PHIL GIEBLER (No. 21 Playa Del Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone): “So far, everything has been pretty smooth. I went through my ROP segments quite quickly and easily. It’s just part of the process that we had to do. It was a little frustrating. As a racing driver, you always want to go quicker.
Today, we were just trying out some different things for the engineers, went through our programs and everything went pretty smoothly. Overall it was a really good day to get up to full speed, and it’s an amazing feeling being here. ” (About driving an IndyCar Series car for first time): “The IndyCar Series car is definitely the best car that I’ve driven in professional racing. It’s definitely the quickest thing that I’ve driven, and it’s very responsive to change. Also the feeling in the steering wheel is quite responsive. All in all, it’s a more complete race car. I’d like to get it on a road course too. “
DAVEY HAMILTON (No. 02 Vision Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone): “It was a second great day in a row for me today. We just worked on coming up to speed again and we did that, but we’ve also got a long way to go. The HP car is very comfortable and I’m very confident in my abilities and the car. Now we can start working on trimming out the car and looking for additional speed for qualifying. Overall it was a very great day. ”
MICHAEL ANDRETTI (No. 39 Motorola/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone): “I was really happy. We worked with the car a lot and I worked with myself a lot also, you know, to get comfortable. It was easy to get back up to speed, but the comfort just takes some time, and I’m glad we were able to have this extra day and not having to worry about other fast cars all over you.
Just to be able to relax and build up to it and build your confidence up by being out there and running around, it was really good for me. It was good to work with the car a little bit and get it the way I like it, so it’s been a good day so far. ” (About how long it takes to get comfortable): “The initial feeling comes right back to you, because you know you can get up to speed because we know the car and the setup and everything, but getting the actual comfort to where you can just lay your head back and relax, it takes a few laps. That’s why it’s good, you know, I was really happy that they gave me the chance to have, what they call, a refresher day. ”
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