Questions from the floor:
Q: (Heikki Kulta –
Turun Sanomat)
Heikki, they say the first victory makes a driver stronger. Do you think that will happen to you also?
Heikki Kovalainen:
It certainly won’t make me any weaker! It certainly doesn’t do any harm. Of course, this is something that we’ve been trying to do earlier this year. It could have happened in many other races; there was always an opportunity, but it didn’t happen.
We haven’t lost concentration, we’ve kept the full motivation all the time and tried to improve and little-by-little get closer. Today we had a little bit of luck on our side, but certainly it won’t do any harm for anyone in our team and not for myself either.
Q: (Peter Farkas –
Auto Motor)
Timo, I think your stop took some 13 seconds or so. Did you plan to take so long or was it a problem?
Timo Glock:
I asked what the problem was. I felt that the fuel rig was not on perfectly, but I didn’t get an answer. I was told we will discuss it after the race. Maybe I stopped a bit too far and they couldn’t plug in the fuel rig. We have to discuss it and analyse it, but it cost us three or four seconds.
Q: (Istvan Simon –
Auto Magazine)
To all three of you, did this extreme heat disturb your performance on the track today?
HK:
For myself, it didn’t disturb, but it’s a challenge all the time. It’s a tough race, for sure, but I didn’t feel it was limiting or slowing me down at all. I felt I was well-prepared for this one, no problem.
TG:
The heat for me was no problem either. I felt again a bit the problem I had in
Jerez with my stomach, where I think I had some wrong food at the test. When I had drunk quite a lot throughout the race, I had problems again with my stomach. I was not feeling perfect after the race, but the heat wasn’t the biggest problem.
KR:
It was okay. It’s harder for the cars, for everybody, but it was no problem.
Q: (Istvan Simon –
Auto Magazine)
Timo, this is really an unexpected result for everyone. Could you just talk us through your weekend in a couple of sentences?
