IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP: MOTUL PETIT LE MANS

October 10, 2025

Dan Harper

Lorenzo Patrese

Steven Thomas

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everybody. Get started here.

Lorenzo Patrese, congratulations. As I mentioned first career pole position. Prestigious race. What does it mean to you to get that starting spot and how do you expect things will play out for your team tomorrow?

LORENZO PATRESE: I mean, it's amazing. It's really good feeling. We've had a quite unfortunate season till now. Really unlucky. It feels amazing. The car really felt good.

For sure tomorrow we have quite a good starting space. It's really tough race, really long, so let's just hope things turn out well and then we'll see the last few hours.

THE MODERATOR: No. 48 M4 GTE EVO Dan Harper. Tell us about maybe how that session played out for your team, what your expectations are heading into 10 hours ever rating tomorrow.

DAN HARPER: Thank you. Obviously nice to start up front. Second time in a row. Especially here, I think it's quite difficult to overtake. Having that track position is probably quite key. But obviously it's a very long race. Last night was my first laps here in the dark.

With the Prototypes coming quick and quite frequently, it was quite tricky to manage. I think that will also be quite an important factor throughout the whole race, but especially when it gets dark at night.

We have a lot of focus on that during the practice sessions. We focused also on the race pace because tire deg here is quite high, at least for us. We hope it's the same for the rest and we go for a good result tomorrow.

THE MODERATOR: Steven Thomas, obviously coming off your third straight win at Indianapolis. You guys have had good success here also previously. Another pole position. Just take us through kind of this little chunk of the season as we wind things up, kind of how we've gotten to this point, what you're looking forward to.

STEVEN THOMAS: Yeah, I mean, first part of the season wasn't so great for us. I think we turned it around. Three-peating in Indy, we were really on top of our game. Now the car is quite good.

Being on pole here, I think it's very similar to the turnaround we had last year. We won the final two races last year and won the Endurance Cup. We're a little further away in the Endurance Cup this year, but it's still attainable. We're hoping to race well and finish the season strong.

THE MODERATOR: Congratulations. Thank you.