Race No. 3
Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach — California
April 11 — April 13, 1997
Friday Quotes from drivers and managers at Long Beach:| Index of Quotes available | ||
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| MICHAEL ANDRETTI | MARK BLUNDELL | ADRIAN FERNANDEZ |
| MAURICIO GUGELMIN | SCOTT PRUETT | ANDRE RIBEIRO |
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#6 Kmart/Texaco/Havoline Swift Ford Cosworth XD |
| MICHAEL ANDRETTI | |
| "The car is not where we want it. We had some problems this morning which didn't get any better this afternoon. We still earned a relatively high spot, but tomorrow will change a lot of things. So we've got our work ahead of us to stay up at the front of the grid." | |
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#18 PacWest Motorola Reynard Mercedes |
| MARK BLUNDELL | |
| "It's my first time to Long Beach, and it's an interesting track. It's not as bumpy as I thought it was going to be and it's a fair bit different to Surfers Paradise. At the same time we've got to adapt what we found at Surfers to suit this track and at the present time we haven't done so. Looks like we've got to try to pull something out of the bag Saturday afternoon as we have the last two races." | |
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#20 Brahma Sports Team Reynard Ford |
| SCOTT PRUETT | |
| "We thought the car would be pretty good when we put it on the track, but we seem to be struggling a little bit. We just don't have enough grip, and the car is not responding well. We made a pretty good improvement from this morning, but there's more to do. Having won on a road course in Australia last weekend, it's unfortunately not as simple as dropping the same car back on this track." | |
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#32 Tecate Beer/Quaker State Lola Honda Tasman Motorsports Group |
| ADRIAN FERNANDEZ | |
| "The car felt better on the first set of tires, but we are still battling a balance problem which we haven't been able to cure 100 percent. It is difficult to put the power down. The entire team has been working very hard and I'm sure we will see improvements." | |
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#17 Hollywood Reynard Ford |
| MAURICIO GUGELMIN | |
| "We had a trouble-free day. At least we got a lot of track time. In the morning we worked on a lot of combinations and tried to get ready for Sunday. We've got plenty of power, which you need here with the long shoreline straight. The car was actually better this morning, when we were third." | |
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#31 LCI International Lola Honda Tasman Motorsports Group |
| ANDRE RIBEIRO | |
| "I had a huge understeer and hit the tires. It didn't seem that hard of a hit, but the car wrapped around and had suspension damage, in addition to the nose. We basically have a big lack of grip." | |