Giorgio Pantano

"Monaco is an awesome place to race, especially exciting with the slick tyres we now have in GP2.

In practise we had a problem with the electrics I think on the car which was a great shame as the overall balance of the car was very good. The team tried to fix this problem before qualifying but I still felt the problem on the first qualifying lap and then the car just stopped.

I raced back to the pits and jumped into Jason's car in order to get a competitive timed lap down but by the time I got in the car, the track was like rush hour, full of traffic and yellow flags which prevented me getting a better position than 18th but for sure 9th or 10th was more than possible for me.Starting so far back allowed us to have a good strategy, I pitted on lap 4 and after that the car was working beautifully, I believe I was going a full second faster than the others at one stage in the race, but then, on lap 11 at the first corner, the car over steered and I went into the armco which was very disappointing. Without the accident, 3rd or 4th was possible.Looking ahead to Silverstone, I feel confident