Caterham, Stevens: “Nice to have finished my first F1 race”

The Abu Dhabi weekend of the re-created team ended with a DNF and a seventeenth place Caterham which we hope to be able to see on the grid again in 2015 despite the great difficulties it is going through.

“It's a real shame that I had to finish early because up until that point I was having a solid race and with a good pace but unfortunately on the fortieth lap I started to feel strange vibrations and a couple of laps later the car became undriveable – has explained Kamui Kobayashi – I would like to thank the fans again who made our return possible and gave us a further boost and to the team who did a magnificent job throughout the season."

“I achieved my goal of reaching the finish line which is positive both for me and for the team – he commented Will Stevens, protagonist of a test of strength on the straight with a Fernando Alonso who was decidedly annoyed by the gesture - During the first stint with the supersofts I struggled to bring the tires up to temperature and suffered a lot of graining on the front, later things improved and I managed to find a good rhythm especially in the last part of the race. It was nice to complete my first F1 race. Grateful to the fans who got us back on track."

Chiara Rainis