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Brazilian GP – Friday press conference – Pt.2

Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton appear in the official FIA press conference on Friday in Brazil
Drivers and team principals: Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren)

Questions from the floor:

Q: (Andrea Cremonesi – La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Felipe, we saw you shaking hands with Fernando. He said yesterday that he wants to talk to you about next year. Have you already had the chance to speak about that and are you ready to give him some advice for the new partnership?

Felipe Massa:
Well, we've just shaken hands. I asked 'how is it going here,' he said 'very difficult,' so no more than that. We haven't really spoken about next year, but for sure we're going to have enough time to speak about next year and I hope that we can have a great team and we can have very good results for Ferrari.

Q: (Rodrigo Franca – VIP Magazine)
Stefano, what will be the biggest challenge for Ferrari next season? The arrival of Fernando Alonso, building a new and competitive car or adapting to the new rules?

Stefano Domenicali:
It's very simple: the biggest challenge is if I can say what Martin has already anticipated: to have a much quicker and more reliable car at the beginning of the season because if we have a good car then I think everything will be reasonably easy to manage. For sure, this is the biggest challenge. We don't want to live – not just from the technical point of view but also from the human point of view – the year that we have lived this year, so we are really looking forward to being positive for next year. This, for sure, is the biggest challenge.

Q: (Mark Surer – Sky Germany)
Lewis, the engine loses horsepower here because of the altitude. Do you think that because of that, KERS is even more of an advantage, can you feel more help from the KERS?

Lewis Hamilton:
No. Of course we lose power because of the altitude we're at right now. That power we can't recover but fortunately the KERS is not affected by the altitude, so it's the same as before. We don't have any more of a gain than we do at other circuits but being quite a short circuit it's good enough here, it's as good as anywhere.

Q: (Ingo Rörsch – Sportbild)
Lewis, if we say the title decision will be open until Abu Dhabi, can you describe the feeling to come to the last race like last year in Brazil and you only have to score points. What will Jenson (Button) feel then?

LH:
It's different for everyone, I think. It's different for myself, it's different for Felipe, it's different for Jenson. I can't tell you what he's feeling or what he's going to go through but for me, I approached it the same… I arrived here quite relaxed, I was in a good mood, I was in good spirits. It was intense when you arrive at the circuit but that's just your competitiveness coming out. It was just about balancing your mind and your focus and really looking after your energy and doing the best job you can do. Every race is different, so I can't say how it's going to be for these guys.

Q: (Heiko Wasser – RTL)
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