Kimi Raikkonen:
Yeah, it is disappointing in the end having a good car all weekend, being on pole, leading it quite easily and then having a problem with the car, but unfortunately, that happens sometimes. In one way we are still lucky to finish the race and get eight points, as in the last couple of laps the car almost stopped a few times. Even though it is disappointing not to win when we should have, I still take the eight points and it looks much better now in the championship. I am in a more confident position and it was a great result for the team, just an unlucky situation.
Q:
We could see problems with the exhaust just from the half distance. What was it like from your point-of-view driving the car in terms of what you felt?
KR:
We just lost massive power. That was the biggest problem. Sometimes you just lost all the power and then it came back. It was slow in a straight line and especially out of low-speed corners it was difficult, but luckily we went fast enough in the beginning to go away from the others and we had enough of a gap in the end; I expect a few more laps and we would not have finished second.
Like I said before, it is disappointing not to win but eight points is good for the championship. It is a good result for the team and everybody did their best; unfortunately things didn't go right, but that happens as we have seen in races before. We still had a one-two which is great.
Q:
How bad was the problem when the rain started towards the end of the race? What was the response from the car?
KR:
It was like bad traction control with no power out of the corners. It got a little bit slippery in some places and it did quite a lot of damage to the car, so it is good that we finished the race.
Q:
Jarno,
Toyota's first podium since Australia 2006. You were under pressure right from the first corner to the end and the wheel-banging incident with
Heikki Kovalainen in the closing laps.
Jarno Trulli:
It was a difficult race, but it was a great result and a great weekend for the whole team. We were pushing really hard because we wanted to dedicate the podium to Ove Anderson (former Toyota team principal) who did a lot for the Toyota Motorsport team, and it came at the right time to be here with all the Italian flags because tonight Italy is going to play.
