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CART: Molson Indy Post Race Notes, Christian Fittipaldi

19 July 1999

CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI -11- Big Kmart Ford-Cosworth - Started 5th/Finished 3rd - "I am very happy to get the points today. This really tightens up the championship. We have just been putting together some very consistent efforts this year. With Juan (Montoya) not finishing it really tightens up the championship but I am sure he will be back strong at the next race. As far as the race is concerned we are happy with the outcome and the points. I got held up a by P.J. Jones and another time by Dennis Vitolo. Both Gil and I had a lead on Tracy, I believe, and Vitolo was running a little slow at a place where he shouldn't be which eliminated the lead I had on Tracy. That changed my race a little bit. I think we could have finished second and given Dario a run."

WHAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOU TEAM THIS YEAR? YOU ARE RUNNING UP FRONT AND MORE CONSISTENTLY EACH RACE. . . "I really don't know. That's a good question. Nothing has changed with the team but for some reason things seem to go our way. Am I driving any different? No. Do I have more confidence? Yes. With the results we are getting there is no reason for me not to be more confident. So that helps a little bit. But there isn't really any difference between this year and last year it's just that we managed to put a few more races together and finish strong. We basically finished every race this year. No one is running into me and I am not running into cars."

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