Press conference and results Monaco GP

[Jeroen Goedhart]

a very welcome Mr.Goedhart to achieving 3rd place in the monaco GP.

thank you


Mr.Goedhart, can you tell us the race from your perspective?

i had a brilliant start. I passed Alain on the way towards T1. At that point i was not sure on what strategy he was. From pre qualifying tests it became clear that his BRM was very fast and competative as well as Buthe's BRM. Therefore it was crucial to me to get in front asap. P2 was the maximum i could achieve.


You managed opening a gap during the first few laps, but after that Alain came closer. He also tried to pass later on.

yeah, i tried to open a gap in the begin, but couldnt maintain the pace. I am always fast on cold tyres, but as soon Alains tryres became warm he began to push.
I tried to hold him up a little bit deliberatly going into the slow corners very slowly so that he couldnt get a fast exit speed. But at a certain point backmarkers came into play. I got hindered going into rascasse resulting in a slow exit speed. Alain immediatly positioned himself next to me on the right driving almost next eachother towards start finish corner. I braked very late, alost too late and it resulted in a unstable car. My car drifted a bit to the right where Alain was and i blocked him the corner. There was no way he could get pass there. After that small shunt Wolfgang positioned himself behind me.

We noticed that you were able to crate a gap for about 5 secs before entering the pits. However the pit crew was not working fast enough refuelling the car.

sadly that was the case yes. I just overtook a few backmarkers and the racedirector did not want me to drive out of the pits. So basicly 4 cars passed me during the pitstop. the backmarkers, Wolgang and Alain.
At that point after the stop i tried to push, but i did hit the guard rail a few times resulting in a damaged car. There was no chance to push anymore, only consolidating P3 till the end.


After all a very very exiting race even though i did not fully prepare myself.
Congratulations to Alain, who was really very very fast eve without making a pitstop. Congratulations to Wolfgang as well. As ever a very fair and fast racer.


Thank you Mr. Goedhart for the interview


youre welcome.