"This weekend is the end of a challenging year for us, but we have worked hard and improved a lot in the second half of the season. I had a pretty tough race in Brazil last year, but I at least managed to get into the top eight. I think we can do the same this year - but I hope this time I can score more than one point!"
"I have always enjoyed the Brazilian Grand Prix," Trulli echoes, "Interlagos is a technically demanding track and I enjoy the mix of low and high speed sections, even if, last year, I had a weekend to forget, losing ten places on the grid before getting stuck in traffic in the race. I hope to improve on that and, after our strong performance in Japan, end the year with a result for the whole team to celebrate."
Williams F1 – Mark Webber (#9), Nico Rosberg (#10):
If Toyota has gradually managed to salvage its season, the same cannot be said for
Williams, which heads to Brazil facing its worst points return for many years. The team is another to be bidding farewell to parts of its 2006 line-up after the race too, with Mark Webber and Cosworth both heading in the opposite direction - the engine manufacturer possibly for good.
With one eye on next season and its impending relationship with
Toyota, Williams will run its two FW28s in the same specification as was raced in both China and Japan, but with tyres selected for Brazil after a four-day test in Spain featuring Alex Wurz and Narain Karthikeyan. Cosworth, however, is determined to go out on a high and, having been reputed to have the highest-revving engine in F1 this year, will fit its most powerful unit yet to Webber's car.
