MARCA charla con Dan Ticktum, el gran protagonista del E-Prix de Tokio que ha metido a CUPRA entre los grande de la Fórmula E por primera vez en su historia.
00:00En plena celebración de Cupra ha conseguido la tercera posición, esto es histórico, Xavi Serra, enhorabuena, ahora damos la enhorabuena a Dan, pero el equipo ha funcionado perfecto, el coche también tercera posición.
00:11Sí, justo media temporada y hemos conseguido ya lo que era un sueño al principio de la temporada, que iríamos a estar a menudo en los puntos y a lo mejor un podio.
00:20A media temporada ya lo tenemos, una performance espectacular de Dan, el coche ha funcionado con el powertrain, el Porsche 99X Electric WCG3, el campeón del mundo del año pasado, ha demostrado ser el coche a batir prácticamente, lo hemos intentado, hemos estado liderando y la recompensa, nos conformamos de momento con un buen podio.
00:47Dan, congratulations, you're holding the trophy, what a race, what a qualifying, first of all, because you were pushing and fighting with Roland, with the best guys, so now you are in it.
00:58Can I just firstly say, I'm sorry I can't speak Spanish, I'm sorry, but yeah, no, really, really good day, the pace was very strong in the dry, after FP1 a few days ago, I wasn't convinced we had that good pace, but I mean, yeah, today we were really strong,
01:13I mean, I think, you know, I look back at those sectors in the final of the duels, I don't think, you know, I don't like to praise myself too much, but like, I think those are the two of the best sectors I've ever driven, you know, to be honest, like, it was really fast, and I just was a bit greedy into turn 15.
01:31So, yeah, shame not to get polled, but, you know, P2's a great place to start the race, and honestly, I think as a team, and myself, I think we managed everything as best as we could.
01:41Bit of a shame that the safety car at the end, I felt like, you know, I could have maybe come back at either Pascal or Oli, but, you know, Nissan are really getting things right at the moment, bit of luck there, but, you know, like I say, we did our job, I think, and the car was pretty flawless all day, so very, very happy for the team, for the partners as well, for Porsche, Cupra, to be able to deliver this result for everyone is good.
02:08It's been a tough few years at this team, so, yeah, very, very happy.
02:38And such a good fight with Tyler coming back again, so, in Formula E you have to fight for every gap, every centimetre, and you did it.
03:00It's the most stressful championship to drive in, like, in the world, there's no doubt, because, you know, you've got to manage the energy, it's just so much going on all the time, there's so much to think about, tyre temps, system stuff, people around, strategy, you know, so, so much to manage.
03:15It's a championship that's still overlooked, in my opinion, but for the wrong reasons, like, it's, it's really, I mean, I think the races are great to watch when I watch them back, there's always something going on, but, yeah, like I say, you know, the, yeah, the move on, Taylor did a good move on me, to be honest, into turn six around the outside, and, you know, I wasn't, wasn't letting that podium get away, so, yeah, did a good move to get him back, and, and, yeah, like I say, just, yeah,
03:45She's very happy, I'm tired now, I've been doing interviews for an hour and a half, it's just like, it's, it's difficult, this, this success life, you know, I haven't done it for four years, so, you know, it's four years since I've been on the podium, so, but, yeah, no, I'm joking, it's very, very grateful for everything, so, yeah, very happy.
04:07Thank you very much, Dan, we'll let you rest, enhorabuena, Cupra, Xavi, es el inicio de mucho, ayer hablamos de podio, hoy podio, la siguiente, ya te pedimos la victoria.
04:16Por intentarnos a quedar, como dice Dan, success life, se va a acostumbrar, pero no, nosotros seguimos con nuestra historia de seguir peleando los puntos,
04:27y el día que estemos fuertes, como ha sido tanto en Mónaco como aquí, pues, vamos a atacar el podio, y la primera victoria, ¿por qué no?
04:34Enhorabuena, Xavi, enhorabuena, Dan, gracias a todos, haciendo historia, Cupra, desde Tokio, tercera posición.
