Starting from 20th in the afternoon? s feature race, Bruno began to pick his way up, passing three cars in the opening laps and moving up to 17th. On lap 7, he made a brave move on Team India? s Narain Karthikeyan, but suffered a spin and dropped back to 19th. Undeterred, he began his fightback once again, and by lap 18 was in 14th place. Mid-way through the race he had a dice with India again for 13th place, and after switching positions various times, he eventually got the upper hand, and crossed the line in 13th.
Bruno Junqueira:? It was a really difficult race this afternoon. Everything started in the sprint race. I made a good start but then I was hit by Salvador, so I started from the back in the feature race. I went past a few guys, and I tried to save the PowerBoost so I went past like that. Then I tried to pass India and the car went sideways in second gear and I nearly stalled, so I lost out a bit there. I had a good fight with India after that, and eventually I went past and stayed ahead. When I had a free track ahead for the first time, the car was good and I was setting lap times faster than the leaders. It? s a real shame we had a car that could fight for a podium and we didn? t end up doing that.?
Emerson Fittipaldi:? I was very unhappy with the sprint race. Bruno made a fantastic start, he was already up to fourth and then Salvador [Duran] hit him from behind and took him out of the race. Bruno was already ahead so he should have backed off and instead he ruined our race. I think we? ve had an unfortunate results because we had a good weekend up until today. We had great pace in the race though, sometimes we were running faster than the leaders when Bruno had a clear track. The sprint race upset the whole weekend, we had a car and driver able to be on the podium. Bruno is a true racer though, and I hope he can race well for us in Shanghai and Brands Hatch.?
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