Q:
Sebastian, a great debut for the new car in Monaco, your thoughts on that?
Sebastian Vettel:
Yeah, I think we were a bit lucky with the weather conditions. If you look at the results of Thursday's free practice, we were not very happy about that, but I think it was very important to introduce the new car in Monaco already. To introduce a car on a street circuit is not ideal, for sure, but it was important to get to know the car and therefore we ran it on a circuit as soon as possible. On Sunday, the race was very chaotic, it was all about not making a mistake and staying on the track. I was very pleased with the result and the points.
Q:
What's been the atmosphere and the feeling within the team since then?
SV:
It's great. Obviously everybody was very happy. With the car we have at the moment, or the car we had in the past, it was not normal to get into the points, so it was a very good extra boost for all of us in the team, good motivation. Yesterday we did some karting just outside Montreal, it was also a lot of fun, everybody was happy. The atmosphere's great.
Q:
Coming here, neither of you drivers have raced
Formula One cars here. But you have been here?
SV:
I was here last year but I didn't drive on the track.
Q:
So how difficult is that going to be for the two of you? New car, new circuit?
SV:
In Monaco, we had the opportunity to get to know the car in every kind of weather condition, so that should help us here. Obviously neither of us have driven here in a Formula One car. Sébastien knows the track from his ChampCar time but I don't think it should be too much of a problem, I hope.
Q:
But maybe a steep learning curve, difficult grip, etc.?
SV:
Yeah, in the end it's another street circuit – more or less – so the track will be very green tomorrow. I think that is normal and it's just about getting to know the track tomorrow, laying some rubber down and then steadily improve.
