Drivers: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), Jarno Trulli (Toyota), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

Questions from the floor

Q: (Marco Evangelisti – Corriere dello Sport)
Sebastian, given the position that you achieved today, how much do you regret the penalty that you got in Singapore, even taking into account that (Jenson) Button and (Rubens) Barrichello can be penalised today because they achieved their time in Q2 under yellow flags?

Sebastian Vettel:
I think in Singapore we were quick. It already started a little bit on Saturday, obviously, when Rubens went off there was a red flag and you couldn't continue from there onwards, otherwise maybe we would have put the car on pole, you never know. You never know how good my time might have been in comparison to what other people would have done on their second runs, so it's all unknown. We obviously had a very good chance to at least finish second; in the end, we didn't, so I hope that I'm not lacking three points at the end. That's all.

Q: (Michael Schmidt – Auto Motor und Sport)
How difficult was it to save a fresh set of tyres, because there were so many red flags and presumably you were on a fresh set and had to abort a run?

SV:
You obviously make your run plan, you have a rough idea of when to go out, when you want to go out and how many laps you want to do: one timed, two timed, three timed or whatever. Therefore you are either lucky or unlucky. I think in Q2 and Q3 I was lucky because I could come in and abort what was basically the out lap, so I wasn't yet on a flying lap. But it's obviously no longer a new set but it's not that badly worn, especially as the first sector is very demanding for the tyres. You don't know if there will be another yellow or red flag, it's out of your hands, so I think it's pure luck.

Jarno Trulli:
It was a bit unlucky for me, as it was for probably many other drivers because in Q2 I had to abort the first attempt. Then I used the same set and I qualified with that lap because eventually I put on a new set at the end and in the middle of my flying lap I had to abort it again because of yellow flags. In the end, we didn't save much.

Lewis Hamilton:
As they said, it's tough and it affects your run plan but at the end of the day you've got to get out and do the job and so if anything it makes it more exciting.

Q: (Livio Oricchio – O Estado de Sao Paulo)
Do you change your approach to the curves, knowing that there are no run-off areas and if you leave the track you will hit at an unnecessarily high speed?

JT:
You mean do you drive slightly carefully? No. You never know where the barriers are. You look at the track and only when you go off and you're going to hit the barriers and then you realise that they are close or not but until then, no, you don't really think about it. If you start thinking about that it's probably better to stop.

SV:
They say that you are going where your eyes are looking, so, as Jarno says, if you start looking at the barriers I think you will soon have an appointment (with them). Obviously here, in the first sector, we know that there's no run-off but still you have to attack, especially in qualifying. It's about one lap, so you have to find the maximum. I think it's a little bit different still if you have to take some corners and you are on a new track and you know that there is gravel (run-off), maybe you start to come off the limit a little bit more carefully whereas when there is tarmac and a huge run-off you have a rough idea of how quickly you can go, how quickly you can go with the car, with the tyres, with the fuel etc. and then you just do it. So with gravel traps or when the barriers are closer you have a little bit more respect to start with but in the end you should keep your eyes on the circuit.

Q: (Takeharu Kusuda – Book People Atlas)