“This is the best day of my career,” said Miguel Molina after his brilliant victory at Le Mans

The one from Girona Michael Molina At the age of 35, he became the third Spanish driver to win the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans in the top category and the last ten minutes inside the Ferrari #50 box were filled with a lot of nerves, excitement, tears and finally is very broad. joy Interviewed by the Eurosport channel when his teammate Nicklas Nielsen, who made the final relay, took the lap of honor after a painful end to the race, the Ferrari driver said with a broken voice that “it was amazing, it worked us hard, really. hard.”

“Last year we were really close and since Monday we really want to go back for it. We have given everything. It is the best day of my career. Thanks to everyone, to all the people who support me, my family, my parents. , my wife, my three children, thank you very much for everything.”

At the end of the 24 Hours of Le Mans He pointed out that “it has been very chaotic. It has been very hard. We knew we could have a good opportunity. We had been waiting since last year to return here. And we have been there. Ugh, there are no words. It’s very good,” said the Catalan.

Molina became the third Spaniard to win the top category of the legendary event, as Marc Gené already did in 2009 and Fernando Alonso in 2018 and 2019. Later in the official post-race press conference he explained that “winning here is exciting. We sacrifice a lot for moments like this , to be part of this story to be the third (Spanish) driver to win Le Mans in the top category after Marc (Gené) and Fernando (Alonso)… I can say I can retire in peace, although I hope to have some more opportunities,” emphasized the Catalan.

“It’s incredible. It’s something I’ve been looking for for a long time; last year we were so close, and since we finished that race we knew we missed an opportunity and that maybe we could have another, and this year we took advantage of it.”

Unlike other times, Michael Molina He claims that this time “almost everything didn’t go well. All the decisions with the wheel, the strategy… And the speed was very good. The only bad thing was the problem with the door, which was left open. But even this is good for us because we don’t have to stop again,” he said.

The Catalan had to overcome a mandatory pit stop with one hour and 42 minutes to go, when the lock on the right door of his car failed, seemingly jeopardizing his chances of winning when he was comfortably leading, but by the looks of it, again and again. , the rain allowed Ferrari to save and reach the end of the race one stop lower than the rest of its competitors.

“We didn’t plan that extra stop. Previously, in the pre-grill, we changed an accelerator sensor, which we didn’t know if it would work or not, and I think it was our lucky charm. for the race .There are things that are out of our control, but we have done the best we can,” he explained.

“As soon as we stopped at the gate we saw that if we save a little or a lot of energy we can stop one and that’s how it happened. Niklas is incredible and his speed is very good. Today is the day, the day for win , to get this important trophy, and I am very proud of everyone who has always supported me, the ‘Young Pilots’ program, and everyone at Ferrari and AF Corse, who have made this an incredible job to win again at Le Mans,” commented an elated Molina.

In his opinion, this year’s race was “very intense. The competition is getting tougher and you can’t make mistakes. And this time we did very little or nothing and that was one of the keys to win. ” .

Once you get out of Ferrari Nielsen He also explained to Eurosport that “the worst thing for me was when they asked me to go slower. Because that’s where the mistakes happen and actually the last lap seemed too long. They were informing me about the differences- different from all the stints, so it’s just about managing the gap, obviously, it was a very long stint and a very long last lap for me, but we did it.

The third member, the Italian Fuoco said: “It’s just amazing. I mean, we’ve been waiting for this moment for a year. So in the end, we did it and we’re very happy. We did a very good job from the beginning of the race. So I think it’s time to enjoy a little Yes, to enjoy.”