Drivers love Assen track
"I love this place," said Oriol Servia. "It's a drivers dream. I especially love the 150 mph to 170 mph flat out fast corners. I think this the most fun I’ve had driving one of these race cars, its just so fast and so challenging. These cars handle so well, it’s just a lot of fun. For the race its going to be very challenging to overtake just because of the nature of the track, there’s no hard braking zones so definitely qualifying and pit stops are going to be the key."
"This is the best track on the Champ Car circuit," said Alex Tagliani. "The flow, the way they did the curbing, the Astro turf on the inside of the curbing and the runoff areas are all excellent."
"The track is a ton of fun; it’s probably the best track we’ve been to but it’s going to be difficult if not impossible to pass so it’s critical to qualify well. It was tough for me to come to grips with the car on the circuit in the rain," said Graham Rahal.
Speaking of runoff areas, Tagliani tested them early and often. He spun twice in the morning practice.
"We had the wrong front wing on the car," said Tagliani. The front of the car had too much downforce. Therefore, the front was pinned and the rear-end was coming around on me. We realized the mistake too late in the session so basically the morning practice was a waste."