We've rounded off our campaign pretty happily. We're content with the progress we've made, with the understanding we've got of the car and of the areas we need to improve in the new car. They are all areas the team has been extremely focussed on, and collectively we've been working hard to evolve RB4 out of RB3. I think with the benefit of continuity for the first time in the design department, in terms of engine partner and in our driver pairing, we can look forward with optimism towards 2008.

Q:
What are the main areas on the car that you're concentrating on for next year?

CH:
Everything; everything gets reviewed. As we saw from how we finished the season, we took a development path that was yielding results and we will continue down that path. That includes aerodynamic and mechanical changes, so basically the whole car is reviewed, but it's very much the evolution of a theme. The basis we had last year was pretty respectable, and we expect to be able to exploit that more so in 2008.

Q:
As you say, you've got the same drivers for next year, Adrian Newey on the design front, Renault engines… David said recently that Red Bull needs to finish at least fourth in the constructors' championship in 2008. Is that a view you share? What are the aims for next year?

CH:
It's always dangerous quoting numbers and expectations. Obviously the aim is to win, but we're realistic enough to know that at the moment we've got to go through a learning and growing phase, which we're some way down the road on now. Our aim is to compete as close to the front of the grid as we possibly can, but we're up against some formidable opponents with the manufacturer-owned teams we're competing against. Everybody has to have a goal and a target though, and to be in the top four firmly figures within our plans for 2008.

Q:
Finally, on a more general note Formula 1 this year has been dogged by a number of controversies. Do you think the sport can now put all that behind it for 2008 and move on with a clean sheet as such?

CH:
Yes I do. 2007 I think has been one of the most classic years of Formula 1 racing, with three competitors all going into the last race [fighting for the championship], and the underdog stealing it at the final whistle. It's been a classic year on-track, and off-track it's obviously been highly politically-charged, with a lot of things that haven't been so positive for Formula 1 going on. It's a competitive business and obviously a lot of money is involved in the sport and the regulators sometimes have difficult decisions to make, but hopefully for the benefit of Formula 1 and all the fans across the world, we can move forwards into 2008 with all the focus on the race track rather than in the courtroom.