Even though he didn't get the perfect ending he was looking for, he's still glad to have had the career he had.
"So then I also have to ask myself the question, 'Well, then what else can I achieve and what else us there to really go for?' I put my best foot forward, let's say the fairytale ending didn't happen," he said. "But I also have to look back on what it's been. Thirteen or so years and I'm proud. Typically the driver of the day is not something us drivers look too much into, but today I can say it's something I'm appreciative of. That one today means a little something."