.
said Adrian Valles
in Autosport
I don't know how he did that. I've looked at his lines on the TV, and I still don't know.
was said
in Autosport
He can enjoy today, but tomorrow I think it will be a different story. I was not happy to get beaten in the final, and we've had a difficult day today - the team was chaotic this morning and didn't even have all the right parts in the right place!
said Robert Doornbos
in Autosport
I'm really happy, it's great to be on pole ... It's a very exciting qualifying format, and we have been improving the car run-by-run today. The car was good everywhere today, not just in the last sector, and now it's my aim to win both races tomorrow.
said Franck Perera
in Autosport
This place sits at the intersection of racing and wine ... Since I started here, my ambition has been to not only be in wine country, but to be active in wine making.
said Steve Page
It gets a lot of notoriety for the team ... Especially with the Star Wars brand and Indiana Jones, we already have more notoriety than we need. If we’re going to give it to something, we might as well give it to racing. I’ve lived through the Andretti legends and now Marco is carrying that on.
said George Lucas
