Miro Konopka

were: my traditional partner oliver Webb and for the fi rst time my son Matej. We had a great start, but then the technical issues came. We fought, didn’t give up and fi nished the race. We fi nished 16th in lMP2 and 6th in the Pro / aM class, which is the best result in my history. in the absolute classifi cation, we fi nished in 24th place. I wanted to be in ToP 20, which didn’t work out, but I was still satisfi ed. We have to be realistic, we are a small team.

and when you look back on the World endurance championship, would you rate your debut season?

We did a good job. i am glad that the 24hours race, which was part of the championship, was one of our best races. However, the beginning of the season was affected by the fact, that we raced with ligier JS P217, which is simply not fast enough. On each circuit, ligier was slower 2-3 seconds per lap on Oreca 07. There wasn´t a reason to continue with slow, but expensive car. Fortunately, after a great deal of effort, we managed to get the Oreca 07. it was the only chance to fi ght in the middle of the starting fi eld – at least in the second half of the championship. We also did well in the fi nal races in Bahrain. overall, I fi nished 25th in lMP2, eighth in the Pro / aM class and we were fi fth in the teams standings.

What are you up to next season?

We would like to re-enter the Asian le Mans Series in February. i would also like to continue in the World Endurance Championship and start at le Mans. i’ll be sixty next year, so that would be a nice gift. in addition, i fought for the start at le Mans for seven years and i would like to say goodbye here by fi nishing in the ToP20. and of course, I won’t miss the Eset Cup Series.