Alessandro Zanardi: “It’s difficult to pin-point one thing. The highlight is what I’m bringing home - the impressions of this entire project - from the participation of every member of the team who made me feel really wanted in this adventure and from all the dedication and hard work that was displayed by all the engineers in Munich. It was fantastic to go through this adventure with all these people who are real friends. Of course, when it was announced that I would team up with one of the two works cars all my pride came second to the sense of responsibility for what I had to do. But having said that it’s been simply fantastic all the way. And on top of everything there was the support that I received from all the American people, fans, IMSA, even competitors down the pit lane – everybody just felt so happy to have me around. Of course, that is something which goes well above the sporting result we were aiming for, which unfortunately didn’t come - but that is motorsport.”

Zanardi: “Extremely happy. I’m extremely happy for the entire team. And because I am a little part of the team, a little bit of that victory is also mine and I’m bringing this back to Italy with me. I’m very proud for BMW. I’m very proud of all the hard work and dedication which is behind this effort. And I’m terribly sorry for the same people who worked so hard and with so much passion in preparing my car, my controls and everything because then we had the problems we had which is very unfortunate but as I just said: it’s motor racing.”