HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO RACE ON A STREET CIRCUIT?
Patrick Carpentier: “Pretty difficult. I think the street circuits for anybody are difficult tracks. You need to be able to put the power down and have a good set-up to put it down and turn the corners, so you need to be driving really, really aggressively on those circuits. I usually enjoy those circuits and I’ve had pretty good luck – last year I finished second (in Vancouver) as it started raining, and I enjoyed that, so Vancouver has always been good to me.” HOW DO YOU SET UP THE CAR AND WHAT DO YOU AS A DRIVER NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO FINISH WELL IN VANCOUVER? Patrick Carpentier: “I have to have a car that will let me enter the corners at a higher speed and work my way out of it. I have to be able to carry a lot of speed going in and not lose too much going out. I think that’s very important because on street courses straightaways are normally not very long so the speed across the corner is more important than the exit sometimes. You still need a very good exit, but you need to be a
