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Ireland celebrates maiden victory

Adam Carroll scored Ireland's maiden victory from fifth on the grid in an action-packed Feature race in Mexico City.

Adam Carroll commented, "The re-start was pretty close in the Sprint and everybody was bunched together but I got a good first corner. You could see everyone was going to go in a bit deep and that's what happened so I kept in tight and then I was able to stay with Switzerland which was good. Hopefully we'll have another good result this afternoon and then we can relax after that! It was hard to get the car off the line as the engine struggled with the thin air but once we got going it was fine. My race pace was quite good so I could stay with the guys at the front and it came down to the pit stops really. The guys did a fantastic job and we jumped 3 cars to come out in second! Once I was in the lead it was down to me It feels very good. It's such a relief because of the pain and hard work that goes into motorsport. The team is a great bunch of people Mark Kershaw, Mark Gallagher, Alan Kershaw and Dave O'Neill our team manager have all been here from the very beginning and have stuck with it. When things get hard you have to dig deep and that's what we've done and we've come away with a fantastic result this weekend." 

Mark Gallagher, team principal added, "This is a day we have waited for since we got this project started and built the team from scratch two and a half years ago. Ireland is this afternoon a world beating country in grand prix style racing, and its only been made possible by the vision and support of Alan and Mark Kershaw, of our sponsors Belmayne and LM Developments,. Manvik, BPI Telecom, OZO, Harris Hino, ORCA, OB Sport and Motorsport Ireland. The team manager Dave O'Neill has been with me since the start and has done a terrific job while Dan Walmsley our engineer is first rate. Adam Carroll is a world class driver - always has been and just needed a team which gave him unqualified support. He should be in F1 instead of some of those old tossers who take the cash from teams who fall for the 'experience' scam, but thankfully he's in A1 with us. A great day for Irish motorsport."

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