Andrea Bertolini: “Finishing a 24 Hour three laps from the end and with a ten second lead will, I think, remain in the history books. These types of races have developed into sprints where you are forced to attack from the off. When a driver can count on the organisation of an outfit like Vitaphone Racing and on a car like the Maserati MC12, nothing is impossible”.

Eric Van de Poele: “It was just incredible, we had to push very very hard to try to come back in the front, we had a puncture in the night and this is why we had to invent something from a strategical point of view, and Giorgio Ascanelli was fantastic in this. The car had absolutely no problem, the tyres were good as well so we can say that this is a result coming from a team effort”.

Thomas Biagi: “We don’t know the precise reason why it happened. What I can say is that until that moment the MC12 was perfect. We had started the race well. Both my partner, Davies, and I felt at ease and we had the feeling that we could have taken the lead”.