“I’ve blended feelings,” Abiteboul advised DirtFish, “however frankly the one that should prevail is basically an emotion of giant satisfaction and aid for Thierry and Martijn, who each secured a tremendous milestone of their profession.
“They’ve been preventing so arduous, working so arduous for therefore a few years for that second – to get to the highest of a sport is one thing particular and that should be completely 100% celebrated as a result of it’s completely, completely deserved.
“I feel there’s completely no query that that they had a tremendous season this 12 months, taking the command of the championship from the primary rally in Monte Carlo and by no means, by no means surrendering it. So I feel it does say one thing, there’s no query about that.
“Clearly once you get very near one thing, that one thing being a producer title and within the final stage you miss it out by somewhat, it’s all the time a little bit of frustration.
“However frankly, that’s positive. I feel there’s justice. I’d not name this outcome something apart from a good illustration of the present actuality. And I feel that Toyota remains to be on the prime of the game as a producer.
“And that’s OK, that’s OK, as a result of truly, I feel we’re a lot nearer than what we have been final 12 months. And the truth that we completed on the final second is an effective illustration of that.
“And it’s additionally a great motivation for making different steps into subsequent 12 months. So, no arduous emotions. Large aid and satisfaction and gratitude to Thierry and Martijn for providing what they provided in the middle of the season, and prepared to come back again subsequent 12 months for extra.”
