FA:
The car feels better. I am happier with the car. We have made a step forward – no doubt. We have seen a big improvement in the car. I think the whole weekend has been
difficult for everybody with the track conditions. We have tried to find a good balance around these conditions. We have a better car than what we had yesterday. The second place of today is more than what we expected for the whole weekend, so the job is nearly done.
Q:
Can you just tell us how it feels to have worked so hard and got back to this and this result in front of your home crowd?
FA:
It is unbelievable. It’s difficult to describe or say anything as the team did a huge effort to improve the car. We keep doing work. We started the season with a little bit of disappointment because maybe in the winter we expected to be a bit stronger than we were in the first few races. Now is not the time to give up. Now is the time to work even harder after the disappointments. The team made a step here and they have very aggressive plans to come in the coming races, so step-by-step we need to raise our level. That makes me very happy and hopeful of things for the future.
Q:
Felipe, third today but the look on your face suggests you are perhaps a little bit disappointed?
Felipe Massa:
No, I just couldn’t put a lap together on the last try. On the first try I put a lap together but it’s not there to be honest. In competition like today, in all the sessions we saw that if you lose a tenth you can lose one or two positions. I put a lap together at the wrong moment but we have a good car.
Q:
What actually happened on the third sector?
FM:
I just lost a little bit which maybe cost me the fight for pole.
Q:
It looked like a little bit of wheel spin on television?
FM:
I had a little bit of wheel spin in turn seven and also in the slow corners. That’s the way it is. When you have big competition like that you can lose or gain positions very easily.
Q:
And the track conditions here in Barcelona?
