Dani Clos: "The challenge for me to score the maximum points possible"

Racing Engineering's Dani Clos is heading to Silverstone, where the fifth round of the 2010 GP2 Series is taking place this weekend, being second in the championship standings. However, the young Spaniard is not looking back at the great results he achieved so far this season. He regards each new race weekend to come as a new challenge on his task list, where things start from zero after ever round. His focus is not on the championship standings, but making the best out of each time he sits in Racing Engineering's Dallara GP2 car. While Dani is not yet familiar with the new sector of Silverstone's Arena configuration, he doesn't regard this as a disadvantage and is motivated to make it onto the podium again.

Dani Clos Credit: Racing Engineering

Well, we had a tough weekend in Istanbul, but it ended with good results, which is very important. And, yes, things obviously changed after having celebrated my first win. I have to work even harder now, work more every single day to continue on the same path, or preferably, even better. So, winning was great, but when you make it to the highest step on the podium, you want to get back there quickly. And this requires hard work.

My expectations are on a race by race base. At the moment, I am not looking at how many points I have, which position in the championship I currently occupy. I concentrate on the upcoming race weekend and know, if I work hard and bring back good results and points from every race, then I am fighting for the championship lead. But right now my focus is on Silverstone and my expectations are limited to this race weekend only.

I am looking forward to every single track. There is none which I regard as more special for me than others. Every track is of importance and counts, so I am looking forward to all of them.

There are many ways for us drivers to learn a new track or in this case a new sector. Nowadays simulators are so good, so well defined, that you get a perfect impression on how the track will look like. I think for all of us, the track will be a bit different and new.

The expectations are always the same. We start a new weekend from scratch and without looking back on the previous events. We start from zero and Silverstone will be a new challenge for me to score the maximum points possible. Therefore, it's all about hard work and getting the best out of me every single time.

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