May 25, 2002
I must give my congratulations to William Ponissi and his team, for a well launched car (and thanks for the champagne!).

It's a hard thing to both drive and manage a team, but he's done it. After the disasters of DPI and TGM, E.I.R.E has arrived to great hope, and I hope and I'm sure he'll do very well for our country. E.I.R.E may mean EMERALD IRISH ROMANIAN EQUIPE, but to me it repesents home, and means Ireland in Irish. He's done a good hard job this season, it's not easy to drive for 3 or 4 different teams, without even reaching half season yet! (which must me a record) and I wish the best of luck to him, Risto and Tim, and I hope soon they get a good crack at the top end. Go hana-maith (good luck).