Q. Felipe, you unfortunately had to miss this race last year?
FELIPE FRAGA: Yes.
Q. How does it feel to come back and be on the top step of the Rolex 24?
FELIPE FRAGA: It's very nice. Last year was really hard, really tough for me to be watching it from home. I was supposed to be in the car. But I really trust that things happen for a reason. So we will never know what reason was that one.
But it was hard, I can tell you. But I'm so happy that we made it in 2022, now. Happy for Gar, for Riley, because Bill really believed in my work in '19 already when I was racing with Ben. And he kept me on the team. We raced Le Mans, and we came to Daytona together. And I'm so glad to do this win together with Bill and Gar and the whole crew.
Like, they were amazing. No mistakes from the team, any pit stops, anything. It was a perfect race. And I was like almost dying the last five laps. I was so tense. I was not tired. I could drive more. But my neck was like I couldn't turn because there was so much emotion. It was, like, in the sky.
I'm really happy that it happened to our team, and finally we made it. I'm here in the U.S. It worked. We won the race, and let's go for the rest of the championship now. FastScripts by ASAP Sports
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