“I’m extremely pleased to end the season with a victory; my first since joining Honda. The team improved the car a lot after the Opening Race and in the Main Race the car was the best I’ve ever driven in my career; it was just perfect and I could control the race comfortably. I’d like to thank Honda for giving me the opportunity to drive for a works team in a World Championship. I know the circumstance only came about because of Tiago’s injuries, and it was very special to celebrate with him on the podium.”

“I had the fastest car throughout this weekend and I thought that would give me the best possible chance of fighting for the title. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work out that way, but I gave it my all. After the issue with the brakes in qualifying, I knew I had two tough races ahead of me, and although I made some progress, the nature of this circuit makes overtaking very difficult, so I wasn’t able to do it. I’m still very proud to have finished second in the championship. It’s the best season of my life. Hopefully I’ll have an opportunity to come back next year and go one better.”

“I’m pleased to end the season with a points finish at the end of a pretty tough day. Qualifying didn’t go as planned because of the track time we lost in practice, and from there it was always going to be tough. I made a bad start in the Opening Race and had a lot of understeer immediately. In the Main Race I made a very good start and the car was much better because of some set-up changes we made. I tried to chase down ninth place, but it wasn’t quite possible. I’ve learnt an awful lot this season and I want to thank Honda for giving me the opportunity to race in a World Championship for the first time.”

“Today we were in total control in terms of speed. Esteban dominated the Main Race and Norbi was the strongest driver in qualifying, but unfortunately had a technical issue that meant he could not qualify where he deserved to. We have shown all season that we had the fastest car because we have won the most Main Races and had the most pole positions. I’m very disappointed that Norbi did not have the chance to win the Championship, but I am very proud of the engineering job we have done as a collaboration between the engineers from Honda, Mugen and JAS in producing the fastest TC1 car in the world.”

“Firstly, I would like to congratulate Esteban on a fantastic Main Race victory. He is a very good driver and I had every confidence he would win the race from pole position because the car we gave him was very strong. Unfortunately, today’s results were not enough to win the championships for either Norbi or for Honda, but thanks to the work of the mechanics and engineers, we have produced the fastest car this season and developed it very well as the year went on. Of this we are proud.”