Asian Le Mans, Okayama - Post-Practice Quotes

Damien Toulemonde (#28 Ibanez Racing Courage)

"This is my LMS debut and my first time in Japan and I'm very happy to be here. The circuit is a bit slow, but it's very technical and I like it. The Courage is not too far removed from the FLM that I have been driving this year, but it is different. This is a step up for me and, who knows, it may eventually lead to Le Mans."

Team Manager, #81 Scuderia Forme

"This is a very old car and its homologation finishes this year, but we want to go to Le Mans and that's why we're racing here. We've raced Porsches for three years in Super GT and we took part in the Japanese Le Mans Challenge in 2007. The car has run without problems today."

Jonny Cocker (#87 Drayson Racing Lola)

"Today is the first time I've got into the car and its felt comfortable, really good; whereas before its been like getting into a new car. In comparison to Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca, this is quite a slow circuit - there, as the speed increases the car changes as the aero takes over; but here, you never really enter that zone. But the car's running well and we've made another big change for qualifying.

"The circuit has changed since the first session and feels slippery, but the real issue here is the traffic - you only get a couple of corners clear at any time. I set my fastest time on my first flier, then traffic got in the way for the rest of the session."

Dale White, Team Manager #87

"I asked Rob Bell at Atlanta what the Lola was like in the rain and he said "Driving this car in the wet is like driving a GT2 in the dry!""

Harold Primat (#007 Lola Aston Martin)

"This is a good track, but as our car was made first and foremost for Le Mans it doesn't work so well round here. There are several adjustments we can make, but really it needs a different aero package for a track like this. But the races are long enough that it won't be a major issue."

On his Japanese: "I learned japanese for two years while at business school, but that was ten years ago. I brought a dictionary with me, but it hasn't really come back - I find myself switching to English before too long. But it's a great country and I'd like to come back before too long."