UPDATE FROM TEAM MAZDA
After another difficult race for Team Mazda the teams management decided to avoid the media briefings post-race, instead choosing to investigate the causality and circumstances involving the Lap 2 incident that very well could have ended the race of two or more cars. After flying home to Canada to celebrate Victoria Day, Driver Syd Viscus was made available by phone to discuss the race in Germany, as well as the upcoming duel in the desert, round 3.
When discussing the race as a whole, Syd admitted "We had the pace in the car, which was frustrating, we had great practices leading up to the race and although we had our issues on the Medium tire, as most seemed to, we really could've made some noise I think". "These things happen, that's racing, sometimes you have a great race and one small mistake can undo so much hard work, it sucks but that's life."
We asked him about the media firestorm going on at Jaguar, and Syd had less to say than expected, "I know they want to grab headlines, anyone does when they join a new team, they want to cause a stir. Here at Mazda, we know what we have, and we know we can take the fight to them as the season goes along". He added, chuckling, "We are just keeping our fingers crossed we get sorted into silver division so we can wipe that smirk off his face."
Mr. Viscus went on to add that he did feel bad for the incident, and that he feels for the Jaguar driver. "It always sucks, y'know, when your race is ruined through no fault of your own by some idiot losing control and damaging your car, especially when your car is already so slow, and I personally apologized for the incident post race, sincerely, it was stupid. It's also a learning experience for us in a new category on a new grid, so every day were getting better, and the goal is to improve every race, and overall we feel we have done that, and look forward to continuing that at Big Willow".
Looking ahead to next race and the potential divisional placement on the horizon, we asked what this weekend could hold for team Mazda; "We are aiming to try to replicate our last two qually's, both have been 7th which is fair grid slotting considering the first few spots are usually held by gold-tier aliens, and just try to connect a solid race start to finish, and prove what our real pace can be. Divisional slotting is what matters now, we don't know whether the B.o.D. will release that before or after [Big] Willow, so for know we are treating this coming race as our final tryout."
