become famous for being able to look after your tyres so you can still use them at the end: how much of an impact did Pirelli make on this championship? Davide : It was already good fun and a great feeling driving Pirelli this season, and in GP2 it is always a great show: all my friends from my small village watch all the races, and they enjoy them even when I cannot win or be on the podium! So it means that the races are spectacular, and this is because of the tyres. In the beginning, yes, we had this advantage, but in the end it was no more because everyone understood this trick! [laughs] But you have to conserve the tyres if you want to be first, and it's the same in Formula One, but also you have to be able to use them the best for one lap in qualifying, because if not you will not be at the front and able to compete. GP2 Series: So you've wrapped up the championship: what happens next? Davide : I don't know, but in Italy they always say there is no Italian driver in Formula One, but before now who deserved it? Last year we finished second with Filippi, which was fantastic but we were unlucky because it was second. The year before no Italian, and before there was Pantano, who was a great champion, but there was the story that he was in Formula One before, and the